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winter stories: 24 news summaries

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 To Cut Snowplow Bill, 
 Moscow Monkeys 
 With Weather 

If we make snow fall elsewhere, mayor reasons, there will be less snow

Oct 16, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moscow's neighbors are steaming over a cost-cutting proposal by the mayor to make less snow fall in the city—which would mean more precipitation in the surrounding region. Liquid nitrogen, cement particles, and other substances kill clouds in the summer, and Yury Luzhkov wants to control the weather year-round, reports... More »

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Russia • Moscow • clouds • winter • snow • precipitation • dispersal • seeding • Yury Luzhkov

(Newser) - Get the most out of your shorts and flip-flops now, because the area between the Appalachians and the Rockies is in for a brutal winter, the Farmers' Almanac warns. "The middle part of the country's really going to be cold—very, very cold, very, very frigid, with a lot... More »

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weather • winter • snow • harsh winter • East Coast • West Coast • Farmers' Almanac

(Newser) - Almost 250 children in Peru under the age of 5 have died during one of the coldest winters in years, reports the BBC. Scientists blame climate change for the early arrival of severe temperatures, which began as early as March. Kids exposed to the cold have contracted hypothermia and respiratory... More »

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children • Peru • death • winter • harsh winter • child

 Upper Midwest 
 Stymied by Snow 

Fargo to residents: Just stay home

Mar 10, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(AP) - Heavy snow driven by wind gusting to 40mph closed courts, clinics, and businesses and shut down a major highway across the Upper Midwest. Up to a foot of snow was forecast today for parts of eastern North Dakota. The National Weather Service posted blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings for... More »

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Midwest • severe weather • storm • Minnesota • North Dakota • winter • Fargo • snowstorm

 Rural Alaskans Fight to Survive 

Harsh winter cut off supplies, forcing soaring prices

Feb 9, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - With some villagers paying $400 for a week's groceries and $1,500 for a month’s heat, rural Alaskans are literally fighting to survive, CNN reports. Milk can cost $10 a gallon and eggs $22 a dozen, and the long trip by snowmobile to the store means running through $50... More »

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Alaska • severe weather • heat • food prices • rural area • winter

 Guess Who Saw 
 His Shadow Today? 

Phil sees shadow, predicts no early spring

Feb 2, 09 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Punxsutawney Phil, America’s most famous midget weatherman, saw his shadow today—meaning those reaching to put away the hats and scarves get to hold off another six weeks, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Thousands in Pennsylvania watched the groundhog see his shadow for the 97th time since 1887—he’s... More »

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More Than 1M Still
Powerless After Ice Storm

Thousands still in shelters

Jan 30, 09 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - From Missouri to West Virginia, thousands of people are still holed up in makeshift shelters as utility crews frantically work to return water and heat to their homes, the AP reports. More than 1.3 million homes remain without power after the recent ice storm, and though workers are making... More »

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(AP) - More than a million people shivered in ice-bound homes across the country tonight, waiting for utility crews to restring power lines brought down by a storm that killed 23 as it moved from the Southern Plains to the East Coast. But with temperatures plunging, utility officials warned that it could... More »

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 Tongue Twister: Cold Kid  
 Copies Christmas Story 

Temperatures hit 30 below across northeast

Jan 15, 09 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With much of the US in a deep freeze, life imitated a holiday classic for a boy who froze his tongue to a metal pole on a dare, the Times of Northwest Indiana reports. “You’d think everybody in the country had seen A Christmas Story by now,”... More »

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weather • severe weather • temperature • freezing temperatures • winter • winter weather • A Christmas Story

 Cold Blast Envelops US 

Arctic air spreads from Montana to New York

Jan 14, 09 10:24 AM CST
(AP) - Arctic air extended its grip on the US today, with below-zero temperatures stretching from Montana to northern New England and frost nipping the Gulf Coast. It was so cold in northern Minnesota—38 below zero at International Falls, with the wind chill during the night estimated at 50 below—that... More »

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New York • Montana • Minnesota • winter • snow • wind • cold

