US HIT by BACK-TO-BACK SNOWSTORMS — Alaska, Colorado & Utah BURIED (Latest Updates)

A series of powerful early-season winter storms and flash floods hit multiple U.S. states between October 10 and late October 2026. The complex weather setup was driven by a collision between the moisture-rich remnants of Hurricane Rachel and a cold Pacific low-pressure system moving south from Alaska. The combined systems triggered heavy rainfall, dangerous flash flooding, severe wind gusts, and early-season snowfall across Utah, Montana, Colorado, and Alaska. Impacts included stranded ultra-marathon runners in Utah, widespread power outages and downed trees in Montana, early mountain snow accumulation across the Rockies, and severe winter storm warnings in interior Alaska. In this video, we examine the rescue of stranded runners near Moab, the heavy wet snowfall across Montana and Colorado, the severe conditions building over Alaska's Isabel Pass, and the atmospheric drivers behind these compounding storms. Global Weather covers natural disasters and extreme weather events as they develop, using sourced reporting and avoiding unsupported speculation. CHAPTERS 0:00 — Flash Flood Traps Moab Runners 3:13 — What Caused the Multistate Storms? 4:28 — Heavy Snow and Damage in Montana 5:10 — First Winter Snow Hits Colorado 5:51 — Major Winter Storm Sweeps Alaska SOURCES National Weather Service KSL News KUTV The Salt Lake Tribune FOX 13 News Utah Deseret News ABC4 Utah CBS News Colorado The Denver Gazette #UtahFlooding #Moab240 #AlaskaWinterStorm #MontanaSnow #ColoradoSnow #HurricaneRachel #FlashFlood #WinterStorm #ExtremeWeather #GlobalWeather