Whole of California is hit by rain, snow

A winter storm blanketed California with heavy rain and snow, forcing the closure of a major highway and the cancellation of the final round of a national golf tournament.

The West Coast storm stretched from the Mexican border up to Oregon and Washington state and was expected to last through Tuesday afternoon, said Stan Wasowski, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in San Diego. He said rain clouds extended several hundred miles off the Pacific coast.

“This one here is hitting the entire state,” Mr Wasowski said on Monday. Heavy snow forced the closure of a 80-kilometre stretch of Interstate 5 in both directions in north of Los Angeles. The roadway is the region’s main north-south artery. “We don’t see it opening any time soon,” said David Porter, a California highway patrol officer.

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