Californians continue to dig out from a series of rare winter snowfalls over the past week that has seen millions of cubic yards of snow fall in the state, the governor’s office says.
California, which as been pummeled with a series of late February and early March storms, has been under a state of emergency since last week.
Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s office said in a news release Sunday that officials have removed more than 7.2 million cubic yards of snow off state highways in San Bernardino County as of March 4 — an amount that could fill roughly 2,270 Olympic-size swimming pools.
In addition, private contractors have removed another 970,000 cubic yards of snow from other routes in the state. Here’s a look at how the highly unusual snow storm has hit the Golden State — including some of the areas around Tinseltown itself.