Las Vegas took on a San Franciscan ambience Thursday as the dense fog that shrouded the Las Vegas Valley overnight disrupted operations at McCarran International Airport, delaying flights by an average 3½ hours, Clark County Aviation Department officials said.
A dayslong storm took a parting shot as it moved out of drought-stricken California Thursday, dumping more heavy rain that triggered flash floods and stranded more than three dozen people in their cars.
Dense fog temporarily closed Red Rock Canyon Loop on Wednesday afternoon and was expected to blanket parts of the Las Vegas area until Thursday morning.
Don’t leave home without an umbrella and a coat on Tuesday because rain is likely coming to the valley, according to the National Weather Service.
Rain hit the Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday, leaving roads slick and the air cool.
November weather continued its warm streak in Las Vegas on Saturday, breaking the 2000 record high temperature of 74 by 4 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
The drought has dramatically reduced the size of a popular lake between Reno and Carson City, and officials fear it could dry up unless the Sierra Nevada gets enough snow this winter.
The Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort had to push back its Friday opening date due to the abnormally mild weather expected over Thanksgiving weekend.
After a three-day onslaught that dumped a historic 7 feet of snow on the Buffalo area and killed at least 12 people, the sun came out, but so did predictions of flooding caused by rain and temperatures of up to 60 degrees.
Work is more than halfway done on the earthen berm that will divert floodwaters away from the Rainbow subdivision on Mount Charleston.
