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Snow Falling In SC Kansas
Snow should remain south of Wichita
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La Nina Going Away, But Too Late For Texas Drought
Forecasters don't know what conditions will follow this La Nina.
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Snow Falling In SC Kansas
Wichita area could see light snow.
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Heavy Snowstorm Hits Colorado On Its Way East
A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and western Kansas, and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska.
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Punxsutawney Phil 'Predicts' 6 More Weeks Of Winter
But, at this rate, that might not be so bad.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Emerge From Drought
The U.S. Drought Monitor has reclassified the Dallas-Fort Worth area as being not in drought for the first time since July, making it the first major metropolitan area in Texas to emerge from the most severe one-year drought in state history.
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Where's The Snow? Not In Lower 48
Two years ago more than two-thirds of the Lower 48 was covered in snow
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Storm Weakens As It Enters Kansas
Blizzard warning downgraded
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Texas Town Relying On Tanker Trucks For Water
Two tanker trucks for the first time delivered thousands of gallons of water Monday to Spicewood.
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Record High Temperatures Set In Kansas
Five cities set record highs
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Demolition Begins Sunday At Joplin Hospital
Demolition work is expected to take six weeks.
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Two Dead After Storms Pound Alabama
The victims were found in two different areas of the county in central Alabama.
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Chicago Deploys All Its Plows During Snowstorm
The National Weather Service says up to 8 inches of snow could fall by Friday evening.
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Thousands Of Washington Customers Without Power
More than 280,000 electric customers around Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia are without power because of a winter storm that coated much of Washington state in ice and swelled Oregon rivers, killing three people.
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Good Question: Wichita Winter
One of the hottest summers in south central Kansas is also to blame for an unusually mild winter.
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State of Emergency In Washington State After Snow, Ice Storm
The governor of Washington state has declared a state of emergency, authorizing the use of National Guard troops, if necessary, in the aftermath of a snow and ice storm that has paralyzed much of the state.
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Snow Wallops Parts Of Washington State
A snowstorm is closing schools, canceling flights and causing accidents in parts of Washington state.
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USDA To Announce $308 Million In Aid To States
Officials say 2011 was unusual because almost every part of the country was hit by some type of disaster.
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Nome's Fuel Delivery Could Take Days To Complete
The crew of a Russian tanker is now unloading more than a million gallons of fuel, into a pair of hoses that are each 700 yards long.
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Citrus Growers Sweating Extended California Freeze
California citrus growers are sweating a hard freeze that has blanketed the nation's largest fresh-fruit market in the midst of harvest.
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Seattle Braces For Winter Storm
Seattle, a city more accustomed to rain than snow, is bracing for up to 10 inches of snow to fall.
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Wichita Flights Canceled As Storm Hits Chicago
They are among 400 O’Hare flights that have been affected due to the snow storm.
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Storms Injure 15 In Western North Carolina
The weather service's forecast office in Greer, S.C., said Thursday that investigators confirmed the tornado with winds of around 115 miles an hour.
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More Snow Falls On Inundated Alaska
The snow comes as much of the rest of the United States is seeing less snow than usual so far this winter.
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Winter Weather Advisory Issued For E. Kansas
A light band of snow will be moving throughCentral/Eastern Kansas Wednesday afternoon and will continue pushing East into Missouri Wednesday night.
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Brown Winter Means More Green For Many U.S. Cities
Many communities are getting a welcome break after their budgets were busted last year by the high cost of plowing and running roaring furnaces.
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Alaska Towns Seek Help Weathering Harsh Winter
Residents of two Alaska communities are seeking outside help after an exceptionally harsh winter left one buried in snow and the other iced in and facing a fuel shortage.
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Six Years Later, Katrina Victims Fight FEMA Debts
Last Updated: 10:52 AM 12/28/11 - A new law could provide financial relief to thousands of Gulf Coast residents who received debt notices from the Federal Emergency Management agency six years after Hurricane Katrina. -
Weather Scientists To Meet In Salina
Dozens of weather experts are planning to gather in Salina this spring to study thunderstorms.
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Woman Gives Birth In Truck During Snowstorm
A New Mexico woman gave birth in the front seat of a truck as it sped down an icy highway in a snowstorm.
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All Roads Open In Southwest Kansas
Transportation officials said US-160 in Stanton County is now open to the state line and is also open in Colorado.
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Blizzard Closes Texas Highways, Nearly 100 Rescues
Shelters were being set up Monday night after Interstate 40 was closed from Amarillo west into New Mexico.
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Guard, Inmate Dead In Colorado Prison Van Crash
The Colorado State Patrol says the van crashed Monday on Interstate 70 about five miles east of Limon.
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Snow Winding Down In Kansas
Winter storm system slows traffic in western, central Kansas.
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Crop Insurance Rates Skyrocket After Summer Floods
Midwestern farmers may be socked with steep increases in their crop insurance premiums unless levees damaged by last summer's flooding are fixed.
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Kansas Farmers Less Profitable This Year
Many Kansas crops have suffered from the lack of rain this year and farmers are finding themselves less profitable.
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Freezing Rain Possible In NW Kansas
Freezing rain advisory in effect.
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Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Smashes Record
Scientists blame a combination of global warming and freak weather.
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Snow, Cold Greet Drivers Tuesday
You might want to give yourself some extra time before you leave for work or school this morning.
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Deadly Accident In Foggy Pileup Near Nashville
Police say the pileup began shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday on a state highway northeast of Nashville. There was dense fog and reports of icy patches.
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Brownback Names Missouri River Panel
Members of the advisory committee include Tracy Streeter, director of the Kansas Water Office, and numerous city and county government officials.
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Thanksgiving Travelers Face Weather-Related Problems
It's a soggy start to the Thanksgiving road trip in parts of the country, but few major problems have been reported.
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Fairbanks Hit With Record-Breaking Cold: 41 Below
The last time Fairbanks residents saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994.
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Tornadoes Confirmed, At Least 6 Dead In 3 States
At least six people died in three states as the violent storm system passed through the Southeast.
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Several Hurt As Storm System Pounds Southeast
One person has been killed in a storm system that produced several possible tornadoes throughout the Southeast.
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Storms Injure 15 In Mississippi
A strong storm system hitting the Southeast has damaged dozens of homes and buildings and at least 15 people have been injured in Mississippi.
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Kansas Drought Losses Now Total $1.8 Billion
Corn acres have lost $1 billion, while the wheat crop lost to drought was valued at $269 million.
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Habitat Finishes Building 10 Homes In Joplin
The project, which started Oct. 29, wrapped up over the weekend with landscaping. The homes will be given to their owners on Saturday.
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KDOT Tests Traveler Info Map
Winter weather conditions are not in the forecast, but a blizzard will cover a travel information site Wednesday.
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University Building Destroyed In Oklahoma Tornado
Officials say an Oklahoma State University extension field office was destroyed as tornadoes touched down in southwestern Oklahoma.
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Overnight: Becoming mostly cloudy with a low of 8°. Wind chill as cold as -11°.
Wind: Northwest 15 to 25mph
Saturday Morning: Partly sunny with an 8am temperature around 8°. Wind chill as cold as -11°.
Wind: Northwest 10 to 20mph
Saturday Afternoon: Partly sunny with highs around 24°. Wind chill as cold as 11°.
Wind: Northwest, becoming northeast 10 to 20mph
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy with a low of 8°.
Wind: Northeast 5 to 10mph
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