First snows fall in parts of UK
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The first snowflakes of the season fall as temperatures drop across England and Wales.
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Heavy snow hampers travel in the north of England, with motorists urged to avoid unnecessary journeys.
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A storm accompanied by violent gusts of wind, heavy snowfalls and chilling temperatures knifed into the center of Europe after earlier causing major disruption in Scandinavia and Poland.
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Up to ten inches of snow fell overnight in parts of central Scotland, causing a number of road accidents and forcing the closure of several roads, police said.
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Extreme winter weather causes a series of emergency situations for  rescue services in Scotland.
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The weather will turn milder through  the weekend in the central and eastern United States, thawing  out the regions after the first arctic blast swept through them  last week, according to weather forecasters.
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Police trying to reach motorists cut off by substantial snowdrifts on cross-Pennine routes
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Five British airports were closed Thursday and some train services were cancelled after heavy snow fell in England and Wales.Comment
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Britain is bracing for heavy snow in many parts of the country that threatened to disrupt travel for commuters and could cost the economy hundreds of millions of pounds (euros/dollars).
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Heavy snowfall shut five British airports Thursday and forced the cancellation of some train service in England and Wales.Comment
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A series of tornadoes has struck communities across England, damaging homes and vehicles and uprooting trees. British weather authorities confirmed that a squall hit Northampton, where falling branches damaged an empty school bus, and another violent storm damaged gardens and homes in Luton. Part of a factory roof was blown off in Breaston, Derbyshire. Also affected were Farnborough, Hants, and Nuneaton, Warks. There have been no immediate reports of injuries.
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Snow is expected to strike many parts of Britain as a ferry runs aground on Blackpool beach.
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A snowstorm that blanketed parts of the Midwestern United States barreled into New England on Sunday, bringing snow, freezing rain and high winds that grounded flights and made driving treacherous.
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Snow was forecast for large parts of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast on Wednesday, with as much as 2 feet or more possible in some areas of the northern Mid-Atlantic and New England.
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Fall&#39;s first significant flurries dusted much of Colorado overnight Sunday, making Monday a mess for many people along the Front Range.
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New England's first major winter storm of 2008 snarled the Monday morning commute with heavy snow and closed hundreds of schools.
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Japanese meteorologists say Tokyo has had its first winter without snow since records began in 1876.