Snowstorm blamed for 9 deaths, outages
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Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blustered through the region with heavy snow and howling wind.
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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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COLUMBIA, Conn., Dec. 13 -- A winter storm responsible for deaths in the Midwest blasted the Northeast on Thursday, dumping snow and sleet and clogging some of the nation's most heavily traveled highways.
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TOKYO  Typhoon Megi left nine people dead after bringing heavy rains to western Japan and may hit the north Friday, authorities said.
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Workers rushed to restore power Tuesday to regions of China hard-hit by snow and ice storms, in a struggle that state media said has already cost the lives of 11 electricians
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By CHASE SQUIRES DENVER - A large, fast-moving snowstorm that closed sections of major highways on the Plains on Saturday was blamed for seven traffic deaths, while strong winds in Arkansas cut a 5-mile-long swath of damage, destroying buildings and leaving several people injured.
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Tens of thousands were without power  and schools were closed across parts of the central United  States on Monday after a storm dumped as much as 2 1/2 feet of  snow on some areas.
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Frigid air and gusts of snow created below-zero wind chills and white-out conditions across much of the country.
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Fire kills 9   A fire tore through a house in a central Russian region yesterday, killing nine people, including four children, emergency officials said.
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NEWTON, Ga.  -- A powerful storm system packing tornadoes that killed at least seven people in Alabama and one other in Missouri is being blamed for nine more deaths in Georgia, a state official said early Friday.
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More than 750 people have perished as a result of severe cold and heavy snowfalls this winter across Afghanistan, a government official said on Saturday.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Megi churned through the Tsushima Straight dividing Japan and South Korea, leaving nine people dead and thousands homeless as it damaged crops, dumped heavy rains and grounded flights.
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Officials in Pakistan say 278 people have died as a result of a week of torrential rains and snowstorms.
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A slow-rolling series of storms that battered the West this week brought snowfall and high wind Thursday to parts of California, where weather-weary residents have already endured lashing rain, heavy snowfall and a destructive tornado. Since the wild weather began slogging ashore Monday, five deaths in California and two in Colorado have been blamed on storms. Searchers on Thursday recovered what they believed were the bodies of two missing college students who had vanished after their canoe capsized in a flooded Arizona creek.
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By Ana Breton Deseret Morning News  Friday's snowstorm caused a slushy morning commute for Wasatch Front motorists and triggered widespread power outages after heavy snow and wind snapped power lines.
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Heavy snow and storms caused chaos on the country's seas and roads Friday, prompting a rescue operation to airlift a seriously injured ship's captain from his vessel, officials said.
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By WILLIAM KATES SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Thousands of youngsters got a second day off from school Tuesday in the midst of a bitter cold snap that combined with heavy snow several feet deep along the Great Lakes. At least seven deaths were blamed on the weather.