US snowstorm causes nine deaths
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A fierce snowstorm claims at least nine lives and leaves tens of thousands without electricity in the US Midwest.
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A strong snowstorm that cut visibility nearly to zero in some places as it rolled across the Plains on Saturday caused numerous vehicle pileups and forced authorities to close portions of several major 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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Severe storms crossing the southern   U.S. Midwest produced heavy rains, hail and flooding and caused   at least 10 deaths, local officials said on Saturday.
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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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Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted the northern Midwest and northeastern states Friday.
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A ninth person died Monday after a new bus carrying skiers home from a Colorado resort plunged off a damp, twisting highway in southeastern Utah and landed 41 feet below with its tires ripped away and the roof destroyed.
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A winter storm roared into the northeastern United States on Wednesday, dumping a mixture of snow, ice, sleet and rain that forced widespread school closures and caused transportation havoc.
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Several states in the north-eastern US declare emergencies because of continuing fierce blizzards.
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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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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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Several states in the north-western US declare emergencies because of continuing fierce blizzards.
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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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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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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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BAGHDAD -- The US military announced the deaths of nine soldiers and two Marines yesterday in what has been a deadly period for American forces in Iraq.
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A winter storm roared into the midwestern and northeastern United States on Wednesday, dumping a mixture of snow, ice, sleet and rain that caused transportation havoc and forced many schools to close.