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Three puppies are now recovering from the cold after being rescued off a Utah mountaintop by a few snowmobilers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A day after bringing havoc to the Rocky Mountains, a powerful winter storm rolled across the Midwest on Wednesday, threatening to scramble Thanksgiving plans for millions of people during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.

Heavy snow caused local authorities to close Interstate 5, the “Grapevine,” north of Los Angeles, as a winter storm continued to pound California on Thanksgiving morning.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A storm packing heavy snow and high winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska marched into the upper Midwest on Wednesday as anxious Thanksgiving travelers buckled up and barreled headlong into a busy, if not perilous, holiday week.

An American Airlines flight slid off an icy runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday morning.

A storm that made many areas of the Midwest feel more like winter than fall shattered a 96-year-old winter weather record in Chicago.

Steamboat Springs, and other elevated parts of Colorado, received record amounts of snow on Friday — the first official day of summer.

Los Angeles is officially experiencing the coldest February in nearly 60 years, according to the National Weather Service, as the city has endured a series of storms and is bracing for more later this week.

Los Angeles experienced a rare winter weather phenomenon on Thursday afternoon: snow. Several areas reported falling snowflakes — though without any real accumulation.

An Idaho teenager visiting his mother in Seattle hauled in some serious cash after helping Seattle dig out from one of the biggest snowstorms to hit the area in 70 years.

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to mock a Democratic presidential rival, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who supports radical action on climate change and launched her 2020 campaign during a major snowstorm.

(AP) — The body of a University of Iowa student has been found on the campus, and officials say they believe his death was weather related.

Michigan residents risk brief interruptions of natural gas service for heat amid bitterly cold weather if they don’t help reduce energy use.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Wind chills dipped as low as 56 degrees below zero in northern Illinois as bitter cold weather moved into Illinois.

Chicago has officially broken its coldest record for January 30 as a deadly arctic blast freezes large swaths of the Midwest.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The frigid arctic air blanketing parts of the Midwest is setting records in the Dakotas.

Power outages and natural gas interruptions were reported in parts of the Midwest as bitterly cold weather wreaks havoc across the region. 

Chicago railway employees are setting train tracks on fire to ensure trains can continue running as extreme cold freezes most of the Midwest.

Xcel Energy is urging customers to lower their thermostats to prevent natural gas shortages as a deep freeze enveloped the Midwest. 

AFP – Governors in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan declared emergencies as the worst of the cold threatened on Wednesday.

Winter’s sharpest bite in years moved past painful into life-threatening territory across parts of the Midwest Tuesday.

Record-breaking temperatures are headed towards the Midwest this week, bringing frigid conditions that could be life-threatening.

Snow and extreme cold may slow down the economy, but the effects tend to thaw once the deep chill is gone.

The U.S. East Coast is bracing for freezing cold temperatures and heavy snowfall this weekend, likely bringing challenging travel conditions and power outages to thousands across the regions.

A series of large storms continues to hit the entire state of California this week, bringing much-needed rain and snow that will guarantee the water supply — but also new hazards to areas already hit by recent natural disasters.

The storm which walloped the D.C. area with up to 10 inches of snow over the weekend has extended into Monday, causing major headaches for commuters and the closure a federal government agency and dozens of public schools. 

Heavy snow has brought parts of Europe to a standstill. At least 21 people have died as a result of the extreme conditions, and many more have been injured, including the victims of an avalanche which hit a hotel in Switzerland. Parts of Germany and Austria remain on high alert after extreme snow in Alpine regions.
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A near-record November snowstorm blanketed the Chicago-area with 13 inches of snow in the last 24 hours, prompting morning commute delays, wide-spread power outages, and hundreds of flights being canceled. 

Parts across the Northeast United States are bracing for record cold temperatures on Thanksgiving Day, meteorologists say. 

The Northeastern United States is likely in for a “frigid” Thanksgiving as chilly winds may bring “more rounds of snow and slick travel.”

In what is being described as a “messy mix” of snow, sleet, and freezing rain, winter appears to have come early to Washington, D.C., causing commute delays and school cancelations across the nation’s capital. 

An unusual spring snowfall blanketed the Klein Karoo region of South Africa, bringing unusual scenes of elephants and giraffes on game farms trudging through a blanket of white powder.

Winter Storm Xanto continues to dump snow in the Midwest, Great Lakes and interior northeast and the conditions will continue into Monday, weather forecasters say.

The head teacher of a London primary school has banned pupils from “touching” the snow because he is fearful of parents suing and of children being too cold to work.

The Iowa Department of Transportation released a video showing a deadly 70-car pileup on a snow-covered freeway.

A man from Amherst, Virginia used a flamethrower to melt away snow blocking his driveway.