First major winter storm pummels Nova Scotia, cuts power, suspends flights
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HALIFAX (CP) - Much of Nova Scotia was blanketed by snow and plunged into darkness Sunday as the first major snowstorm of the season brought winter in with a wallop.
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Residents in the eastern United States and parts of Canada have driven on treacherously icy roads and dug out of the first major snow storm to hit the region this year.
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Winter arrived late but compensated with a burning blast of cold in parts of eastern Canada and the northern United States on Monday, as plunging temperatures and biting winds made it deadly to be outdoors.
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The first substantial winter storm of the season hit the New York area after paralyzing parts of the Midwest and blizzard warnings were issued for parts of three states.
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A snow and ice storm ravaging the U.S. Mid-Atlantic states early Wednesday knocked out power for more than 100,000 customers from Virginia to New Jersey, local electric companies reported.
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A winter storm packing snow, sleet and freezing rain stranded hundreds of motorists on Interstate 95 in eastern North Carolina, knocked out power to thousands and caused hundreds of accidents.
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Heavy snow, rain and gales were expected across the south and west of England and Wales last night, threatening road chaos at the start of the Christmas holiday.
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A winter storm responsible for deaths in the Midwest blasted the Northeast on Thursday, dumping snow and sleet and clogging some of the nation's most heavily traveled highways.
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Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted the Carolinas yesterday, knocking out power to thousands and causing hundreds of accidents on one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year.
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Heavy snow fell across northern sections of the Northeast on Monday, capping a December of unusually heavy snow in some areas.
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HALIFAX (CP) - His beard encrusted in a layer of ice, Brian Ferrier snorted with disdain at the latest winter storm to hit Atlantic Canada.
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Hundreds of airline flights were canceled yesterday and thousands of passengers endured lengthy delays after a winter storm showered rain, sleet and rain over major hub airports in the Southeast.
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A ferry ran aground, trucks toppled over, river banks burst, people were evacuated from flooded houses and uprooted trees blocked highways as gale force winds swept Britain and Ireland, emergency services said.
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A powerful storm moved along the coast Tuesday, causing highway-blocking mudslides, flooding and power outages. Up to a foot of rain was possible in one mountain area.
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Tens of thousands of people in Eastern  Canada could be without electricity until the end of the week,  officials said on Monday, after an early winter blizzard downed  power lines and crumpled transmission towers.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Nova Scotia Power has restored electricity to all of its customers left in the dark and cold by last weekend's heavy snowfall, company officials said Friday.
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Extreme winter weather causes a series of emergency situations for  rescue services in Scotland.