Storm blankets Neb. after pummeling Colo.
Posted Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:36:21 GMT
A powerful winter storm that covered parts of Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow crept east across the Plains Saturday, knocking out electricity to thousands in Nebraska. Read more...
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Brutal European chill moves west
Posted Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:20:47 GMT
Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westward over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time in nearly three decades. Read more...
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Europe tries to shield homeless in deep freeze
Posted Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:26:45 GMT
 Russia and Ukraine take extra precautions to protect homeless people during a brutal cold snap that has killed scores. Read more...
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Major winter storm pummels Colorado, closing roads
Posted Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:58:04 GMT
A powerful winter storm moving across Colorado forced the state Department of Transportation to close portions of Interstate 70 and Interstate 25 on Friday. Read more...
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What winter? That's question for most of US
Posted Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:56:08 GMT
Snow has been missing in action for much of the U.S. the last couple months. But it's not just snow. It's practically the season that's gone AWOL. Read more...
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Minus 26.5 degrees: Thousands stranded in Europe
Posted Thu, 2 Feb 2012 13:41:19 GMT
 At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's deep freeze rose to 114. Read more...
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BMW PR stunt backfires with weather disaster
Posted Thu, 2 Feb 2012 23:42:05 GMT
BMW apologized after a PR strategy to pay for the naming rights to a weather system backfired -- that system turned into the deep freeze that's claimed dozens of lives. Read more...
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Dallas gets some relief from historic drought
Posted Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:11:11 GMT
 For millions of residents in the Dallas area, one of the most severe droughts in Texas history is no longer a concern — for now. Read more...
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Groundhog wars: Rodents diverge on winter forecast
Posted Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:39:06 GMT
 Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil told people to prepare for six more weeks of winter on Thursday, making him the minority opinion among his groundhog brethren who seem to think that spring is coming early. Read more...
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Brussels' 'peeing' statue shut off by freeze
Posted Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:39:33 GMT
 The Manneken-Pis, a bronze statue of a young boy urinating that is a symbol of Brussels and a major tourist attraction, has had to stop peeing because of sub-zero temperatures. Read more...
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Forecasters in stormy debate over climate
Posted Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:20:07 GMT
Whether mankind is behind warming temperatures is an issue that's divided the American Meteorological Society, whose members are Americans' prime source of news about weather. Read more...
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Snowdrifts send Alaska moose into deadly crashes
Posted Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:25:14 GMT
 Heavy snow in Alaska is taking a deadly toll on moose as snowdrifts force the animals into detours on plowed roads and railroad tracks, prompting one group to seek a "moose emergency." Read more...
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If it's 60 degrees F, it must be spring ... or not
Posted Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:52:28 GMT
 Balmy temperatures across much of the Northeast and Great Lakes region add to the drama over whether this will go down as the warmest January on record in the continental U.S. Read more...
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62 below: Deep freeze grips much of Alaska
Posted Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:18:05 GMT
 Even if it has been warmer than usual in much of the United States, there's no denying Alaska is seeing a real winter, even by its standards. Read more...
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It's been a warm January, but warmest?
Posted Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:17:27 GMT
 January has been warmer than average across the lower 48 states, but the record was set just six years ago in January 2006 and it's too soon to tell if that will fall. Read more...
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Drought forces Texas cattle north
Posted Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:47:27 GMT
 The drought ravaging Texas has done what the Dust Bowl could not: forced ranchers to ship cattle more than 600 miles north to Nebraska. Read more...
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