National Weather

Floodwaters inundate Wisconsin streets, trapping drivers, as Midwest rebuilds after powerful storms

By The Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin inundated streets Wednesday, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway, as other midwestern states worked to rebuild after powerful storms. Cars were stranded in high floodwater on a highway in Milwaukee and video shared by the Milwaukee Journal

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Snow and wind batter parts of U.S. as severe flooding affects Hawaii

By The Associated Press CHICAGO — A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow and making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains. Hawaii continued to be affected by severe flooding. And portions of the mid-South readied for late-day thunderstorms.

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Severe weather threat lingers for parts of U.S. after deadly tornadoes tear across Midwest

By Patrick Smith, Selina Guevara and Marlene Lenthang Hours after deadly storms ripped through the Midwest, causing extensive damage in Illinois and Indiana, a severe weather risk took hold over the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic and across the northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday. “A few tornadoes will be possible across these areas, along with damaging wind gusts. A

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More frigid temperatures expected in much of U.S. after a weekend of heavy snow

By The Associated Press and Kathryn Prociv MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Forecasters warned that dangerous extra cold conditions will persist for a huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England that was cleaning up after a weekend bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and flight cancellations to North Carolina and flurries and falling iguanas in Florida. Temperatures will

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Millions remain under warnings as extreme cold has icy grip on much of the U.S.

By Patrick Smith, Mirna Alsharif, Kathryn Prociv and Joe Kottke Extreme cold warnings were in place for millions from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, as communities across the eastern third of the United States repaired damage from a huge winter storm that has killed at least 51 people. As the full scope of the storm’s destruction became clearer Tuesday, the

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At least 29 dead across the US following winter storm

At least 29 deaths have been attributed to the storm nationwide, according to the Associated Press. In Frisco, Texas, near Dallas, a 16-year-old girl died from a sledding accident, according to Frisco police. The victim and another girl were being pulled on a sled by a teenage boy driving a car when the sled struck

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