Further north, in San Francisco, the lowest temperature in 132 years was measured: Friday morning (local time) the mercury remained at 4 degrees.
Tens of millions of California residents are facing extreme weather warnings. In addition to snow, it is also about heavy rainfall and high wind speeds. The winter storm in the US left about a million homes without power last week. A lot of snow fell on Thursday in the American city of Portland.
The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning of a significant amount of snow in California’s higher elevations in the coming hours. That can lead to avalanches, the NWS warns.