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• The big dig-out: New England, NY slammed with snow

  February 9, 2013 in Nation/World New Englanders began the back-breaking job of digging out from as much as 3 feet of wet, heavy snow today and emergency crews used snowmobiles to reach shivering motorists stranded … 9

• Behemoth storm drops 2 feet of snow on Northeast

  February 9, 2013 in Nation/World BOSTON (AP) — A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and …

• Is blizzard getting too much hype? No, experts say

  February 8, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England’s blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous. … 3

• NYC, New England brace for up to 3 feet of snow

  February 8, 2013 in Nation/World BOSTON (AP) — Snow began to fall around the Northeast on Friday at the start of what’s predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard, and residents scurried to stock … 11

• Storms improve outlook for Mississippi River

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World ST. LOUIS (AP) — A release of water from the Missouri River and recent snow and rain are offering some relief for the Mississippi River. Though still dangerously low, the …

• Big Midwestern snowstorm leads to 25-vehicle crash

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first widespread snowstorm of the season began a slow crawl across the Midwest on Thursday, creating treacherous driving conditions that, in Iowa, led to …

• Midwest hit by its first major snowstorm of season

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season began a slow crawl across the Midwest on Thursday, creating treacherous, sometimes deadly driving conditions and threatening to …

• Snowstorm causing problems from Rockies to Midwest

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — A storm that has dumped more than a foot of snow in the Rocky Mountains was causing problems for travelers as it spread across the Plains on …

• Snowstorm hits Rockies, heads to Midwest

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World DENVER (AP) — A storm that has dumped more than a foot of snow in the Rocky Mountains is heading east and is forecast to bring the first major winter …

• Winter storm moves through Rocky Mountains

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A winter snow storm moved through the Rocky Mountain region Tuesday as many people prepared for the start of their holiday travels. The storm could …

• Winter storm moving through Southwest, Rockies

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A winter snowstorm is moving through the Rocky Mountain region as many get ready to begin their holiday travels. The National Weather Service is forecasting …

• High winds, mountain snows hits Northwest

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — The strongest Northwest storm of the season blew in early Monday on winds that gusted to more than 80 mph on the coast, knocking out power in …

• Snowfall a boon for Upper Midwest outdoors fans

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After enduring last year’s snowless winter, skiers and snowmobilers may have despaired of ever seeing a decent snowfall again. But fans of the wintry outdoors got their …

• Snowfall boon for Upper Midwest outdoors fans

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After enduring last year’s snowless winter, skiers and snowmobilers may have despaired of ever seeing a decent snowfall again. But fans of the wintry outdoors got their …

• Snow-savvy Midwest cities breaking no-snow records

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No snow boots needed in Milwaukee. Chicago commuters aren’t dodging knee-deep snow drifts frozen along city sidewalks. And children in Des Moines are settling for … 1

• Storm brings new outages for Sandy-battered states

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The nor’easter that stymied recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy pulled away from New York and New Jersey Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of new people in …

• Sandy-torn northeast deals with more wind, water

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The nor’easter, as promised, brought gusting winds, rain, snow and the threat of flooding. It menaced travelers with icy roads, snarled the Long Island Rail Road …

• New storm bears down on Sandy-battered NYC, NJ

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A nor’easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again …

• Storm spins death and ‘a lot of tears’ along path

  October 31, 2012 in Nation/World Death blew in on the superstorm’s wild winds and sea water torrents, claiming 90-year-olds and children with capriciously toppling trees, taking tall-ship adventurers in mountainous Atlantic waves and average folks …

• W.Va. blizzard warning as Appalachia storm blows

  October 30, 2012 in Nation/World ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) — Wet snow and high winds spinning off the edge of superstorm Sandy spread blizzard conditions over parts of West Virginia and neighboring Appalachian states Tuesday, shutting …

• ‘Frankenstorm’: Worse than sum of its parts

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, extreme …

• ‘Frankenstorm’: Worse than sum of its nasty parts

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with persistent high winds, drenching rains, …

• Amid dire forecast, Sandy a hurricane again

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) — With much of the Eastern Seaboard in the path of a rare behemoth storm, residents of the nation’s most densely populated corridor contemplated whether to …

• Approaching megastorm threatens East Coast

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Douglas Jumper choked up as he described the long, slow recovery in his central Pennsylvania town from last year’s historic flooding caused by Hurricane Irene and … 7

• Eastern utilities brace for expected super storm

  October 25, 2012 in Nation/World HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Utilities and governments along the East Coast are working to head off long-term power failures as forecasters predict a major storm to hit a region already …

• Northern Calif. walloped by early wintry weather

  October 23, 2012 in Nation/World FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A storm from the Gulf of Alaska stalled for a second day over Northern California, blanketing mountains with snow, spawning a tornado near the state capital …

• Alaska village short of water as winter approaches

  October 10, 2012 in Nation/World ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Inupiat Eskimo villagers in a small Alaska community are facing six long months of melting ice and snow nearly every time they want to cook a …

• Storms raising WA flooding, avalanche chances

  March 15, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — A series of storms have saturated Western Washington, increasing the chances of flooding in the lowlands and snow avalanches in the Cascades. 1

• Pasco family survived Snoqualmie snowslide

  April 8, 2011 in Nation/World Tana and Kent Parker were driving home from Seattle over Snoqualmie Pass on Wednesday when a snowslide slammed into their Nissan Pathfinder. It smashed their windshield, covered them in ice …

• Vestal: Neighbor lends hand year-round

  December 3, 2010 in City on Page A7 Good fences make good neighbors, says the cranky man in the Frost poem. But he was wrong, of course. Snowblowers make good neighbors. 1

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