 Winter Chills Green Energy 

Renewable energy industry works to deal with seasonal variations

Dec 26, 08 7:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Winter weather is cooling newfound enthusiasm for renewable energy, the New York Times reports. Solar panels get snowed up or suffer from lack of sunlight on short winter days, and biodiesel sometimes congeals in cold weather. Wintry weather is a plus for wind power, but turbines can get iced up... More »

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alternative energy • biodiesel • green energy • renewable energy • solar power • winter • wind power • winter weather

Holiday Travel a Nightmare Thanks to Snow, Ice

Flight cancellations ripple across US; roads not great, either

Dec 24, 08 10:45 AM CST
(AP) - Hundreds of holiday travelers spent the night in the nation's second-busiest airport and others faced delayed or canceled flights and highways choked by snow and ice as storms kept up their assault on northern states. More snow fell today in the Midwest, while the Northwest faced more snow and sleet,... More »

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weather • Northeast • air travel • winter • holiday travel • snowstorm • O'Hare International Airport

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Plane Veers Off Runway
in Denver; 38 Injured


Dec 20, 08 10:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A Continental jet at Denver's airport veered off a runway and into a ravine tonight, sending 38 people to local hospitals, the Denver Post reports. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. The 737 jet, which had been trying to take off for Houston, caught fire on one side... More »

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Denver • runway • airport • winter • winter travel • airplane

 Salt Deficit May 
 Make This Scary 

States order massive amounts of salt, pinching other areas

Nov 16, 08 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - City officials in the Midwest are struggling to prepare for another season of heavy snowfall as road salt supplies drop and prices surge, the Los Angeles Times reports. High demand and once-high gas charges have boosted salt prices, but the spike from $40 to $140 per ton seems exorbitant to... More »

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price fixing • gas prices • winter • salt • snow • road safety

 Winter Oil Heating
Costs to Fall

Demand and energy prices continue to fall

Nov 13, 08 1:51 AM CST
(Newser) - The cost of heating an American home with oil this winter will fall 13%, according to government price forecasts released yesterday. The average heating bill for a typical winter for oil customers will be just under $1,700, reports USA Today. But those who use natural gas for heating—... More »

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gas prices • winter • natural gas • heating oil • International Energy Agency • financial crisis • oil-supply • Energy Dept.

States Fret as Road Salt Grows Scarce, Pricey

Last year's winter depleted reserves

Oct 6, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Road salt is stressing state and municipal budgets as shortages drive prices up well past what local governments have paid in the past, USA Today reports. A harsh winter last year left many states with no salt reserves to carry over, meaning they have to fully restock at inflated prices.... More »

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New Hampshire • Ohio • road budget • infrastructure • ice • winter • salt • state spending • state governments • budgets • city government • local politics

With 16K Condoms, Antarctic Base Ready for Winter 

Polar base all set for lights out

Jun 11, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McMurdo Antarctic station got a vital shipment last month just before the southern winter descended—a year's supply of condoms. Some 16,500 condoms were delivered to the base's 125 staff. Supply flights won't resume until after the sun rises again in August, when the polar station's population begins... More »

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birth control • condom • Antarctica • winter • polar region

Weather Slams Continental US

Storm hits Midwest, Northeast hard

Feb 11, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Winter weather brought travel to a crawl across the Midwest and Northeast over the weekend. A 68-vehicle chain-reaction crash in Pennsylvania killed one and injured 35, the AP reports. "They had a heavy snow squall going through the area, zero visibility, high winds," said a firefighter at the... More »

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blizzard • winter • snow • sleet • freezing rain • winter weather

Phil Predicts a Longer Winter

Pennsylvania's famed groundhog sees his shadow

Feb 2, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Bundle up. Punxsutawney Phil, America's most famous groundhog, saw his shadow this morning and predicted six more weeks of winter, the AP reports. About 30,000 people  descended on the Pennsylvania town to see Phil pulled from his tree stump by members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle, clad... More »

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weather • winter • Punxsutawney Phil • groundhog day

New York Enjoys First Snow-Free Jan. in 75 Years

February also sizing up to be warmer than usual

Jan 31, 08 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Barring a freak blizzard later today, this month will go down in history as New York City's first January without snow since 1933, reports LiveScience. Only a tiny dusting of snow, "not enough to measure," has fallen so far.  An expert from the state's climate office says... More »

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weather • New York City • winter • snow

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