An outpost billed as America’s smallest town has gone up for sale, complete with its own schoolhouse and petrol station, with bidding starting at an enticing $100,000 (€76,190).

Heavy snow covered the Northern California mountains and rain and wind hit the US West Coast as a third day of winter storms left at least three people dead and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in California, Oregon and Washington without power.

Heavy snow blew across Colorado today, cancelling hundreds of airline flights and shutting down a major road, as a large storm ploughed on to the plains after pummelling New Mexico.