Tonight our top story
remains our storm watch.
The snow is beautiful but
this much is also dangerous.
South Lake Tahoe shares these
images of a warehouse on Melba Ave.
Heavy Snow flattening the building
leaving just one wall standing.
Sadly today we learned the
extreme weather turned deadly.
An 80 year old woman in Forest
Hill has died because of the storm
according to Plaster County deputies.
ABC 10s Luke Clary has
new information tonight.
Longtime residents of Forest Hill tell
me the amount of snow that fell here
is unprecedented in their lifetimes.
Just look at how much snow is there on
this rooftop of the fire department,
and we now know that this storm
was deadly. Nestled
in the Sierra foothills under a
heavy blanket of snow, the gold
rush town of Forest Hill, it's a
great little community. But
this little community now digging
out from under the worst winter
storm in recent memory that knocked
out power at thousands of homes.
We just got overwhelmed with a lot of snow
at one time and we all have to deal with it.
Ken Kerner was overwhelmed by as much as
six feet of snow at his ranch last year
was only training wheels compared to this.
Monica Nichols overwhelmed at
her destination wedding hall.
We have people arriving tomorrow and
we'll figure out where to put cars
and with the news that Forest Hill.
Lost one of their own to the
weather early Tuesday.
A family is overwhelmed by grief because
we're mourning the loss of Lois Lois Barton,
80 years old, her family's
longtime residents of Forest Hill.
An amazing family.
And I know they're hurting severely.
And yeah, no, I get a little
get a little choked up because
I can't even imagine what
they're going through right
now. The Placer County Sheriff's Office
says it was a weather related incident.
Neighbors say her porch collapsed
under the weight of all that snow.
But what exactly happened remains unclear.
What is clear is how her neighbors
are choosing to cope with her loss.
It's a small community,
and we're all here to support one another.
And anything her,
Lois or anyone in her family needs,
we will be here for
them. That's what our community is about.
It's it's an amazing little place.
Forest Hill is still digging out families,
finding comfort in each other.
And take a look at these images
from the plaster sheriff.
It shows the impact of an
avalanche that hit an apartment
building in Olympic Valley.
It happened last night around 7:00 PM.
The good news is everyone escaped.
Several other areas were also evacuated
because of the Avalanche threat.
And take a look at this huge
mess of boulders and snow.
Highway 70 is closed between
Jarbo Gap and the Greenville.
Why this is. In Butte and Plumas
counties you see landslide debris
blocking multiple spots of the road.
Crews are working to clear the area,
but there's no estimated
reopening time right now.
They warn another winter storm
may create more problems there.
A live look at the Sierra right now,
crews doing their best to clear the
roads as much as possible as we get
a much needed break from the storm.
In fact, westbound Interstate 80
reopened just about an hour ago.
But keep in mind, if you are not
feeling safe and if you're looking to
get out before the next storm hits,
now is the time to think about doing so.
Because Monica, yet another
winter storm is on the way.
And this could break records
and it certainly could,
especially for many of the ski resorts
and the slopes that we're going to be
tracking that in the short term forecast.
We still have this freeze warning
to get through tonight into early
tomorrow morning that starts
up at 2:00 o'clock on Thursday,
will last through 8:00 AM.
Temperatures in the valley and
parts of the foothills all the
way down into the 20s and 30s.
Now you can see our temperatures
right now are still holding in
the 40s and upper 30s for many of
us and that's because we have the
wind that's going to keep that
warmer air closer to the surface.
The key factor here is.
Though it's not gonna stick around
but while it is around it's
making us feel a lot colder.
So combine the temperatures and the wind,
it already feels like the 30s in the valley,
25 for Placerville and it feels like
it's about 5 degrees in the Sierra.
But again we lose the wind for
tonight and the clouds as well.
It's going to be very clear overnight.
So that combination is a perfect recipe to
get those temperatures plummeting quickly.
Light winds tomorrow morning and again
virtually no clouds out there to be
seen for tonight into early tomorrow morning.
Temperatures will fall quickly.
These are what we're expecting from
morning lows right around 30 in the valley,
20s for the foothills and single
digits for the Sierra.
But Chris,
as you mentioned,
we have a a small window of opportunity.
Winter Storm Watch already goes into
effect by Saturday morning.
More in the incoming storm coming
up. Sounds good, Monica. Thank you.
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