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USA TODAY A blockbuster snowstorm hit portions of the central and northeastern U.S. Tuesday, causing travel headaches and closing some coronavirus testing sites. Weather service meteorologist Taylor Nicolaisen said 10 to 15 inches of snow was likely between York, Nebraska, and Des Moines, Iowa, by the time the storm wraps up later Tuesday. It has been at least 15 years since that area received more than a foot of snow in a single storm. "This is historic snow," said Nicolaisen, who is based ...

OMAHA, Neb. — A major winter storm blanketed parts of the middle of the country with snow that was forecast into late Tuesday in some areas, disrupting traffic and closing some coronavirus testing sites. The National Weather Service said at least 4 inches of snow is expected across most of an area stretching from central Kansas northeast to Chicago and southern Michigan. Parts of southeast Nebraska and western Iowa could get more than three times that much by Tuesday morning. More than 10 ...

A major winter storm has dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the middle of the country while another system blanketed parts of the south west with snow, disrupting travel for a second day and closing many schools. There were closures of several coronavirus testing sites on Monday and Tuesday in Nebraska and Iowa, and both states saw 12 to 15 inches of snow in places. At least 4 inches of snow was expected through Tuesday across most of an area stretching from central Kansas north east t...

The latest in a series of winter storms rolling through California has triggered evacuation orders in San Mateo County after closing several major highways. Officials are ordering residents in multiple coastal communities, including Big Sur, Loma Mar and Año Nuevo Island, as well as Butano State Park, to evacuate in anticipation of the heavy rain expected Tuesday evening. A triple play of wet weather is bringing much-needed rain to drought-stricken California, but the latest round has forecas...

This animated video explains how mudslides can be so destructive after the recent spate of deadly wildfires. A potent atmospheric river barreled toward California on Tuesday, bringing the threat of downpours that could unleash destructive debris flows from wildfire burn scars as well as a heavy dump of snow in the Sierra Nevada. Evacuation orders were in issued in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties around the area scorched by a complex of wildfires ignited by lightning last August. The state ...