Icy start after freeze hits snow
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Widespread icy patches are a hazard for drivers on Friday morning, following the first heavy snow of winter.
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IQALUIT, Nunavut Territory -- Simon Nattaq lost both feet to frostbite when his snowmobile crashed through the ice, made thin by rising Arctic temperatures.
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The temperature rose back above the freezing mark Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of people waited for the restoration of electrical service that was knocked out by last week's snow and ice storm.
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Another wintry blast was forecast Friday for the nation's midsection, where hundreds of thousands are still in the dark after a deadly ice storm brought down power lines, snapped trees and coated roads.
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Dangerously cold air and gusting winds seized the Great Lakes and Northeast early Monday, while snow fell over the Midwest, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes.
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By Pete Bosak, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Dec. 8--SNOW SHOE -- Fifteen vehicles, including seven tractor-trailers, crashed and piled up on an ice-covered Interstate 80 Thursday afternoon as a snow squall moved through and caused whiteout conditions.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Mar. 4--TOWN OF MEDARY, Wis. -- Two people were seriously injured Saturday afternoon in a sledding accident after sliding 200 feet into a steep rock quarry.
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By The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 16--This is a plow. And this is frozen slush. Any questions?   In the first winter storm of any consequence, this city failed the street-clearing test badly.
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Some roads are closed and gritting begins ahead of heavy snow expected to fall across much of Wales.
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Motorists are warned of hazardous road conditions after heavy snowfall in parts of Northern Ireland.
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Bitterly cold winter weather gripped the Midwest on Saturday, and whiteout conditions were blamed for traffic pileups in Michigan and Ohio.  Blizzard warnings were in effect for parts of Michigan, and temperatures reached as low as 17 below zero in the Upper Peninsula.
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Forecasters warned Saturday night of possible freezing temperatures this morning.  Snow fell Saturday at the 4,500-foot mark from Farmington northward in a rare late-summer snowstorm.  In Salt Lake County, residents at 5,400 feet and above saw trace amounts of snow.
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Snow, ice and howling winds hit a broad section of the central United States on Friday with a first-day-of-December punch that closed roads, disrupted commercial air travel and left hundreds of thousand of people without power.
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The Washington region struggled to recover yesterday from the deadly northeaster that knocked out power to tens of thousands, closed schools and airports, and clogged roads with snow, sleet, ice and slush.
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A major winter storm system moved eastward Saturday, leaving snow, ice and even tornadoes in its blustery path.
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By Jenny Dolan, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 11--'Tis the season to be jump-started.   Wisconsin winters aren't easy on cars or their owners.
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Residents in parts of the Northeast braced Monday for the second winter storm in as many days, testing weather records and motorists' patience but delighting operators of ski resorts. The storm could dump as much as 9 inches of snow in higher elevations of upstate New York and northern New England on Tuesday, adding a new coating to the foot or more that has already fallen in spots.