All posts tagged "weather"

  • A person works to dig out a vehicle stuck in the middle of Jennings Street in Sioux City, Iowa's, north side early Thursday morning, March 24, 2016. A spring snow storm dropped about 14-inches of snow in Sioux City according to the National Weather Service. (Tim Hynds/Sioux City Journal via AP)
    Severe weather sweeps through Midwest as Denver digs out

    DENVER (AP) — Severe weather including hail and reports of at least one tornado were reported in the Midwest as other areas began digging out of a spring blizzard that shut down the Denver airport, closed hundreds...

    • Posted March 24, 2016
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  • A man and woman walk along a path under trees at Alamo Square Park in San Francisco, Thursday, March 3, 2016. Light rain has started in the San Francisco Bay Area as the region braces for a series of storms expected this weekend and into next week. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
    Weekend to feature heavy rain and winds across the West

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A major storm system is expected to start impacting the western, central and southern United States late Friday and continue through next week, the National Weather Service said. Heavy rainfall, mountain snow, and...

    • Posted March 4, 2016
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  • Palm trees along La Jolla Shores in San Diego are seen through a window covered with rain drops as the area braces for an approaching storm Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Heavy rain from a powerful Pacific storm swept through California on Tuesday, providing some relief from a three-year drought. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
    LA sees rain one day after record-setting heat

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – One day after the end of a 12-day heat wave, a Pacific storm moved into the Southland today, bringing rainfall across much of the Southland and ushering in a damp afternoon commute. Forecasters said the...

    • Posted February 17, 2016
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  • Swimmers and sunbathers gather at Redondo Beach, Calif., on Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, as Southern California baked in summer-like heat. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
    One more reason to hate Californians: Heat brings out beachgoers in West

    SAN DIEGO (AP) — John Larson sat on a blanket on a Southern California beach, furiously posting videos on Facebook of his sons jumping in the waves and bracing for the expletives from friends in Buffalo, New...

    • Posted February 16, 2016
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  • Pedestrians walk along First Street South as snow falls, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Charlottesville, Va. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)
    Feared weekend snowstorm arrives in US capital area

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Shoppers raided grocery and hardware stores, bishops excused Catholics from Sunday Mass and the nation’s capital was shutting down Friday as a weekend blizzard began blanketing much of the Eastern United States. The first...

    • Posted January 22, 2016
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  • Orange County Fire Authority firefighters work to pump out flood waters from a home in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. El Nino storms lined up in the Pacific, promising to drench parts of the West for more than two weeks and increasing fears of mudslides and flash floods in regions stripped bare by wildfires. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
    Strongest El Nino storm so far this winter hits California

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hillside above the California home of Wayne Socha had held firm against thunderstorms over the past three decades. But after a wildfire two years ago stripped away vegetation and loosened soil, he...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • Leon Perkins, 3, leans forward to take a bite of snow as he plays with his brother Conner, left, 2, and his father Erin, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. The Seattle family headed to the mountains Tuesday to enjoy the new snow that fell overnight. A weather pattern that could be associated with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow in parts of the West that there are concerns about avalanches. On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
    Weird weather pattern turns weather upside-down across US

    On Christmas Day, it could be warmer in New York City than Los Angeles SEATTLE (AP) — A weather pattern partly linked with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy...

    • Posted December 22, 2015
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