Winter storms batter western states
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Storms battered the western United States on Saturday with strong winds, heavy rains and a blanket of snow that caused widespread power outages, a levee break in Nevada and two deaths in California.
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CINCINNATI, Ohio  - A winter storm barreled out of  the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, creating misery for holiday  travelers, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of  people and breaking snowfall records.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 1 -- A surprising early winter storm rolled across the central United States overnight and today, stranding airline passengers, shutting schools and leaving hundreds of thousands of households in darkness due to ice and wet snow.
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A cold weather front was helping to quell wildfires across several western US states on Tuesday but authorities warned the risk of further blazes across the region remained high.
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A slow-rolling series of storms that battered the West this week brought snowfall and high wind Thursday to parts of California, where weather-weary residents have already endured lashing rain, heavy snowfall and a destructive tornado. Since the wild weather began slogging ashore Monday, five deaths in California and two in Colorado have been blamed on storms. Searchers on Thursday recovered what they believed were the bodies of two missing college students who had vanished after their canoe capsized in a flooded Arizona creek.
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An intense Pacific storm slammed into the West Coast, bringing heavy rain and snow to California Friday.
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A slow-moving, powerful storm battered the West for a third straight day Wednesday, forcing people out of low-lying sections of a scenic Arizona town, blacking out thousands of homes in Southern California and flooding the streets of Las Vegas.
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Driving snow leaves half a million people without power as a winter storm hit the central United States.
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A Pacific storm was expected to wallop the West on Sunday, pummeling Oregon and California with rain and snow. Significant rain was forecast all the way to Southern California, and rain and thunderstorms were possible even in northern Arizona, site of the Super Bowl.
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Scorching temperatures in the western US cause a string of fires, threatening homes and highways.
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Potent winter storms caused dozens of vehicle crashes with injuries in Colorado and Washington state Wednesday, prompting the closure of two major highways in both states.
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Powerful storms in the West have delivered the best snow conditions in years but also have claimed lives from Colorado to Alaska, threatening to make this winter outdoor sports season the region's deadliest in recent memory.
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A powerful winter storm that unleashed a thick blanket of mountain snow, heavy rain and at least one tornado pounded Southern California for a fifth straight day Friday.
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A winter storm that pounded the Sierra Nevada over the weekend delivered a snowy, icy mess across the nation's central states, stalling holiday travel, closing stretches of highway and making a nationally televised football game look at times like the tuner was off by a channel.
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A severe winter storm dumped snow and freezing rain across the Midwest and mid-Atlantic United States on Sunday, stranding air travelers from Boston to Chicago and causing several traffic deaths.
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A powerful storm moved along the West Coast today, causing highway-blocking mudslides, flooding and power outages. Up to a foot of rain was possible in one mountain area.
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Winter storms at both ends of the country dumped snow and snarled air and land travel Friday, killing at least 10 people, blocking major highways and even stranding 400 train passengers in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.