US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

FURANO, Japan - Playwright So Kuramoto speaks during an interview after a rehearsal by his drama troupe of his play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Furano, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. The group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14. (Kyodo)