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Severe Kansas tornado prompts stark National Weather Service warning

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dangerous, half mile-wide hurricane struck near Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon, part of an extreme weather system moving through the central U.S. and stretching from north Texas to Minnesota. Full story

After Sandy, NWS getting more money

Over the last several years, we have seen some of the worst weather in memory, but the memory of devastation from Superstorm Sandy may now mean more money for the National Weather Service . Full story

Rare May storm dumps more than a foot of snow in Wisconsin, Minnesota

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - An unseasonable winter storm system dropped more than 1 foot of snow across the central Plains and the upper Midwest on Thursday, closing roads and causing power outages in Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service. Full story

Future storms won’t be named ‘Sandy’

   The National Weather Service says the name Sandy won’t be used for any future storms after it was assigned to the massive storm that hit the East Coast in 2012. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

Washington shuts down ahead of fierce snowstorm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. capital shut down on Wednesday ahead of a fierce snowstorm that had blanketed the Midwest, cut power to about 50,000 homes and businesses and forced hundreds of flights to be canceled. Full story

Washington set to be blanketed by wet, heavy snow

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington and its suburbs face what could be their heaviest snowfall in two years on Wednesday, as a fierce storm headed east after blanketing the Midwestern United States, snarling traffic and causing hundreds of flight cancellations. Full story

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Deadly snowstorm slams road, air travel in Midwest

Snowstorm slams road, air travel in Midwest

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Major snowstorm headed for New England

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