Snow piles up in the High Sierra

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Storm chaser Aaron Rigsby reports from Soda Springs, California, where tremendous snowfall totals have left it looking like a maze as crews work to clear the roads for drivers.

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00:00 Rain, flash flooding and severe weather.

00:02 This atmospheric river has had it all

00:04 and here in Soda Springs, California,

00:06 the snow is really stacking up

00:08 from the relentless amount of atmospheric rivers

00:10 that have been hammering the high Sierras this winter.

00:13 You can see these walls and mazes of snow

00:16 that they have had to stack up

00:17 from the accumulation this season alone.

00:20 Some of them as high as six feet tall.

00:22 Now, last night, they received just 10 inches of snow

00:25 in itself throughout the entire week.

00:27 They've received anywhere from two to three feet,

00:29 especially in the higher elevations.

00:31 The crews, however, have been working extremely hard

00:33 to keep these roadways clear,

00:35 getting the snow out of the way

00:36 and keeping the traffic moving.

00:38 I talked to some of the residents here

00:39 and they're almost hoping

00:40 that this is the last atmospheric river

00:42 they're gonna have to deal with of the season

00:44 because it's getting exhausting.

00:45 This was the same town that was hammered last year

00:47 with record-setting snowfall

00:49 and this year has been no exception.

00:52 For AccuWeather, I'm Aaron Rigsby.

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