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Another round of winter

Elaine Goodman
Jeff Danciger, Jarod Alper and Eric Schoen, from left, all from San Francisco, snowshoe along the edge of Lake Tahoe near Edgewood Golf Course.
Dan Thrift / Tahoe Daily Tribune file photo

Winter’s latest blast of stormy weather left about 2 feet of snow at lake level at the South Shore over the weekend ” about double what forecasters had predicted.

At its strongest point, from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, snow fell throughout the region at about 2 to 3 inches per hour, said Brian Brong, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno.

The storm brought the usual array of road closures and chain restrictions ” along with flooding on Highway 89 after a fire hydrant burst at 12th Street and Roger Avenue.



The hydrant was struck during snow-removal operations a little after 8 a.m. Sunday, firefighters said. The water flowed down to the highway, where it was about a foot deep. Crews were called to shut off the water valve.

And on Highway 50 near Strawberry, an eastbound Jeep Cherokee slid sideways on the icy road into a Caltrans snowplow at about 2 p.m. Sunday, said Capt. Steve Pevenage with the Lake Valley Fire Protection District.



A passenger in the Jeep received moderate injuries, Pevenage said.


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