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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Heavy, wet snow and blizzard conditions hit the Plains and Midwest on Thursday, shutting down hundreds of miles of interstate highways.
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A winter storm pounded the West Tuesday, while snow showers spread from the Upper Midwest to New England.
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A winter storm batters southern California and dumps heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Fierce wind blew snow across roads and stranded hundreds of drivers on Midwestern highways Friday, as thousands shivered without power and airlines were forced to call off hundreds of flights.
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A rare convergence of weather patterns has drenched the west and blanketed much of the country with snow.
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California is bracing for a series of powerful winter storms poised to deliver a one-two-three punch to the West Coast, bringing snow, rain and high wind throughout the Golden State, forecasters said.
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Winter storms that clobbered the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday have bottled up local package deliveries. &quot;It couldn&#39;t happen at a worse time,&quot; said Jeff Costello, the US Postal Service&#39;s
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A winter storm battered states from the Plains through the Midwest on Wednesday, sending travelers slipping and sliding over icy roads, dumping a foot of snow over some areas and pushing temperatures to bitter-cold levels.
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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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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A fierce arctic storm lashed California on Friday, toppling trees, soaking a coastal landscape already charred by wildfires and threatening to paralyze the mountains with deep snow.
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A storm off the West Coast will move southeast on Wednesday, bringing heavy precipitation and strong winds. Snow accumulations could exceed a foot in the mountains above 4,000 feet, and winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph were expected.
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ALBANY, N.Y. - Snow-laden western New York braced for another wintery onslaught Wednesday as storms closed schools, menaced motorists and knocked out power in communities from the Midwest to the Northeast.  The storms were blamed for at least one death in Ohio.  New York Gov.
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A powerful storm battered the West for a third straight day Wednesday, forcing dozens of people from their homes, sending recreational vehicles floating down a flooded creek in Arizona and turning Southern California freeways into a virtual demolition derby.
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Storms that roared through the Northwest and Rockies &#151; crippling traffic and helping break a Seattle precipitation record &#151; blew through the southern Plains and Midwest, bringing the first significant ice and snow of the season.
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The second big winter storm to hit the central United States in less than a week slammed parts of Nebraska and Iowa with near-blizzard conditions on Thursday and spun off tornadoes that killed a child in Missouri.
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A levee break flooded hundreds of homes Saturday as the storm that has pummeled the West Coast with high wind and heavy rain dropped a thick blanket of snow on the Sierra Nevada on Saturday.