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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Students stayed home from school Thursday and several businesses were closed in parts of the upper Midwest as arctic air pushed wind chill readings to dangerously low temperatures. A wind chill warning was in effect for northeastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota, with wind...

Roads flooded, rivers rising across the Deep South

By STACEY PLAISANCE and JAY REEVES ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Three people are confirmed dead and a dozen more injured as a powerful storm front packing suspected tornadoes smashed into buildings, downed trees and left a trail of destruction around the Deep South on Monday, authorities said. One person...

By DAVID SHARP, Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An arctic blast that sent shivers across the Midwest spread across the eastern U.S. on Wednesday, with bitter weather establishing new cold-temperature records from Mississippi to Maine. Temperatures dipped to single digits early Wednesday...

Richmond, Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) -- Richmond might see snow accumulating on lawns, porches, and just maybe, a little on the roads tomorrow afternoon. NBC12.com Meteorologist Andrew Freiden says the road accumulation is unlikely but cannot be ruled out. Freiden says the storm begins as rain in the...

Richmond, Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) - Wind damage and power outages are likely tonight, as a squall ling is forecast to come through. NBC12.com Meteorologist Andrew Freiden says the line is expected sometime around or after nine this evening, meaning Richmond-area "trick-or-treaters" should be able...

By RAMON ESPINOSA, DÁNICA COTO and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in a watery onslaught that devastated thousands of homes, trapped people in attics and...

Henrico, Va. (Newsradiowrva.com) - NBC12.com Meteorologist Jim Duncan says our severe weather threat has been reduced as the day has gone on. Duncan, saying cloud cover has reduced the fuel necessary for widespread severe storms. He says the greatest risk for such storms is in southern Virginia,...

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Government meteorologists say this year's hurricane season may be busier than initially expected now that summer's weak El Nino has faded away. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center said Thursday the...