winter-storms

Snow blankets parts of US during busy holiday travel weekend

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Snow blankets parts of US during busy holiday travel weekend

BUFFALO, NEW YORK —  The first big snowfall of the season blanketed towns along Lake Erie on Saturday in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend. Numbing cold and heavy snow are forecast to persist into next week and cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions. The heavy snow … Read more

Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists

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Sand from the Sahara Desert causing recent lull in the hurricane season: scientists

Tiny grains of sand from the Sahara Desert are to blame for the almost month-long lull in this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, scientists say. But it could soon come to an end. Every June and July, there is a peak in the amount of dust from the North African desert that is lifted high above … Read more