 Snowfall causes chaos on highways and byways throughout America
Temperatures have fallen, snow has accumulated, ice has stuck and drivers have crashed. As a result, hundreds of drivers from the Northwest to the mid-Atlantic have found themselves, and their vehicles, in places other than their lanes. The wintry weather is a part of a persistent stormy pattern that could bring more trouble in the...
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The 2019 US tornado season included an occurrence
A pair of unforgettable tornadoes bookended the 2019 U.S. tornado season, which is effectively over; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has no reports of tornadoes so far in December. The U.S. tornado season typically runs from March through November or sometimes into early December, although tornadoes can occur at any time. The year's deadliest...
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Threat of damaging winds will return to parts of northern Europe this weekend
Some of the same European countries battered by strong winds earlier this week will be bracing for more this weekend, while other regions will get their first dose. A storm will sit over Scotland on Saturday and send some pulses of gusty winds from southern Ireland and France to the Baltic States into Monday. “Overall,...
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Heavy, gusty storms to rattle Florida, Georgia into Friday night
While an outbreak of severe weather is not anticipated, storms capable of producing strong gusts and flash flooding will pester parts of the southeastern United States into Friday night. The thunderstorms are part of a large and strengthening storm that is producing an expanding swath of heavy rain in the eastern third of the nation....
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Stormy weather to slam Eastern Mediterranean through the weekend
Two storms will travel across the eastern Mediterranean Sea, spreading flooding rainfall and snow from Greece and Turkey to Iraq. Wet weather first stretched from southern Greece to Syria on Thursday evening and is expected to spread inland across the Middle East into Friday. Parts of Syria, Iraq and even western Iran will end up...
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Most active early flu season since 2003 already 'wreaking havoc' in US
The 2019-2020 flu season follows two straight unusually bad flu seasons. Unfortunately, two key indicators show this year could be more of the same. First, "This season is off to an early start, earlier than any season this decade," Dr. Bryan Lewis, professor at the University of Virginia, who works in a research partnership with...
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Rain to bring a breath of fresh air to New Delhi, northern India
Dangerous levels of air pollution have stifled New Delhi and neighboring parts of northern India and Pakistan in recent weeks. The Air Quality Index (AQI) has wavered between “very unhealthy” and “hazardous” in the National Capital Region (NCR) over the past seven days, but beneficial changes are on the way. The AQI scale is a...
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What happens when America's coldest state warms up?
Alaska is accustomed to being the distant, extended family member of the contiguous 48 states, confined to a side table with its own unique weather patterns as the lower 48 get to share climates with their neighbors. But after spending its first few decades known as the cold in-law of the United States, Alaska spent...
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Brrr! Steady subzero temperatures leave several states frozen
A blasting freeze this week has left many regions of the Upper Midwest frozen in place. In areas across states such as North Dakota and Minnesota, subzero temperatures have dotted the map and for some, the mercury has been frozen below zero for a few days amid a brutal cold snap that AccuWeather forecasters began...
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The 2019 California wildfires caused less damage than the last two devastating seasons
AccuWeather predicted earlier this year that the California wildfire season would be extended into December and that the total damage and economic loss caused by the state's wildfires would be $80 billion, a pair of estimates that accurately reflect what occurred during the 2019 California wildfire season. There were a total of 253,354 acres burned in California in...
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New Zealand volcano: Increasing risk of 2nd eruption thwarts recovery efforts
Dec. 11 (UPI) — There is an increasing probability that the volcano on New Zealand’s White Island will erupt within the next 24 hours, experts said, thwarting recovery efforts for the bodies of eight people believed to have died in Monday’s eruption. Authorities said they were hopeful they’d be able to recover the bodies but worsening...
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Rounds of snowfall to reinforce icy weather pattern in Upper Midwest
Following the season’s most punishing cold yet, a couple of storms originating from western Canada will spread snow and cause slippery travel across parts of the northern Plains and parts Midwest into this weekend — and reinforcing cold will keep the region firmly in the icy grips of a winterlike pattern. Known as an Alberta...
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Parade of storms to cause misery through Christmas
A tenacious weather pattern will yield more frequent storms than normal – every two to four days – across the central and eastern U.S. through Christmas. The persistent badgering by Mother Nature is expected to have a significant negative impact on travel and shipping prior to the holidays, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. The next wintry...
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Heating costs compared to last year will be on the rise for these 5 U.S. cities
The weather system that is bringing an invasion of Arctic air and will plunge temperatures to the lowest levels since last winter across the Midwest could be a harbinger of things to come this winter for several major U.S. cities. People in places such as New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati are expected to...
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Lake-effect snow showers, squalls to cause treacherous travel around Great Lakes
Motorists around the Great Lakes will be faced with slippery, snow-covered roads and reduced visibility as lake-effect snow blankets the region through midweek. Lake-effect snow ramped up on Monday night downwind of lakes Superior and Michigan as frigid air streamed over the warmer, unfrozen waters. As the cold pushes eastward into midweek, communities downstream of...
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AccuWeather RealFeel temps to fall off a cliff as Arctic blast grips Midwest
Temperatures will plunge to the lowest levels yet this season across the midwestern United States as a mass of Arctic air settles over the region through midweek. The deep freeze may come as a shock to Midwestern residents who have not experienced an extreme cold snap since Nov. 10-13. During that stretch, single-digit lows were...
