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From heat to snow: Rocky Mountains see 60-degree plunge

by Associated Press
| September 8, 2020 11:27 AM

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Summer came to an abrupt halt in parts of the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday as temperatures reaching into the 90s plunged about 60 degrees in less than 24 hours, with a powerful surge of cold air from Canada unleashing snow and damaging winds in several states.

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