A snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada has shut down a highway in the mountains west of the Nevada-California line, US NEWS reports. The California Highway Patrol said traffic on U.S. Interstate 80 was being held Tuesday on both sides of Donner Pass north of Lake Tahoe so crews could clear the highway of multiple spinouts and collisions. There was no immediate report of any serious injuries. Authorities didn’t have an estimated time for reopening the interstate ❄️

Two major winter storms are set to disrupt the travel plans of millions of Americans headed to Thanksgiving Day destinations on jam-packed highways and airplanes Wednesday. Those living in the western two-thirds of the country have been hit with up to 30 inches of snow fall in Colorado and a 'bomb cyclone' pummeling the Northwest. The deteriorating conditions have forced the closure of interstates and canceled flights - just as 55 million set off for the holidays. The first storm front was moving across the upper Midwest, where it was forecast to clobber parts of Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota with almost a foot of snow and wind gusts of up to 50 mph, making travel difficult if not impossible, the National Weather Service said. It also warned of possible winds of up to 60 mph and rainstorms across a wide swath of the central US from western Texas up through Missouri and into Ohio on Wednesday, as millions will hit the roads and board airplanes for the holiday. ❄️☃️