Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the Los Angeles area, with heavy rains threatening flooding in other places.
A man walks past the Mt. Baldy Lodge Restaurant as heavy snow falls in the town of Mount Baldy, California,on February 24, 2023. – Californians more used to flip flops and shorts were wrapping up warm Thursday as a rare winter blizzard, the first in more than 30 years, loomed over Los Angeles, even as the US East Coast basked in summer-like temperatures.
“Areas very close to the Pacific Coast and also into the interior valleys that are not accustomed to seeing and high winds brought down power lines, knocking out the lights for 118,000 customers in Television stations dispatched their presenters to mountain areas, where some reported on traffic misery and others chatted with gleeful children given the day off school. in gardens, as residents marveled at the winter weather.
“Wondering what kind of frozen precipitation is falling from the sky in your area ? Here is an informative graphic… that distinguishes between graupel and hail,” NWS Los Angeles tweeted.
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