More than 17 feet of snow falls on California-Nev mountains

December 22, 2010 – Continental U.S. lacerated by extreme winter systems on east and west coast. Up to 17 feet (nearly 6 meters) of snow has fallen in parts of the Sierra mountains, and locally over 18 inches of rain has soaked some lower-elevation hills of the Golden State. Locally over 14 inches of rain has fallen as far inland as southern Utah. – Weather Channel

 

 

East and West coast of U.S. both being pounded by extreme weather systems

 

Streets turned into muddy rivers as rains become incessant in S. California