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                          Toggle navigation      Home  News  Middle East Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific All   Middle East  Documentaries  Featured Documentaries Witness Al Jazeera World 101 East People & Power Fault Lines Radicalised Youth Al Jazeera Correspondent This is Europe  Al Jazeera Selects  REWIND All   Shows  Inside Story The Stream The Listening Post Talk to Al Jazeera The Big Picture Head to Head Counting the Cost UpFront earthrise Empire All   Investigations  Opinion  In Pictures  More  Features Investigations In Pictures Interactive Interactive Documentaries AJ Shorts Podcasts Reporter's Notebook Human Rights Sport Science & Technology Weather           Live               IN PICTURES  / US & Canada    Rare snow blankets the desert city of Las Vegas Schools closed and flights cancelled after a winter storm swept through the US Southwest, bringing snowfall to the city.

    Fri Feb 22 2019 11:00:09 GMT+0000     Snow has blanketed Las Vegas - a rare sight! [Ethan Miller/AFP]      A winter storm has swept through the US Southwest, bringing rare snowfall to the Las Vegas Strip.

 The storm forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and led to the closure of two interstate highways.

 Dozens of crashes have been reported by Highway Patrol authorities, with the majority of incidents involving cars sliding off the roads.

 Schools in the Clark County School District, which includes Las Vegas, are to remain closed on Friday.

 The city's famed strip, a seven-kilometre stretch known for hotels and casinos, received about 1.3cm of snow, but the western parts of the city received far more snowfall.

 The suburb of Summerlin reported 19cm of snow, and Mount Charlton to the west of the city saw as much as 61cm snowfall.

 Being situated in the middle of the Mojave Desert, the city usually doesn't see much rain, only 93 millimetres in an entire year, let alone snow.



       The winter storm also brought some heavy rain to parts of Los Angeles. [Mario Tama/AFP]       Just over a centimetre of snow fell on the famed Vegas Strip. [Ethan Miller/AFP]       Suburbs in the west of the city received as much as 19cm of snowfall. [Amy M Negri/Reuters]       Dozens of crashes were reported by Highway Patrol authorities. [Ethan Miller/AFP]       The mountains surrounding Vegas expect snow every year, but wintry weather in the city is rare. [Ethan Miller/AFP]       The last time any measurable snow was reported in Vegas was just over a decade ago. [Ethan Miller/AFP]       Schools are to remain closed on Friday. [Ethan Miller/AFP]      { "@context": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/http://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "mainEntityOfPage": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/rare-snow-blankets-desert-city-las-vegas-190222071931990.html", "headline": "Rare snow blankets the desert city of Las Vegas", "datePublished": "22 Feb 2019 11:00 GMT", "dateModified": "22 Feb 2019 11:00 GMT", "description": "Schools closed and flights cancelled after a winter storm swept through the US Southwest, bringing snowfall to the city.", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Al Jazeera" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Al Jazeera", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/assets/images/AJLOGOGOOGLE.png", "width": 250, "height": 40 } }, "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/1f6598ee9ba5464096c64944ac345c94_18.jpg", "height": 450, "width": 800 } }   { "@context": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/http://schema.org", "@type": "ImageGallery", "datePublished": " 22 Feb 2019 11:00 GMT ", "dateModified": " 22 Feb 2019 11:00 GMT ", "associatedMedia":[ { "@type": "ImageObject", "caption": "Snow has blanketed Las Vegas - a rare sight! [Ethan Miller/AFP] ", "thumbnail": { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/ec3250bc58f84a098a7ce34ad275cd39_8.jpg " } } , { "@type": "ImageObject", "caption": "The winter storm also brought some heavy rain to parts of Los Angeles. [Mario Tama/AFP] ", "thumbnail": { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/db5b1bd6aaba4d388a6cbdc5a6bf5eb1_8.jpg " } } , { "@type": "ImageObject", "caption": "Just over a centimetre of snow fell on the famed Vegas Strip. [Ethan Miller/AFP] ", "thumbnail": { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/1f52a2cb4a01460f93a85b01ea466918_8.jpg " } } , { "@type": "ImageObject", "caption": "Suburbs in the west of the city received as much as 19cm of snowfall. [Amy M Negri/Reuters] ", "thumbnail": { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/5dde5f4a80564ce18298ba6915537a7b_8.jpg " } } , { "@type": "ImageObject", "caption": "Dozens of crashes were reported by Highway Patrol authorities. [Ethan Miller/AFP] ", "thumbnail": { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/642fb3da0058495580645eee119ec164_8.jpg " } } , { "@type": "ImageObject", "caption": "The mountains surrounding Vegas expect snow every year, but wintry weather in the city is rare. [Ethan Miller/AFP] ", "thumbnail": { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/6f50bc2e8286474caf958a8806e04fea_8.jpg " } } , { "@type": "ImageObject", "caption": "The last time any measurable snow was reported in Vegas was just over a decade ago. [Ethan Miller/AFP] ", "thumbnail": { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/71efd2a18c2b44459cb0c3558f1553e3_8.jpg " } } , { "@type": "ImageObject", "caption": "Schools are to remain closed on Friday. [Ethan Miller/AFP] ", "thumbnail": { "@type" : "ImageObject", "url": "http://web.archive.org./web/20190304231742/https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2019/2/22/a286727dde5b40e7b64f152cdd822e80_8.jpg " } } ] }     Weather US & Canada     Have your say.Give us feedback.  Sign up for ourNewsletter.              YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE        How different voting systems work around the world Nearly two billion voters in 52 countries around the world will head to the polls this year to elect their leaders.

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