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12/20/2012
Midwest hit by its first major snowstorm of season
Posted 10:47 AM 12/20/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The first major snowstorm of the season began a slow crawl across the Midwest on Thursday, creating treacherous, sometimes deadly driving conditions and threatening to disrupt some of the nation's busiest airports before the holiday weekend.
Heavy snow and strong (More)
12/19/2012
Blizzard closes highways, freezes gas pumps
Posted 8:42 PM 12/19/2012 by Andy Koen
CALHAN - It's the kind of storm that makes driving even short distances a challenge. Gusting winds and blowing snow on the eastern planes created whiteout conditions Wednesday afternoon, making travel dangerous enough that the Colorado Department of Transportation Closed Highway 24 east of Calhan (More)
Complete whiteout in Calhan
High winds and snow, near whiteout in Peyton
12/18/2012
Free snow removal for military families
Posted 3:38 PM 12/18/2012 by Matt Stafford
Snow may be on the way for the Pikes Peak region. For military families, there's a program to help them clear their sidewalks for free.
Remember, it's a city ordinance to keep your sidewalks clear in Colorado Springs.
The program, SnowCare for Troops (part of Project EverGreen), is (More)
WINTER STORM WATCH
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY
12/13/2012
Dry & mild today...rain & snow early Friday!
Posted 9:11 AM 12/13/2012 by Craig Eliot
TODAY: Plenty of sunshine....nice and mild again. Temps this afternoon will be 55 in both the Springs and Pueblo. Dry skies today across the state...but that will change in a big way by tonight into your Friday!
TONIGHT: A Pacific storm will be head in our direction overnight, so expect (More)
12/9/2012
Weather affects two charter schools Monday morning
Posted 9:47 PM 12/9/2012 by Monica Gouty
Monument Academy Charter School is reporting a 2 hour delay Monday morning and in Pueblo the Youth and Family Academy will be closed due to the weather.
So far, all major school districts in Southern Colorado are on a normal operating status.
Tune in to News 5 Today starting at 4:30 a.m. for all the latest on school closures, road conditions and morning weather.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY-ICY SNOW COVERED ROADS
12/2/2012
Flooding rains hit Northern California
Posted 2:55 PM 12/2/2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Residents of Northern California were hunkering down early Sunday as a powerful storm drenched the area with yet another round of pounding rain and strong winds.The latest storm system moved into the region Saturday night and was expected to force several Northern (More)
12/1/2012
California residents prepare for flooding
Posted 4:12 PM 12/1/2012 by Monica Gouty
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Residents of Northern California are getting a bit of a respite after two major storms moved through the region, but a third big storm is on the way.Showers and rain are in the forecast for Saturday, but forecasters say late Saturday and early Sunday a third storm (More)
11/24/2012
RED FLAG WARNING
Posted 12:20 PM 11/24/2012 by Jennifer Jacobs
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY, PUEBLO COUNTY AND EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY.
WINDS ARE OUT OF THE WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH.
11/16/2012
Travel Forecast
Posted 1:56 PM 11/16/2012 by Jennifer Jacobs
If you are traveling west, expect rain and mountain snow from Washington to central California by tomorrow. Stormy weather will continue through the middle of next week. Temperatures will be near if not above average. Go visit the family members in Southern California or Arizona if you want to (More)
11/13/2012
Fall rains bring havoc to Haiti
Posted 6:56 PM 11/13/2012 by Matt Stafford
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The rain has tapered off in Haiti and floodwaters no longer claw at houses, but the situation across much of the country remains grim following an autumn of punishing rains. Scores of people have died and experts fear food shortages loom. Heavy rains began (More)
11/8/2012
The Weather Channel names its first winter storm
Posted 11:30 AM 11/8/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
NEW YORK (AP) - To people who were caught in snarled traffic or had to shovel snow with leaves still on the trees, the storm pulling off the East Coast on Thursday was your basic nor'easter.
To The Weather Channel, it was Athena.
The network has taken to naming winter storms, much (More)
11/7/2012
With new storm looming, airlines take no chances
Posted 8:24 AM 11/7/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
NEW YORK (AP) -- Major airlines are scrapping flights in and out of the New York area ahead of the second significant storm in little more than a week.
United and American plan to suspend operations in the region this afternoon. Other airlines are encouraging passengers to reschedule - (More)
11/4/2012
Elderly face challenges coping with Sandy's impact
Posted 11:14 AM 11/4/2012 by Matt Stafford
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Eileen James sits by the window when the sun is out, wears gloves to bed and hasn't had a hot meal in a week. Like many elderly people in the New York area coping with no electricity or heat in their homes in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the 78-year-old (More)
11/3/2012
Power returning after Sandy but weariness grows
Posted 9:54 AM 11/3/2012 by Matt Stafford
NEW YORK (AP) - More New Yorkers awoke Saturday to power being restored for the first time since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the region, but patience was wearing thin among those in the region who have been without power for most of the week. From storm-scarred New Jersey to parts of (More)
11/2/2012
Forecasters: New, lesser storm may hit East Coast
Posted 10:24 AM 11/2/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
WASHINGTON (AP) - Forecasters say another messy - and wintry - storm may cause post-Election Day problems for an already weather weary East Coast.
But meteorologists add that it's six days out, so that's rather early to get too worried. The forecast could change before it hits late next (More)
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