<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - 8 things to do in your car during a winter storm"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">A massive winter snowstorm blanketed much of the western U.S. on Sunday as parts of the South saw unseasonably warm temperatures, breaking record highs in some cities on Christmas Day.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The National Weather Service <a target="_blank" href="https://www.weather.gov/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">announced winter storm warnings</a> across the West Coast on Sunday, stretching from the Canadian to the Mexican border. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Snow and ice caused widespread problems<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/flySEA/status/1475277741381636096" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"> at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport</a>. About 27% of flights Sunday were canceled and and 39% were delayed, <a target="_blank" href="https://flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">according to the tracking website FlightAware</a>, which doesn't specify causes.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Airlines are struggling with <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/health/2021/12/26/flights-delayed-fauci-warns-omicron-fuel-infections-covid-updates/9018556002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">cancellations and delays</a> over the holidays due to staffing shortages caused by the omicron variant.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The snowstorm <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/2021/12/26/sierra-storm-80-closed-sunday-morning-mt-rose-highway-open/9018846002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">slammed the Reno-Tahoe region</a>, dumping several inches of snow in the Reno area and several feet at Lake Tahoe ski resorts.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">A 70-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in western California was closed through at least Monday, and other major roads were closed because of dangerous conditions.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“Expect major travel delays on all roads,” the National Weather Service office in Reno, Nevada, <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NWSReno" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">said Sunday on Twitter</a>. “Today is the type of day to just stay home if you can. More snow is on the way too!”</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:372px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/12/27/USAT/d032f9b3-5fdf-4f9c-858f-4baaebac3986-AP21360805582188.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" decoding="async" alt="This image from video provided by Caltrans District 3 shows a closed westbound I-80 on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. The road from Colfax, California, to the Nevada state line was closed due to heavy snowfall."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The weather service issued a winter storm warning for greater Lake Tahoe until 1 a.m. Tuesday because of possible “widespread whiteout conditions” and wind gusts that could top 45 mph.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Sunday morning, the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District in Washoe County, where Reno is...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/26/snowstorms-western-u-s-south-basks-record-high-temperatures/9020900002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
