December 30, 2010

STORMS DUMP HEAVY RAIN, SNOW ON PARTS OF WEST

A winter storm pummel the western U.S. on Thursday with ferocious wind gusts, heavy rain and more than 2 feet of snow, closing hundreds of miles of roads and discarding a snowy mix of precipitation on the edges of Phoenix.

 
Officials closed a road into Yosemite National Park in California after a rock the size of a dump truck tumble onto the road, and strong winds created snow dunes on rooftops, front yards and streets across precipitous areas of Arizona.Snow and ice forced an hours-long closure of the two major thoroughfare in northern Arizona, stranding motorists south of flagpole and the Grand Canyon. People in Phoenix were stunned at the sight of snow-type flurries that the National Weather Service said were a arrangement of hail and snow that melts before it hits the ground.

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