North California get a White Christmas after snowfall

A major Christmas storm caused whiteout conditions and closed key highways in
the mountains of northern California and Nevada, with forecasters warning that
travel in the Sierra Nevada could be difficult for several days.

Travelers use their baggage for seats near the Southwest Airlines baggage
carousels in Denver International Airport.

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Rainstorms also continued to hit parts of southern California. The conditions
were difficult but welcome developments in a parched state where the Sierra
snowpack had been at dangerously low levels after weeks of dry weather.

The state department of water resources reported on Christmas Eve that the
snowpack was between 114% and 137% of normal across the Sierra range, with
more snow expected.

With information from
theguardian.com