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Storm Grounds Flights, Contributes To Fatal Interstate Pileup
A winter storm with winds that gusted to more than 80 miles per hour has grounded flights and contributed to a deadly interstate pileup in Nevada.
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RENO, Nev. (November 21,2009)--A winter storm with winds that gusted to more than 80 miles per hour is expected to dump as much as a foot of snow to the northern Nevada mountains.
Several inches of snow had fallen by late Friday afternoon.
The storm knocked out power for thousands of people, grounded flights and kicked up dust storms that contributed to a fatal pile-up that shut down a stretch of Interstate 80.
The howling winds reduced visibility to near zero with blowing dust and dirt on I-80 about 60 miles east of Reno where the eight-vehicle wreck killed one, seriously injured six and shut down both westbound lanes for several hours.
High winds postponed scheduled openings Friday at several ski resorts before next week's Thanksgiving holiday.
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