Winter storm blankets West, heads east
December 26, 2008
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RENO - As much of the country awoke to a welcome reprieve from heavy snowfall and ice-slickened roads, a new winter storm in the West snarled holiday traffic and darkened lights on Christmas trees in thousands of homes yesterday.
In the Sierra Nevada, heavy snow and whiteout conditions led police to shut down an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 80 for several hours between the California-Nevada line and Applegate, Calif.
About 10,000 Salt Lake City-area residents were without electricity yesterday morning after nearly a foot of snow fell in frigid temperatures. Utilities restored power within the hour.
The Utah snowstorm prompted winter storm warnings across western Colorado.
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