A slow-moving winter storm intensified over California on Friday, triggering the first blizzard warning in parts of the Los Angeles area since 1989 and creating the extraordinary sight of snowflakes swirling around the iconic Hollywood sign. |AFP Reuters
NWS also reported on Friday that “Areas very close to the Pacific Coast and also into the interior valleys that are not accustomed to seeing snow may see some accumulating snowfall.”Elsewhere in the state, breathless television weather presenters more used to delivering a same-every-day forecast of warm sunshine found themselves knee-deep in snow.
British actor Craig Robert Young, who lives in Hollywood Hills within eyeshot of the famed sign, said he was amazed to see snow swirling there. Social media platforms were inundated with pictures of snow in gardens in higher elevation areas, as residents marveled at the weather.NWS offered a Twitter tutorial for Californians struggling to put a name to this phenomenon spoiling the view of palm trees.
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