New Orleans tornado, Midwest snow in winter storm
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A winter storm packing blizzard conditions to the north and a deadly New Orleans tornado to the south closed schools, forced hundreds of flight cancellations and disrupted travel from Kansas east to Ohio on Tuesday.
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DENVER, Feb. 24 -- A large, fast-moving snowstorm that closed sections of major highways in the Plains on Saturday was blamed for seven traffic deaths, while strong winds in Arkansas cut a five-mile-long swath of damage, destroying buildings and leaving several people injured.
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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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By Joe Orso, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 26--A weekend storm dropped as much as 29.5 inches of snow on the Coulee Region during the weekend.   In La Crosse, 20 inches fell between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m.
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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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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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A snow storm packing strong winds caused flight delays and closed highways across the central United States, leaving at least five dead in road accidents, US media reported on Sunday.
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Forecasters predicted frigid temperatures in the northern Plains on Tuesday, while rain and snow was expected from the Mississippi Valley to the Midwest.
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Unseasonably warm air touched off a flurry of tornadoes across the Midwest on Monday night, killing two people in Missouri and smashing homes and cars, and knocking over railroad cars, in a swath extending from Oklahoma to southern Wisconsin.
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- 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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Forecasters predicted several inches of snow in New England, heavy rain in the Southeast and snow and rain in the Northwest on Sunday.
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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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At least one tornado  touched down in Dumas, Arkansas, on Saturday, injuring a number  of people and destroying much of the small town's business  district, while a strong winter storm moved across Colorado and  into the Midwest.
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A winter storm that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of Midwest homes and businesses moved into the East on Monday with a dicey mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain
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Storm warnings were posted from Wisconsin to New England, where the National Weather Service posted blizzard warnings that will be in effect through Sunday.
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The first winter storm of 2004 is expected to reach the region later Monday, bringing periods of heavy rain, strong winds and the possibility of thunderstorms over the next few days, forecasters said.
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High winds, heavy rain and tornadoes pounded parts of the Midwest and the South, killing five people and stranding others in trees and shelters while forecasters warned Saturday that the stormy weather was expected to continue.