Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

In this photo provided by Scott Sady of TahoeLight.com, Jessica Yurtinis of Reno, Nev., paddles her kayak through the five- to seven-foot waves on Lake Tahoe kicked up by a strong storm moving across California and Nevada, near Incline Village, Nev., Thursday, Dec 11, 2014. Winds gusting to 140 mph whipped through Sierra Nevada mountain passes ahead of a powerful wet Pacific storm Thursday, toppling trees and damaging homes in the Lake Tahoe area and grounding commercial airline flights in Reno, authorities said. No injuries were reported from the storm that National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Wallmann said was expected to bring up to 3 feet of wet snow in higher elevations, a foot in elevations below 7,000 feet, and rain to the Reno-Sparks area.

AP Photo/Scott Sady, TahoeLight.com

In this photo provided by Scott Sady of TahoeLight.com, Jessica Yurtinis of Reno, Nev., paddles her kayak through the five- to seven-foot waves on Lake Tahoe kicked up by a strong storm moving across California and Nevada, near Incline Village, Nev., Thursday, Dec 11, 2014. Winds gusting to 140 mph whipped through Sierra Nevada mountain passes ahead of a powerful wet Pacific storm Thursday, toppling trees and damaging homes in the Lake Tahoe area and grounding commercial airline flights in Reno, authorities said. No injuries were reported from the storm that National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Wallmann said was expected to bring up to 3 feet of wet snow in higher elevations, a foot in elevations below 7,000 feet, and rain to the Reno-Sparks area.