Several skiers reported missing after avalanche in Sierra Nevada during extreme weather conditions

NEVADA COUNTY, Calif.– Local California officials said respective backmost state skiers person been reported missing pursuing an avalanche Tuesday greeting connected Castle Peak upland successful the Sierra Nevada.

The Nevada County Sheriff's Office said the avalanche occurred astir 11:30 a.m. section time, and a radical of skiers was unaccounted for.

A rescue cognition is underway with the Nevada County Sheriff's Search and Rescue to find the missing radical of skiers.

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It's unclear the nonstop fig of radical missing, with the sheriff's bureau saying respective radical were unaccounted for.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA - JANUARY 28:  Deep snowfall covers the trees on Highway 50 connected January 28, 2017, successful South Lake Tahoe, California.  

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Both Interstate 80 and Highway 50 stay closed astatine the acme of Castle Peak owed to a winter tempest dumping feet of snowfall successful the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Heavy snow and precocious winds person been a occupation each day, with conditions continuing done overmuch of this week.

Feet of snowfall piling up successful Sierra Nevada mountains

Over 2 feet of snowfall has fallen successful Sierra Nevada, causing question issues arsenic large interstates and passes stay impassable. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray is unrecorded successful Stateline, Nevada, with the latest.

An avalanche informing is successful effect until Wednesday morning.

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"Widespread areas of unstable snowfall and galore avalanches are expected today," the Sierra Avalanche Center said. "Avalanches could beryllium triggered from precise debased connected the slope successful immoderate areas. Avalanches from supra could question down done treed terrain, often thought of arsenic ‘safe’ during storms."

Travel successful the avalanche country is not advised during specified utmost conditions. The Sierra Avalanche Center said if question can't beryllium avoided, usage utmost caution and hole for debased visibility astir the mountains.

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An avalanche successful the portion successful aboriginal January near a snowmobile trapped successful adjacent Truckee. A hunt and rescue ngo uncovered the snowmobile buried successful snow, but helium didn't survive.

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