Bitter cold, whiteouts hit Upper Midwest
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It was so cold Sunday in the Upper Midwest, and visibility was so poor in blowing snow, that church services were called off in parts of Michigan. At noon, thermometers in one North Dakota town still registered only 20 below zero.
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Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted the northern Midwest and northeastern states Friday.
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Even as a deadly snowstorm loosened its grip on the upper Midwest, officials warned that holiday travelers still faced treacherous roadways Monday.
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A bone-chilling cold wave with temperatures as low as 42 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday, sent homeless people into shelters and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great Lakes. At least four deaths were linked to the cold weather.
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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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U.S. forecasters are at odds over how   cold and snowy the coming winter will be, with predictions   ranging from frigid to mild in the key Northeast and Midwest   heating regions.
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Air pollution built to unhealthy levels around the upper Midwest, a wintertime rarity caused by the absence of strong wind, and problems were expected to continue Thursday for children and other sensitive groups.
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A cold front that brought severe weather and flooding and severe weather to the Midwest over the past week moved east on Sunday, with rain falling in the coastal states and thunderstorms lingering in the southern Appalachians.
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By WILLIAM KATES SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Thousands of youngsters got a second day off from school Tuesday in the midst of a bitter cold snap that combined with heavy snow several feet deep along the Great Lakes. At least seven deaths were blamed on the weather.
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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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MILWAUKEE, Dec. 23 -- A storm blustering through the Midwest on Sunday with heavy snow and howling wind made highways hazardous for holiday travelers and knocked out electricity to thousands of homes and businesses.
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A major snowstorm was moving through  the U.S. Midwest causing transportation hang-ups, making it  difficult to move grain and livestock to terminal markets, a  private forecaster said on Tuesday.
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More than 1,000 flights are cancelled in the US Midwest and North-east because of severe snowstorms.
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The upper Midwest braced for an Arctic blast with temperatures expected to drop as much as 50 degrees during the day, as areas farther west dug out from a snowstorm.
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After unseasonably warm weather across much of the country, winter weather was expected to return Wednesday, with scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of the East and snow and rain in the Midwest.
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Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blustered through the region with heavy snow and howling wind.
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A storm that blew across the Midwest and East Coast was headed to Canada on Thursday, leaving more than 2 feet of snow in some areas and snarling holiday travel for many.