Snow blankets the Strip
Times Wire Reports
Flights resumed in and out of Las Vegas, but schools and highways were closed after a record-setting snowfall coated marquees on the Strip, weighed down palm trees and blanketed surrounding mountain areas.
The city awoke to clear weather after a storm that left 3.6 inches at McCarran International Airport. It was the biggest December snowfall on record there, and the worst for any month since a 7 1/2 -inch accumulation in January 1979, forecasters said.
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