At least 50 drivers were stranded in a snowstorm that closed an 80-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 93 between Pioche and Ely on Friday, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department.
“The motorists were trapped in snowstorms that accumulated up to 6 feet (almost 2 meters),” Highway Patrol Capt. Tom Merschel of the Elko Command said. “Some were trapped between 10 to 12 hours.”
Lincoln County has accumulated 5 inches of snow, but an estimated 3 feet of snow has been measured closer to Ely.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/snow-and-rain-storms-hit-nevada
Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link
Reader’s comment: nevada is the Spanish word for snowfall and snowstorm.
