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U.S. Northeast Hit with Spring Snow Storm

By UCN on April 23, 2012 2:41 PM

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Michael Stilson of Windber, Pa. shovels wet-heavy snow on Monday. A spring nor'easter packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the U.S. northeast, unleashing a burst of winter in some areas. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat/Associated Press)

A spring storm struck the U.S. Northeast on Monday, dumping wet snow in western Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and western New York and bringing heavy rains to the Eastern Seaboard.

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Snow In April? U. S. States Prepare for More Wierd Spring Weather

By UCN on April 23, 2012 9:43 AM

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People walk through New York's Times Square on Sunday. A spring nor'easter is hitting the East Coast and is expected to bring rain, heavy winds and even snow in some places. (Richard Drew, AP)

Topsy-turvy winter weather - which saw a blizzard in October and 90-degree heat in March - returns Monday with an April snowstorm in the Northeast.

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Residents Dig Out After More Than 100 Tornadoes Hit Midwest

By UCN on April 16, 2012 6:12 AM

Lightning flashes over Creston, Iowa, early Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Bryon Houlgrave)

When a tornado shrouded in darkness and wrapped in rain dropped quickly from the sky above this northwest Oklahoma town, many residents relied on television weathermen to warn them of impending devastation. Others learned of the monster twister from neighbors or calls from frantic relatives.

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'Life Threatening' Storms Expected to Sweep U. S. Midwest

By UCN on April 14, 2012 6:14 PM

This graphic provided Friday, April 13, 2012, by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center shows a high risk of severe weather in portions of Kansas and Oklahoma on Saturday, April 14. (AP Photo/NOAA)

Baseball-sized hail was breaking windows and tearing siding off homes in northeast Nebraska, while tornadoes were spotted in Kansas and Oklahoma on Saturday as forecasters warned residents across the nation's midsection to brace for "life threatening" weather.

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U. S. Experienced Record Warm Weather In March 2012

By UCN on April 9, 2012 7:39 PM

In this March 25, 2012, file photo a couple enjoy a sunny afternoon against the backdrop of the Midtown skyline from Piedmont Park in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried.

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Texans Grateful for No Deaths After Violent Twisters Tear Through Dallas, Fort Worth

By UCN on April 4, 2012 7:09 AM

A news helicopter captured footage of a tractor-trailer flying through the air when a trucking firm near Lancaster, Tex. was hit by a tornado, April 3, 2012. (WFAA)

The tornado hurtled toward the nursing home. Physical therapist Patti Gilroy said she saw the swirling mass barreling down through the back door, after she herded patients into the hallway in the order trained: walkers, wheelchairs, then beds.

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Late Winter Snow Storm Buries Parts of Arizona

By UCN on March 19, 2012 1:02 PM

Parts of Arizona will remain buried under snow Monday as a surprising late-winter onslaught paralyzed travel and closed schools. Yet much of the eastern two-thirds of the country will continue to enjoy unseasonably warm temperatures, a day before spring officially starts.

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Tornado Survivors Thankful to God after Twister Rips Through Michigan, Damages More Than 100 Homes

By UCN on March 16, 2012 2:49 PM

Residents move belongings out of a house on the corner of Meadow View and York St. in Huron Farms neighborhood of Dexter, Mich., March 15, 2012 after a tornado struck their home. (Angela J. Cesere/AnnAbor.Com/AP Photo)

Sometime after a tornado ripped through this rural Michigan village, a solitary hand rose from the rubble of a destroyed home.

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March Brings Unusually Warm Weather Early

By UCN on March 14, 2012 4:03 AM

Small groups of people gather on the Lake Michigan waterfront at DuSable Harbor Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Chicago. Temperatures inch closer to March record highs after a mild winter. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Boaters cruised along the river in downtown Chicago. Golfers smacked balls in Minnesota.

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Nearly 40 Dead from Violent Tornado Storms but Survivors Thankful to be Alive

By UCN on March 3, 2012 4:42 AM

Residents clean up their damaged house in Marysville, Ind., Saturday, March 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection.

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