St. Louis suffers: heat, rain, no power
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National Guard troops stepped up their search for people in hot homes without power to run air conditioning Friday as heavy rains and tree-toppling winds added to the misery of the worst power outage in the city's history.
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PARIS Utility crews in Northern France are trying to restore power to thousands of people without electricity following a massive storm.
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The blowtorch heat that blistered California last week gripped the Midwest on Monday, prompting communities to throw air-conditioned buildings open to the public and endangering millions of people with outdoor jobs &#151; including NFL players in training camp.
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More than 91,000 homes and businesses remained without power early Tuesday. Overnight temperatures in the state in the past week have dipped into the teens
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About 1.5 million homes and businesses in Washington and Oregon had no power early Friday after howling windstorms and heavy rains caused at least three deaths, closed two major bridges and prompted flooding.
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Rain and thunderstorms continued throughout the central part of the nation on Monday, while mostly dry and clear skies prevailed elsewhere.
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Severe weather raked southwestern Missouri on Monday night, killing at least two people and leaving a path of destruction across two counties, authorities said.
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High winds add to problems from the initial impact, which cut power to thousands across the South Bay. By Doug Irving. Punishing bands of rain and wind raked across Southern California early Tuesday, swamping
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Rain was expected across much of the Midwest and South Monday, while hot and dry weather was to remain in the West &#151; including persistent triple-digit temperatures in some areas.
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Rain fell in the South and Northeast on Wednesday, as the West experienced dry, hot weather.
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The stretch of brilliant fall weather came to a drenching halt yesterday, and heavy rain forced an interruption to the Massachusetts Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championship at Blue Hill Country Club in Canton.
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By The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.  Feb. 7--The bitter cold that has blanketed the Midwest has touched all areas of the city, causing problems on the roads, filling homeless shelters, bursting pipes and water mains, and delaying flights.
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Parts of Southern California sweltered in triple-digit temperatures Monday as a heat wave stretched into the seventh day and contributed to power outages that left thousands without air conditioning.
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FORT PIERCE: Hurricane Jeanne, the fourth weather monster in six weeks to hammer Florida, smashed homes, tore off roofs, flooded streets and left 1million people without electricity on Sunday.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Floridians were again settling into the discomforts of a post-hurricane reality: lines for bags of ice or a hot meal, damaged homes that will take months to repair, and stifling heat and darkness amid widespread power outages...
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Broiling temperatures in the 90s and beyond gripped large swaths of the country Monday, sending people scrambling for the shade and prompting officials to open air-conditioned buildings and take to the streets to rescue the homeless and elderly.
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Los Angeles -- Blustery winds, record rainfall and mudslides have blocked highways and shut off power for thousands of homes and businesses in California.