South America struggles to dig out from heavy snow
World News | Associated Press | Tuesday January 11, 2011
Temperatures plummeted late on Monday night, turning slushy streets into sheets of ice across Southern states that are more accustomed to sunshine than snow. The wintry blast has grounded flights, cut power to thousands of homes and even forced Auburn University to cancel viewing parties for the national championship bowl game.Snow ranging from sev...
Inaction and delays by New York as storm bore down
World News | Russ Buettner, Michael M. Grynbaum and Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times | Thursday December 30, 2010
At 3:58 am on Christmas Day, the National Weather Service upgraded its alert about the snow headed to New York City, issuing a winter storm watch. By 3:55 pm, it had declared a formal blizzard warning, a rare degree of alarm. But city officials opted not to declare a snow emergency -- a significant mobilization that would have, among other things, ...
South America struggles to dig out from heavy snow
World News | Associated Press | Tuesday January 11, 2011
Temperatures plummeted late on Monday night, turning slushy streets into sheets of ice across Southern states that are more accustomed to sunshine than snow. The wintry blast has grounded flights, cut power to thousands of homes and even forced Auburn University to cancel viewing parties for the national championship bowl game.Snow ranging from sev...
Inaction and delays by New York as storm bore down
World News | Russ Buettner, Michael M. Grynbaum and Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times | Thursday December 30, 2010
At 3:58 am on Christmas Day, the National Weather Service upgraded its alert about the snow headed to New York City, issuing a winter storm watch. By 3:55 pm, it had declared a formal blizzard warning, a rare degree of alarm. But city officials opted not to declare a snow emergency -- a significant mobilization that would have, among other things, ...
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