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Major Northeast Snowstorm Is No April Fools' Day Joke

By Paul YeagerMar 31st 2011 – 7:15AM
Toby Talbot, AP

Toby Talbot, AP

As the calendar changes from March to April, the Northeast will be hit with a winter storm beginning tonight that would be impressive even in the heart of winter. The result will be heavy snow and potential travel delays, downed tree limbs and power outages over a large portion of New England and upstate New York from...

Spring on Hold as Nearly a Foot of Snow Expected in Northeast

Mar 23rd 2011 – 8:16AM
Toby Talbot, AP

Toby Talbot, AP

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Winter isn't done with some areas of the Northeast just yet. A springtime storm could bring nearly a foot of snow to areas of northern Pennsylvania and upstate New York. The National Weather Service says some communities in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains can expect more than 11 inches by the time the...

Late-Winter Snow, Flooding Wallop New England, NY

Mar 8th 2011 – 6:20AM

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A fierce storm late in a snow-heavy winter blanketed northern New England and upstate New York with up to 30 inches of snow Monday, while western Connecticut was deluged with so much rain that parts of homes and cars floated down a swollen river. In northern Vermont, drifting and blowing snow caused...

Northern New England Snowstorm Could Reach 30 Inches

Mar 7th 2011 – 2:29PM
AP

AP

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A fierce winter storm was blanketing northern New England and upstate New York with up to 30 inches of snow Monday, while western Connecticut was deluged with so much rain that parts of homes and cars floated down a swollen river. As of 1 p.m., 23.3 inches of snow had fallen at Burlington International...

After Dumping a Foot of Snow in Midwest, Storm Heads East

Feb 21st 2011 – 9:02PM
The Star Tribune / AP

The Star Tribune / AP

MINNEAPOLIS -- A major snow storm dealt another winter wallop to Wisconsin, Michigan and northern Ohio on Monday as it moved east out of Minnesota leaving more than a foot of fresh snow in its wake. Operations were returning to normal at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after the storm prompted Delta...

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A winter storm is an event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are formed that only occur at low temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are low enough to allow ice to form (i.e.

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