What happened in Northern California regarding the avalanche rescue?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. In Northern California, the Nevada County Sheriff's Department says six backcountry skiers have been rescued following an avalanche. The six were rescued late Tuesday night, but crews are still searching for nine others. The sheriff's office says the group was caught in the slide near Castle Peak northwest of Lake Tahoe Tuesday morning.
Cap Radio's Greg Meechek has more.
The skiers have been staying at Backcountry Hut since Sunday and were heading back when the avalanche struck. The Sierra Avalanche Center had issued a warning for the area just hours earlier. Lead forecaster Brian Schwartz says dangerous conditions are complicating rescue efforts.
The storm is ongoing. You know, it's still snowing anywhere from two to four inches an hour right now and that avalanche path is reloading with new snow very rapidly.
Truckee-based Blackbird Mountain Guides did not confirm it was one of their tour groups, but it said it was responding to the incident and is in contact with affected clients. For NPR News, I'm Greg Michek.
Now to Georgia, where officials in Fulton County say the FBI misled a judge in order to seize 2020 election ballots last month. NPR's Stephen Fowler has more.
The FBI got a magistrate judge to sign off on the seizure, but lawyers for Fulton County want those ballots back. County officials say federal agents did not tell the truth about what they were looking for, and among other things, didn't actually allege a crime was committed, writing that, quote, the Fourth Amendment demands probable cause, not possible cause.
An NPR review of the affidavit found the FBI also omitted key findings from state investigations that found no evidence of fraud and confirmed that Joe Biden won the overwhelmingly Democratic county in 2020. Stephen Fowler, NPR News, Atlanta.
Authorities in Colorado say four people have died in a series of interstate crashes involving more than 30 vehicles, including six semi-trailers. State Patrol Major Brian Lyon says blowing dirt kicked up by strong winds made it nearly impossible to see.
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