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9 skiers still missing after Sierra Nevada avalanche amid extreme weather conditions

First responders are searching for nine skiers who are missing after a group of 15 people were caught in an avalanche Tuesday morning on Castle Peak in the Truckee, California area of the Sierra Nevada.

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Sierra Nevada Mountains Brace for Feet of Snow as Winter Storm Bears Down

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Storms dump snow across Sierra Nevada. See season totals at Tahoe ski resorts

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Sierra snowstorm worst in three years: UC Berkeley scientists

The snow hitting the Sierra, combined with low visibility and high winds, have created the worst winter conditions in three years.

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Monster storms flood parts of California with rounds of heavy rain as extreme snow slams the Sierra Nevada

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California mountains slammed by blizzard conditions, 10 feet of snow could fall across Sierra peaks

Brunt of storms ‘dumping’ snow on Sierra Nevada mountains

Scientist at the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab are hunkered down and recording extraordinary measurements of rapid snowfall as a series of February storms slam the Sierra Nevada

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Authorities say 6 backcountry skiers found alive, 10 are missing after Northern California avalanche

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Six backcountry skiers were found alive and 10 others were still missing Tuesday after an avalanche in Northern California during a powerful winter storm moving through the state.

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California Storm With Feet Of Sierra Snow, Avalanche Risk, Locally Flooding Rain Continues Through Thursday

California's coldest storm of the season continues, and it will deliver feet of Sierra snow and locally flooding rain, but also much-needed replenishment to a western snowpack that is record low for this time of year from the Pacific Northwest to the Southern Rockies.

Rescuers Push Through Winter Storm to 6 Survivors of a California Avalanche. 9 Others Are Missing

Crews have pushed through mountainous wilderness in California near Lake Tahoe during a snowstorm to rescue six backcountry skiers who survived an avalanche but were trapped by its snow and ice