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VDOT prepare for slippery weather

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Beta weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday as it parked itself over the Texas coast, raising concerns of extensive flooding in Houston and areas further inland. Beta made landfall late Monday as a tropical storm just north of Port O’Connor,...

By REBECCA SANTANA and JEFF MARTIN NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate the Texas and Louisiana coasts Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam into land as a major storm with ferocious winds and deadly flooding. More than 385,000...

System off Florida could become season's first named storm

Polar vortex brings rare May snow, low temps to US East

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...