California’s wet December is drawing to a close with even more rain and snow in a welcome respite amid years of drought.
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Travel conditions remained hazardous as a winter storm swept across much of the northern Great Plains Monday, with blowing and drifting snow creating near-zero visibility on some roads.
A powerful storm forced the closure of Interstate 5 in Southern California on Saturday and made December the wettest month in downtown Los Angeles in six years.
The Nevada Highway Patrol responded to 169 crashes Thursday as a result of the rainfall in the Las Vegas Valley.
A fast-moving cold front brought more rain and snow to California on Friday, starting in the north and then moving southward.
Temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley this week are expected to creep back to the norm, if not a bit above it, according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service has issued a hard freeze warning for the Las Vegas Valley overnight Sunday and into Monday morning.
Dangerous, record-low temperatures caused cancellations of some holiday festivities in the Plains and Midwest over the weekend before the cold front pushed into the Ohio Valley and the Eastern Seaboard on Sunday.
Freezing rain downed trees and power lines and stranded some light-rail passengers in Portland for about three hours Saturday as the first winter storm of the season continued.
More snow is expected to fall on Hawaii mountaintops as a winter storm warning goes into effect through Monday.