Storms

Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes

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Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes

Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and Georgia were under tornado watches into Tuesday night, while Wisconsin was experiencing a spring snowstorm. Storms in Northeastern … Read more

Blizzard howls in Sierra Nevada, high winds closes roads and ski resorts

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Blizzard howls in Sierra Nevada, high winds closes roads and ski resorts

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed “as bad as it gets” howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, closing a long stretch of Interstate 80 in Northern California, forcing ski resorts to shut down, and leaving thousands of homes without power. More than 10 feet (3 meters) of snow was expected … Read more

Kayakers paddle in Death Valley after rains replenish lake

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Kayakers paddle in Death Valley after rains replenish lake

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Kayakers have been paddling in one of the driest places on Earth after a series of record rainstorms battered California’s Death Valley and replenished Lake Manly. Park Ranger Nichole Andler said Badwater Basin at Death Valley National Park, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada, … Read more

Hamlin wins exhibition Clash at the Coliseum as NASCAR moves race up a day to avoid California storm

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Hamlin wins exhibition Clash at the Coliseum as NASCAR moves race up a day to avoid California storm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denny Hamlin, who wasn’t even sure he’d be healed from offseason shoulder surgery in time to compete in the Clash at the Coliseum, won the Saturday night exhibition that NASCAR hurried into a one-day show to avoid a dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm headed toward California. Hamlin, in a Toyota for Joe … Read more

‘Pineapple Express’: Atmospheric river fuels storms and floods California

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‘Pineapple Express’: Atmospheric river fuels storms and floods California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy rain flooded California roadways and much-needed snow piled up in the mountains as the first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers pummeled the state Thursday. The storm focused its energy on the southern and eastern parts of the state after initially hitting the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday, where it halted … Read more

Winter storms: East and West coasts prepare for new rounds of snow and ice

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Winter storms: East and West coasts prepare for new rounds of snow and ice

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks of storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and caused power outages that could take weeks to fix continued to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos on Friday. The rain, snow, wind and bitterly cold temperatures … Read more

Winter storm: US forecasters predict snow, winds, ice and life-threatening chill

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Winter storm: US forecasters predict snow, winds, ice and life-threatening chill

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Icy winter weather blanketed the U.S. on Saturday as a wave of Arctic storms threatened to break low-temperature records in the heartland, spread cold and snow from coast to coast and cast a chill over everything from football playoffs to presidential campaigns. As the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday … Read more

5 people are trapped in a cave in Slovenia after heavy rainfall raises water levels

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5 people are trapped in a cave in Slovenia after heavy rainfall raises water levels

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Five people are trapped in a cave in southwestern Slovenia, unable to leave because of high water levels caused by heavy rainfall, authorities said Sunday. The group — a Slovenian family group of three adults and two guides — have been stuck in the Krizna Jama cave since Saturday when water … Read more

Light snow chances Saturday ahead of more impactful storm Monday-Tuesday

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Light snow chances Saturday ahead of more impactful storm Monday-Tuesday

Snow showers are expected off and on Saturday overnight into Sunday, but accumulations should stay under 1 inch in central Iowa.Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts By Sunday, skies will be dry again. We’ll start the day with cloud cover, then some breaks of sunshine are possible toward lunchtime into the afternoon.The main focus of our … Read more