On February 21, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that downtown Los Angeles had already surpassed historical records, making it the fourth-wettest February on record. Photo: Sabphoto/Shutterstock.com
The beginning of 2024 has brought a barrage of wild weather to the west coast, and with it, flooding, mudslides, power outages, staggering amounts of snow and hurricane-force winds.
The latest of these events was a storm that hit the Sierra Nevada, creating blizzard-like conditions that culminated in over ten feet of snow in some areas and recorded wind gusts over 170 mph. The storm remained in the area for days, finally coming to an end on Monday. However, additional snow was predicted to fall across high-elevation areas of Northern California and the Northwest as a new storm entered the area. CNN reports that these conditions have caused extensive travel problems, including the closure of a 70-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in California, near the Nevada border, for more than two days after drivers were reportedly getting stranded on the roadway.
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Brittney Meredith-Miller
Brittney Meredith-Miller is assistant editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. She can be reached at [email protected].
