The storm is affecting major transportation routes, including highways in the Greater Lake Tahoe Area and Lassen-Eastern Plumas-Eastern Sierra Counties.

Heavy snow, freezing rain and temperatures as much as 35 degrees below seasonal averages are set to hit large parts of the United States as a string of storms confirm that winter is far from over.

A procession of winter storms is forecast to bring snow, sleet, ice and potentially flood-inducing rain to sprawling bands of the U.S. this week.