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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

LA's first atmospheric river storm of winter is coming. What you need to know

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LOS ANGELES — The first in what’s expected to be a series of three atmospheric river storms has arrived in California.

Forecasters are hopeful the winter storms might finally lift Los Angeles County from the throes of a devastating fire season. But there is still the risk that heavy rainfall around recent burn areas could trigger dangerous ...Read more

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Second round of rain heading to LA. What will it take to end fire season?

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LOS ANGELES — Another rain event is heading to fire-weary Los Angeles next week, and although this precipitation will provide a helpful dampening of dry brush, forecasters say it is unlikely to be heavy enough to put an end to what is expected to be the most destructive fire season in the county's modern history.

The National Weather Service...Read more

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Wanted: Rain. Las Vegas to reach 200 days in a row of no precipitation

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LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas is about to see its 200th day with no measurable rain picked up at the city’s airport monitoring station.

Wednesday will mark Sin City’s 200th day without the station measuring more than one-hundredth of an inch of rain. The longest consecutive dry streak the valley saw previously was in 2020, with 240 days of no ...Read more

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You think it's cold now? Here's how much colder it will get in Miami and across Florida

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MIAMI — Planning a weekend road trip in North Florida to frolic in the record-setting snowfall?

You may have missed your opportunity to make a “Snow in Florida” TikTok video. Meteorologists aren’t predicting more snow because the front that led to the winter scenes has moved on.

But Pensacola, which set a record with nine inches of ...Read more