An inbound avalanche was released on the headwall at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, causing havoc to their new Gondola Building and restaurant.

A couple patrolmen and employees were pinned down and or buried but recovered safely.

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Supercell Sunset

A left-split supercell passes in front of the setting sun; taken on April 7, 2008 at Lake Waurika in southern Oklahoma.

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USA Today Weather Photo Contest

From eerie clouds and breathtaking sunsets to fierce lightning storms and delicate rainbows, USA TODAY readers captured a potpourri of remarkable weather from across the USA and around the world this year.

Take a second to look them over.

Some great pictures of weather phenomena

Reno Nexrad Radar suffers wind damage

The Reno Nexrad Doppler weather radar received wind damage from the huge Pacific storm last Friday.

The radar which is located on Virginia Peak, the winds were sustained at over 50 mph for several hours according to the anemometer record.
A wind gust to 140 mph apparently crushed the radar dome on the powerful radar.

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These incredible photographs look more like a scene from the end of the world than a winter sunrise.

Dramatic cloud formations