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Drenching rain, ice among dangers a significant late-week storm will unleash in East
A stormy weather pattern has evolved in the eastern United States during the second week of December, and forecasters say it’s likely to culminate in a significant weather system later this week. Despite a blast of Arctic air and an episode of wintry precipitation at midweek, temperatures are forecast to quickly rebound ahead of the...
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At least 5 dead after volcano erupts on popular tourist island in New Zealand
Emergency crews scrambled to a popular tourist island off the coast of New Zealand on Monday afternoon, local time, as a volcano erupted and left at least five people dead and even more injured or missing. The unexpected eruption occurred on White Island, also known as Whakaari, which sits about 30 miles (48 km) offshore...
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Volcanic eruption in New Zealand leaves 5 dead, more 'unaccounted for'
Emergency crews scrambled to a popular tourist island off the coast of New Zealand on Monday afternoon, local time, as a volcano erupted and left at least five people dead and even more injured or missing. The eruption occurred on White Island, also known as Whakaari, which sits about 30 miles (48 km) offshore from...
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Snow to threaten slick travel along 1,000-mile corridor of US
Forecasters warn that the weather will be like night and day for millions of Americans living in the eastern United States from the start of the week to midweek. Easterners woke up to a drenching rainstorm and a surge in unusually warm air to start the week, and AccuWeather meteorologists say the stage is set...
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Pattern change to bring drier trend to most of California through mid-December
Several storms have barreled across much of California since before Thanksgiving. But now, a shift in the weather pattern looks to bring calmer weather. Storm after storm dove across the state over the past several weeks, delivering rain, wind and mountain snow. The jet stream, which helps to influence the track storm systems take, was...
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Flooding threat, brief warmup to proceed Arctic blast in Northeast next week
As the holidays approach and many may find themselves dreaming of a white Christmas, Mother Nature has a different idea up her sleeves. The weather pattern will soon be reversed in the northeastern United States, allowing wintry landscapes to transform into a sloppy, muddy mess instead. Forecasters are closely watching a storm system that is...
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Flash freeze to shock Midwest after another dose of snow
Midwesterners may have a tough time deciphering exactly which season we’re in come this weekend and next week — and forecasters stress that rapid weather changes may be dizzying. Meteorologists are tracking a storm system and an air mass that will be major players in the weather whiplash expected across the region. A swath of...
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Investigators probing role weather may have played in deadly South Dakota plane crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released new information Tuesday about the plane crash in Chamberlain, South Dakota, that killed nine people and injured three others within a mile of takeoff. A review of the available information about the fatal crash, which occurred Saturday within a mile of takeoff, indicates weather was a significant, if not major, factor, experts...
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Quick-hitting snow, freeze-up to sweep through northeastern US
After a major winter storm unloaded up to 3 feet of snow in the Northeast and snarled traffic earlier this week, blockbuster snowstorms are taking a break across the eastern United States. But, with about two weeks to go from the official start of the season, winter weather isn’t on hold altogether. A system will...
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Big storm may dramatically alter wintery landscapes in Northeast next week
As the holidays approach and many may find themselves dreaming of a white Christmas, Mother Nature has a different idea up her sleeves. The weather pattern will soon be reversed in the northeastern United States, allowing wintry landscapes to transform into a sloppy, muddy mess instead. Forecasters are closely watching a storm system that is...
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Powerful storm to slam West Coast with feet of snow, flooding rain late this week
After one storm system wallops Southern California and Arizona with heavy rain and high-country snow through Wednesday night, a much larger storm is set to slam Central and Northern California with a wide array of impacts from Friday into Saturday. Although the center of the storm system will move ashore in Oregon later Saturday into...
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Break from blockbuster winter storms to provide brief reprieve for parts of US
After an onslaught of disruptive winter storms snarled travel across the country during Thanksgiving week and beyond, Old Man Winter will offer a brief reprieve from big snowstorms for portions of the central and eastern United States. “The big storm train across the eastern two-thirds of the nation will take a bit of a break...
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Snow, ice storm to hit travel hard in northeastern US during first days of December
A major storm system, that has already dumped more than a foot of snow across the interior Northeast, will continue to create difficult travel conditions over a large part of the northeastern United States, including some major cities into Monday. A winterlike storm from the Midwest that dumped heavy snow and ice across the region...
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Accumulating snow to continue over Northeast through Monday night
As colder air sweeps toward the coast, snow will lead to slippery conditions from New York City and Boston into Monday night, while snow piles up over the interior Northeast. Up through Sunday night, most of the snow, ice and rain produced throughout the Northeast was from an older storm that first blasted the Midwest...
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Atmospheric river soaks Southern California, Southwest
Following a delayed start to the wet season in fire-ravaged California, the switch has been turned on as a series of storms continues to douse the Golden State. Soon after a storm over Northern and Central California winds down, a new plume of moisture, or an atmospheric river, will unleash heavy rain and high country...
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Break from blockbuster winter storms to provide brief reprieve for parts of US
After an onslaught of disruptive winter storms snarled travel across the country during Thanksgiving week and beyond, Old Man Winter will offer a brief reprieve from big snowstorms for portions of the central and eastern United States. “The big storm train across the eastern two-thirds of the nation will take a bit of a break...
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Atmospheric river to soak Southern California, Southwest
Following a delayed start to the wet season in fire-ravaged California, the switch has been turned on as a series of storms continues to douse the Golden State. Soon after a storm over Northern and Central California winds down, a new plume of moisture, or an atmospheric river, will unleash heavy rain and high country...
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