California has been put under a rare blizzard warning for the first time in nearly four decades as what the National Weather Service (NWS) described as a “dangerous” winter storm is expected to pound parts of the state with high winds, freezing temperatures—and “copious” amounts of snow.
“We are still on track for our DANGEROUS winter storm,” NWS Los Angeles said in an alert early Thursday.
The blizzard warning—the region’s first since 1989—affects areas near the Ventura County Mountains and Los Angeles County Mountains from 4 a.m. Friday to 4 p.m. Saturday, according to the NWS.
Area residents can expect heavy snow, wind gusts of up to 75 mph, and visibility at near zero….