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Late Winter Storms Spare California From Drought Pain, for Now
A rush of precipitation lifted the state to its second straight year with above-average snowfall, though Gov. Gavin Newsom warned residents not to grow used to it.
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Thousands Are Without Power in California and Nevada Amid Heavy Snowfall
Up to two feet of snow fell in some areas and combined with gusty winds as the risk of avalanches remained high.
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The Fires Sweeping Across Texas Offer a Terrifying Warning
On Thursday, as flames from the Smokehouse Creek Fire raced eastward across the Texas Panhandle for the fourth straight day at speeds faster than a person can run, a cold front, driving a snow squall, swept southward over the Great Plains. In an ...
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A Slushy, Snowy, Icy Mix
A nor’easter disrupted daily life across the Northeast on Tuesday, upending school and work commutes, as rain turned to a slushy mix and then to snow in many regions. Some parts of New England were braced for more snow than they were likely to get as ...
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New York City Public Schools Will Hold Remote Classes Because of Snow
The city is preparing for the largest snowfall in two years on Tuesday. It will be the first time during the Adams administration that school buildings have closed for snow.
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Winter Storm Traps Hundreds of Motorists Overnight in Sweden
Truck drivers and other motorists were locked in blankets of snow on a major roadway overnight after nearly 10 inches of snow fell within 24 hours.
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The End of Snow
Every Christmas my husband and I pack up ourselves and our now 8-year-old and leave Brooklyn for a visit to either Nebraska (where my in-laws live) or Alabama (where my family lives). If we’re headed to Omaha, we pack heavy layers because the weather ...
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Firecrackers and Ice: 5 Must-See Festivals in Asia This Winter
Catch a mountain trout on a frozen South Korean river, witness a fiery pelting of devotees in Taiwan or find your cold-weather bliss in a Japanese snow maze.
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A Record-Breaking Warm, Snowless Winter Confounds Midwesterners
Jogging in a T-shirt in Minnesota in December? A scientist called the rare string of balmy days “a visceral feeling of what climate change looks and feels like.”
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A White Christmas in New York City (if You Squint a Little)
It has been more than 680 days since Central Park was dusted with more than one inch of snow, the longest, un-snowiest stretch in New York City since snowfall records began here in 1869. It hasn’t snowed on Christmas in 14 years. And yet, if you knew ...
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