A car is submerged as the Russian River floods Johnson’s Beach, Tuesday, in Guerneville, California. (Source: AP) A car is submerged as the Russian River floods Johnson’s Beach, Tuesday, in Guerneville, California. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for ski resort communities in the greater Lake Tahoe area, including the towns of Truckee and South Lake Tahoe, California, and neighboring Nevada enclaves of Stateline and Incline Village. “This is a life-threatening situation,” the weather agency said in a bulletin issued from its office in Reno, Nevada, urging all would-be travelers to stay indoors. Heavy downpours on Sunday night and early Monday forced some 3,000 people to flee to higher ground in California’s Russian River valley, while about 400 homes were evacuated in Reno as the Truckee River topped its banks there.

Source: Indian Express January 11, 2017 02:38 UTC