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Saturday snow breaks record in Chicago, NWS confirms

As Chicagoans woke up to “Winter Wonderland”-like conditions Sunday, snowfall recorded at Chicago O’Hare International Airport Saturday was confirmed as a record 8.4 inches, the highest snowfall on a single calendar day in November since 1951, according to the National Weather Service. The snow tapered out by late morning Sunday, and the temperature warmed up to around 32 degrees at noon, with ...
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Santa Barbara hit hard by storms: Record rainfall, flooded streets, moisture from Hawaii

LOS ANGELES — This weekend’s atmospheric river uprooted trees, caked roads in mud and sent toxic runoff flowing into the ocean, but nowhere got quite as hard hit as Santa Barbara, which experienced the soggiest three-day stretch of November rain in the county’s recorded history. According to data from the National Weather Service, the Santa Barbara Airport received 6.67 inches of rain between ...
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Heavy rains pound Southern California, forcing evacuations

An unusually strong storm system that was linked to at least two deaths lashed Southern California with heavy rain Saturday, bringing a risk for flash flooding and landslides and forcing evacuations in areas of Los Angeles County recently burned by wildfires.
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All the reasons why the 2025 hurricane season will be remembered as downright ‘weird’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is just about over, with no tropical systems likely to develop before its official close on Nov. 30. It might seem like a fortunate flop — only five hurricanes, when most forecasts back in spring called for eight or nine. It was actually “pretty hopping,” said University of Miami meteorologist Brian McNoldy. It was also “weird” said ...
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Sierra Nevada wildfire spreads rapidly

A wildfire near Crowley Lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada broke out midday Thursday and is rapidly spreading in southern Mono County, less than 20 miles south of Mammoth Mountain.
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Storm slams Southern California as record-breaking rain possible this weekend

LOS ANGELES — Southern California will be under a severe weather threat Saturday, with the most powerful wave of an incoming atmospheric river storm peaking over the weekend in Los Angeles County and bringing a risk of mudflows, debris flows and, possibly, a tornado. If rain falls as forecast, this storm could result in downtown Los Angeles seeing its wettest November since 1985. Heavy rain ...