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Dangerous cold with record-breaking temperatures keeps Kansas City in deep freeze

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Record-breaking cold weather will continue in Kansas City as an arctic blast lingers across the area on Wednesday — with the coldest temperatures yet to come.

The metro set a new record for the coldest high temperature for Feb. 18 when temperatures on Tuesday reached 4 degrees. The previous record for that date was 11 ...Read more

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Las Vegas is getting warmer. Nevada has a plan to help combat extreme heat

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LAS VEGAS — The nation’s two fastest-warming cities may soon be required by Nevada law to better protect residents from deadly heat in future plans.

More than a dozen organizations and Nevada residents attended a committee hearing to support Assembly Bill 96, which would require any city or county with at least 100,000 residents to amend ...Read more

Extreme cold with sub-zero temperatures freezes Kansas City. How much snow is possible?

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City woke up to light snow accumulation Tuesday morning, but can expect more of it to come as snowfall amounts are predicted to reach 3 to 5 inches in most of the metro, according to the National Weather Service.

While snow accumulation continues, dangerous cold wind chills are in the forecast. The winter storm ...Read more

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How cold does it have to be for Minnesota schools to close?

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MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of Minnesota students got an extended Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend in January as many schools across the state shut down due to extreme cold. Other students were allowed to stay home but had their lessons moved online.

But just how cold does it have to be before in-person school is canceled or switched to an ...Read more

High winds close Bay Bridge, cause thousands of power outages across Baltimore region

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More than 100,000 homes and businesses are without power across the Baltimore region as strong, damaging winds gusting up to 60 mph damage power lines, down trees, topple poles and more.

According to Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., outages map, as of 6:30 p.m. Sunday, there were 24,667 customers without power in Anne Arundel; 15,288 in Baltimore ...Read more

1 dead, thousands without power across metro Atlanta after severe storms

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At least one person was killed Sunday as severe storms brought heavy winds and rain across metro Atlanta, leaving thousands without power and placing medical staff on high alert at the Clayton County Jail.

Crews were called around 5 a.m. after a tree fell on a home in the 700 block of Matilda Place in northwest Atlanta, according to ...Read more

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Valentine's Day snow wreaks havoc on Minnesota's roads

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MINNEAPOLIS — Two to 4 inches of snow fell across parts of Minnesota on Friday into Saturday morning, bringing dangerous road conditions that caused spinouts, crashes, jackknifed trucks and injuries, and likely were a factor in the death of a teenage driver in Washington County.

Kyle Everson, a spokesman for the State Patrol, said troopers ...Read more

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Los Angeles region to get respite with 'very low impact weather' in coming days

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LOS ANGELES — After a stretch of treacherous rains across the Los Angeles region and its recent burn scars, the coming days will bring a needed respite — with the National Weather Service on Saturday predicting "very low impact weather for most areas the next several days."

A "warming and drying trend" is predicted through the weekend, and ...Read more

Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/TNS

Messy winter storm set to drop snow, rain from NYC to Toronto

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New York and the U.S. Northeast will pick up a few inches of snow overnight on Saturday from a winter storm that will also blanket the Midwest and southern Ontario.

New York City may get 1 to 2 inches of snow beginning late afternoon on Saturday before changing to rain. The system will spread heavier snow over a much wider area, with Boston ...Read more

Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Pacific Coast Highway went from smoldering to flooded in just few weeks: California's drought-to-deluge cycle on steroids

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LOS ANGELES — Just five weeks ago, Pacific Coast Highway was smoldering from one of the most destructive firestorms in Los Angeles County history, with burned-out shells where scores of oceanside homes once stood.

On Friday, the storied coastal road had dissolved into a river of mud and debris after a powerful rainstorm sent those burned ...Read more

Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS

SoCal digs out after mudslides, flooding, rain rescues; tornado damages homes

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LOS ANGELES — The biggest storm of the winter walloped Southern California on Thursday, forcing the closure of Pacific Coast Highway, damaging homes and vehicles and bringing with it the possibility of “life-threatening” debris flows just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds propelled a firestorm across Los Angeles County.

Street flooding...Read more

Storm brings flooding, mudslides and new evacuations for fire victims in Southern California

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LOS ANGELES — The biggest storm of the winter walloped Southern California on Thursday, but by Friday morning conditions were improving as the storm subsided.

The storm forced the closure of Pacific Coast Highway, damaged homes and vehicles and brought with it “life-threatening” debris flows just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds ...Read more

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Warning of 'life-threatening' debris flows as torrential rains, flash floods hit LA County

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LOS ANGELES — The biggest rainstorm of the season slammed into Southern California on Thursday, bringing with it flash floods, severe thunderstorms and the possibility of “life-threatening” debris flows just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds propelled a firestorm across L.A. County.

The National Weather Service issued flash flood and ...Read more

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Atmospheric river storm slams into LA County, bringing mudslides and flooding, and trapping cars

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LOS ANGELES — Just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds propelled a firestorm across Los Angeles County, residents faced another extreme weather event Thursday. The biggest storm of the season so far hit Southern California, bringing with it mudslides and flooding, and reports of trapped vehicles.

The rain sent a cascade of mud and water from...Read more

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Extreme drought lingers in Las Vegas, even with light rain

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LAS VEGAS — This week may have brought an end to the Las Vegas Valley’s second-longest dry streak in recorded history, but don’t expect the light mist to reverse the region’s drought.

Almost all of Clark County remains under “extreme” drought conditions, with the northwestern corner under even more intense “exceptional” drought ...Read more

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Race to protect homes, residents in burn zones as major rainstorm slams into L.A.

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LOS ANGELES — Officials raced to prepare for possible debris flows in areas burned during the January fires as a strong storm moved into Southern California on Wednesday.

Crews have rushed to clear out 154 basins designed to catch mud, rocks and other debris from tumbling into neighborhoods. They have also installed thousands of sandbags, K-...Read more

Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS

2 major winter storms expected to hit Chicago area this week

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CHICAGO — Two major winter storms are expected to hit the Midwest this week, with moderate to heavy snowfall in the Chicago area. Between the two storms, residents could see close to a foot of snow from Wednesday through Saturday.

The first storm could begin as early as Wednesday morning, although the brunt of the storm is expected to come ...Read more

Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/TNS

3 snowstorms forecast to hit New York, tristate this week

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NEW YORK — Three storms will beset the Northeast this week, bringing snow, rain, ice and travel mayhem to the New York area, meteorologists said Monday.

“We are looking at a parade of systems here over the next five to seven days or so,” National Weather Service meteorologist Dominic Ramunni told the Daily News on Monday.

The storms of ...Read more

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Major atmospheric river storm is barreling toward California: 'Prepare for the worst'

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LOS ANGELES — A major atmospheric river storm — strong enough to potentially rival some of the extreme storms that have walloped Southern California in recent winters — is barreling toward the coast, raising the specter of damaging landslides and flooding across the region.

This storm, forecast to reach Southern California sometime before...Read more

Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Record-breaking rain lashes California, with 2 people killed during storm in Sonoma County

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LOS ANGELES — The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers, which unleashed heavy rain across Northern California this week killing two people, was set to dampen Southern California through Friday morning.

And a potentially more powerful system could douse Southern California before or around Valentine’s Day, heightening concerns for ...Read more