Northeast Braces for Blizzard
A major snowstorm with blizzard-like conditions could drop a foot or more of snow across most parts of the Northeast as they gear up for the workweek right after the first real storm of the winter hit them with rain, …
Flooding Worries for Buffalo Residents
Buffalo is making significant progress clearing streets still clogged from an epic storm left more than 7 feet of snow even as a flooding threat looms, the New York city’s mayor said Sunday. A ban on driving will continue in …
Mass Alert System Not Used During Georgia Snow Storm
Georgia Emergency Management Agency officials say they had access to an alert system that could have warned drivers and others of an approaching winter storm on Jan. 28, but weren’t able to use it. GEMA spokesman Ken Davis told the …
Jerusalem Still Paralyzed From Rare Snowstorm
Jerusalem is still paralyzed following a rare snowstorm late last week, with public transportation and schools in the city shut down and thousands left without power. Israel’s Electric Corp. said on Monday that some 8,000 homes – more than half …
Sandy-Spawned Snow Was Wake-Up Call in Western Maryland
The mountain dwellers of far western Maryland know a lot about snow, but a crippling blizzard spawned last year by Superstorm Sandy taught them a painful lesson in emergency preparedness. Scattershot planning and outdated communications gear caused confusion and delays …
South Dakota Call Center Crushed by Snow Looks for Home
Spearfish, S.D., town leaders are looking for office space for a business outsourcing firm’s call center whose building collapsed in last weekend’s snowstorm. Insurance adjustors inspected TMone LLC Tuesday to determine if the $4.2 million structure can be repaired. The …
FEMA Coordinating Disaster Response in South Dakota
Federal officials have been meeting with state and local officials in South Dakota to coordinate the dispersal of emergency funding to help affected areas recover from a three-day snowstorm last month that caused millions of dollars in damage. President Barack …
President Signs New Hampshire Disaster Declaration
As New Hampshire gets hit by the last snowstorm of the winter, it’s getting some federal help for the season’s worst. President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed disaster declaration ordering federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in …
The Whopper of a Storm Didn’t Rank High in History
The snowstorm that walloped the Northeast with about 3 feet in some places didn’t add up to being that bad, federal statistics say. Two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration storm-rating measurements initially ranked Friday’s snowstorm as 16th in Northeast history …
Huge Storm Blankets Northeast With Two Feet of Snow
A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight, where more than 650,000 homes and businesses in the densely populated region lost power, roads were impassable and New Englanders awoke Saturday to more than …