Some 460,000 still powerless after Plains ice storm
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Utilities in the Central Plains have restored power to more than half of the 1.2 million customers who lost power during this week's ice storms, the electric companies reported Thursday morning.
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Almost 180,000 people have been  stranded in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan by a  return of snow and freezing weather which has blocked roads and  caused blackouts, state media said on Sunday.
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Electricity was restored to most homes in an Arctic village Wednesday, four days after the community lost power in a fierce blizzard and was thrown into the deep freeze.
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It was so cold Sunday in the Upper Midwest, and visibility was so poor in blowing snow, that church services were called off in parts of Michigan. At noon, thermometers in one North Dakota town still registered only 20 below zero.
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Large parts of Scandinavia have suffered power cuts and traffic chaos following a severe winter storm.
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A bone-chilling cold wave with temperatures as low as 42 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday, sent homeless people into shelters and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great Lakes. At least four deaths were linked to the cold weather.
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Residents in the eastern United States and parts of Canada have driven on treacherously icy roads and dug out of the first major snow storm to hit the region this year.
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There was rain. There was howling wind. And to complete the misery, there was cold, with temperatures barely edging past 50.
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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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Survivors lasted a fourth day without food and water as nations and aid agencies struggled to bring the relief effort together.
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Bad weather hampers efforts to rescue thousands of people stranded after a cyclone hits Pakistan's coastline.
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The massive Valentine's Day sleet and ice storm that triggered the closure of most schools and many local governments in the Washington area today has left more than 124,000 homes and businesses without power and prompted weather forecasters to predict an icy commute tomorrow morning.
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SHAOGUAN, China  - Work crews battled on Saturday to restore power to parts of southern China blacked out for over a week by the fiercest snow storms in 50 years as the government warned that worse was to come.
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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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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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Five days after the storm, on both the east coast of Florida and the southwest, more than 400,000 customers remained without power.
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Powerful storms with rain and strong winds left nearly half a million homes and businesses without power early Thursday as the region braced for another day of 100-degree heat. Power officials said it could take five days to restore electricity.