A powerful winter storm pounded parts of the United States on Thursday, bringing heavy snowfall Newport Pleasure that forced the closure of a major Southern California highway during the busy Thanksgiving holiday.
Interstate 5 through the Grapevine area, a mountain pass, was shut down in both directions early on Thursday morning and the California Highway Patrol said on Twitter it was working to clear stuck vehicles as snow kept falling.
The highway, a major artery connecting Southern California to the rest of the state, was reopened later Cheap Newport 100s cigarettes in the day, although more snow and rain were still forecast.
The winter storm was expected to bring heavy snow in the mountains and high winds across much of the Western United States before moving toward the Great Plains late on Friday, the National Weather Service said.
The agency added that areas of southern California and Arizona could see heavy rainfall and possible flash flooding. Blizzard warnings were issued for parts of Wyoming and South Dakota.
On Wednesday, scores of vehicles became stuck on Interstate 5 after a so-called bomb cyclone - a supercharged winter Newport box 100s cigarettes storm caused by a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure - dumped up to four feet (1.2 meters) of snow in mountainous areas of the Pacific Northwest.