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Snowplow simulator offers rare chance to practice
In an area that gets a mere 3 inches of snow a year, Dallas snowplow drivers live in fear of major winter storms like the one that crippled their city ...
The Weather Channel names its first winter storm
To people who were caught in snarled traffic or had to shovel snow with leaves still on the trees, the storm pulling off the East Coast on Thursday ...
New storm bears down on Sandy-battered NYC, NJ
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 ...
A state-by-state look at the East Coast superstorm
The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 74 ...
Storm spins death and 'a lot of tears' along path
Death blew in on the superstorm's wild winds and sea water torrents, claiming 90-year-olds and children with capriciously toppling trees, taking ...
Md. experiences full variety of Sandy's wrath
On Maryland's jagged coastline, hurricane-riled waves destroyed an iconic pier and floodwaters forced caskets from graves in a town famed for crabbing
W.Va. blizzard warning as Appalachia storm blows
Wet snow and high winds spinning off the edge of superstorm Sandy spread blizzard conditions over parts of West Virginia and neighboring Appalachian ...
5 reasons why Sandy is expected to be a superstorm
1. A NORTHBOUND HURRICANE Hurricane Sandy is moving slowly northeast and but is expected to turn to the north and west later Sunday and Monday, ...
'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its parts
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, ...
US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations
Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably ...
'Frankenstorm': Worse than sum of its nasty parts
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 ...
Amid dire forecast, Sandy a hurricane again
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 ...
Eastern utilities brace for expected super storm
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 ...
Northern Calif. walloped by early wintry weather
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 ...
Alaska village short of water as winter approaches
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 meal or ...
Weather Channel heads to swing states for election
Snowstorms, hurricanes and tornados are what usually put The Weather Channel's news team in motion. This November it will mobilize for the election.
Late summer blast heats up South Dakota
South Dakota is better known for its winter blizzards, but a late summer blast of heat drove temperatures Wednesday into the triple-digit range more ...
Almanac forecast: Wintry weather _ and mystery
The weather world is full of high-profile meteorologists like NBC's Al Roker and the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore. But the guy making the forecasts ...