A slow-moving winter storm has intensified over California, triggering the first blizzard warning in the LA area in 30 years and creating the extraordinary sight of snowflakes swirling around the iconic Hollywood sign.
abc.net.au/news/california-storms-blizzards-flooding-avalanches/102023844A slow-moving winter storm intensified over California on Friday local time, triggering the first blizzard warning in parts of the Los Angeles area in 30 years and creating the extraordinary sight of snowflakes swirling around the iconic Hollywood sign.
Experts say powerful winter storms, interspersed with extreme heat and dry spells, are symptoms of climate change "The last time we saw snow like this in the low elevations was in 2011," said Sarah McCorkle, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Monterey, California.San Francisco also broke a 132-year record for the lowest February 24 temperature ever documented, as the mercury dipped to 4 degrees Celsius on Friday morning, beating the previous record set in 1891.
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