The identical extreme storm system that’s shifting by way of California has precipitated an avalanche at a ski resort in southwestern Nevada, and a number of other persons are lacking, in accordance with Las Vegas police.
The avalanche occurred on the Lee Canyon ski resort, which is lower than 50 miles from Las Vegas.
Search and rescue personnel with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division have been “en route,” the division mentioned on X. “We are attempting to find a number of people who find themselves reported lacking.”
Extra dangerous information… Lee canyon can not even be plowed proper now, as a result of the snow is so deep and there’s a report of an avalanche on the ski hill… 5 folks lacking… NHP is on the scene.
— Mt Charleston Mountain Man (@mountainman_mc) February 5, 2024
Some X customers mentioned 5 folks have been lacking, however a trooper with the Nevada Freeway Patrol, which responded to the scene Monday afternoon, mentioned, “We don’t know that but.”
The Nationwide Climate Service in Las Vegas warned folks a few fierce winter storm hitting the area beginning Sunday and lengthening by way of Tuesday. The storm is a part of the identical “band” of atmospheric river hovering over Southern California, the place not less than two folks have died from falling bushes.
Meteorologists in Nevada instructed vacationers to anticipate one to a few ft of snow above 6,000 ft and wind gusts as much as 55 miles per hour.
“The storm is shifting proper into Southern Nevada right now. Not a lot rain right here however fairly a little bit of heavy snow within the mountains,” mentioned Andrew Gorelow, a meteorologist for the Nationwide Climate Service in Las Vegas.
