Last winter, the city estimated it would spend about $6 million on trucks hauling snow to storage sites after it piled up on streets. But a record dump in January rocketed that number up to $18 million.
Meteorologists with AccuWeather warned that the highest risk of a severe thunderstorm will be seen in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas. Major cities, including Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Madison, Wichita, Oklahoma City and Dallas, are expected to experience severe thunderstorms in just hours.
More than two trillion gallons of water-enough to fill three million Olympic-sized pools-fell across the state, marking the most severe storm conditions in nearly two decades.
Residents were warned it was too dangerous to travel. If you're sheltering at home, move to the smallest, strongest, most protected room in your house such as a bathroom or a toilet. Rooms with few or smaller windows are better, though better than those with larger windows.
More than 35 million people from the Florida Panhandle through Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and parts of New York are under tornado watches. The most dangerous period is expected from midday through early evening, with forecasters warning the peak tornado threat in the Mid-Atlantic could occur between about 2pm and 7pm ET.
Due to high winds and rain, delays are expected. Passengers are advised to check with their airline on the status of their flight before coming to the airport. The National Weather Service posted a high wind warning for eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island and noted that wind gusts could potentially reach 70 miles per hour.
Flash flooding has been a major problem in recent days in places such as Maui, Molokai and the Big Island, where rain had been falling between 1 and 2in (2.5 and 5cm) an hour overnight, according to the Hawaii emergency management agency.
A man, whose identity has not been made public, was found dead in a pile of snow near the Central Park Carousel that morning. Authorities said that the man's body was found under a pile of leaves and in the snow near 63 Traverse Road and Center Drive at around 10:50 a.m. The man was unconscious and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Flash flooding is a real risk and can occur quickly, without much warning. We urge people to steer clear of floodwaters and never drive through a flooded road regardless of how safe you think it may be.
A vehicle plunged 500 feet off a cliff and into the ocean while traveling on Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast, officials said. Emergency crews were called at approximately 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday for a report that a car had gone off the roadway at Hurricane Point, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. Authorities found the car over the cliff and on the rocks, where one person was pronounced dead.
Well, the weather forecast for Metro Atlanta hasn't gotten any better since Thursday and as such, the Braves have officially made the decision to cancel Braves Fest for 2026. This is definitely a bit of a bummer considering that this'll now make it two years in a row where the annual winter hype event for the Braves has been cancelled.
Local News The black, wire-haired terrier mix survived below-freezing temperatures and nearly two feet of snow after being allegedly dumped in a parking lot. A dog that went missing for six days and amid one of Massachusetts' largest snowstorms in years was safely recovered Tuesday, Needham police said. The department first alerted the public Monday in a Facebook post, asking for help locating the black, wire-haired terrier mix that had allegedly been dumped Thursday in a parking lot off Dwight Road.
Hundreds of people rallied at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in the US state of Minnesota on Friday to protest flights carrying immigrants detained by federal immigration enforcement. Authorities said about 100 clergy members and dozens of other protesters were arrested outside the airport's main terminal for overstepping their protest permit and disrupting airline operations. The clergy were given misdemeanor citations for trespassing and failing to comply with officers before being released, according to an airport spokesperson.
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High winds and heavy rain Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day brought down trees, power lines, flooded roads and left thousands of North Bay residents without power for the holiday. The storm system, the second in a row, swept across the North Bay late Wednesday into Thursday bringing periods of heavy rain, gusty winds, thunderstorms and even pockets of hail, according to National Weather Service Meteorologist Dylan Flynn.
That gigantic Christmas Eve storm is now rolling in, and coastal areas could see wind gusts of as high as 75 MPH. Meanwhile, Tahoe ski resorts will see some much-needed snow, but driving to Tahoe right now is a very treacherous proposition. Nobody won the Powerball drawing on Monday, so now Wednesday night's Christmas Eve Powerball drawing will have a stunning $1.7 billion jackpot. That's the fourth-largest prize in US Lottery history, as no one has hit the Powerball main prize now in 46 consecutive drawings.
As Storm Byron approaches, flash floods, strong winds and hail are forecast throughout Palestine, including the war-torn Gaza, starting today until Friday evening, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department.
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said Fina, a Category 3 cyclone sitting in the Van Diemen Gulf with wind gusts up to 165 kilometres per hour (102 miles per hour), was forecast to hit the region's remote Tiwi Islands and Cape Hotham on Saturday afternoon. It would then likely pass north of Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, on Saturday as a severe tropical cyclone.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) An abrupt change in the forecast means Los Angeles County now faces a chance of thunderstorms, strong winds that could topple treesand heavy rain that could bring flash flooding and mudslides in recently burned areas. There will likely be thunderstorms this afternoon and evening as the storm pushes through Los Angeles County. There's growing confidence of higher rains from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service says.
Hu, of Calgary, a province in Alberta, was pulled from the water by another beachgoer and an off-duty California State Parks peace officer, and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. His daughter remains missing, authorities said. The Sheriff's Office said Hu entered the water after his daughter was "swept off the shoreline by waves estimated to be 15-20 feet high."
"The journey to Holyhead was okay, a few rough bumps but I expected worse," he said. "We got pretty close to Holyhead when the captain told us the port was closed without any notice of when it would open, only that we'd have to wait for conditions to improve." Mr Reilly said the captain and crew onboard were very apologetic and even provided passengers with complimentary cabins and dinners. "Outside it was very wild looking," he added.
