Articles filed under Weather
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Airlines take no chances, halt NYC-area flights ahead of stormNov 07, 2012 4:13 am - NEW YORK — Major airlines are scrapping flights in and out of the New York area ahead of the second significant storm in little more than a week. United and American pl...
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Good news for coast: Nor’easter to weakenNov 06, 2012 4:11 pm - NEW YORK — Weather experts had good news for beleaguered northeast coastal residents Tuesday: A new storm that threatened to complicate Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts o...
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Elderly face challenges coping with Sandy’s impactNov 04, 2012 11:21 am - FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Eileen James sits by the window when the sun is out, wears gloves to bed and hasn’t had a hot meal in a week. Like many elderly people in the New Yor...
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Tragedies can’t break heroic NY community’s spiritNov 04, 2012 11:21 am - NEW YORK — Tragedy has too often visited one Queens community, but residents drew a line in the sand with Superstorm Sandy, rallying with a surfboard and kayaks at the s...
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Falling temps add urgency to superstorm recoveryNov 04, 2012 11:21 am - NEW YORK — Storm victims went to church Sunday to pray for relief and give thanks for their deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan area...
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NY marathoners run to help in storm-ravaged Staten IslandNov 04, 2012 11:15 am - Jordan Metzl thought he’d be running in his 30th marathon today. Instead, the sports medicine doctor will jog through the streets of storm-ravaged Staten Island to deliv...
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Poll Vault: Have you ever been in a natural disaster?Nov 02, 2012 12:00 am - Aside from high winds and a huge waves on Lake Michigan, we in the Chicago area have largely been immune from the effects of superstorm Sandy. On the East Coast, however...
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Hoffman Estates prepares for snow and iceNov 01, 2012 11:18 am - It’s only the first week of November, but Hoffman Estates is ready for snow. On Thursday, more than 50 workers attended an 8-hour snow and ice control training session a...
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Is hurricane-free Midwest safer even with our tornadoes?Oct 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Cranking the heat to take the chill off a raw Halloween night, we suburbanites absorb all that horrifying news of Hurricane Sandy's blast on the East Coast from the safe...
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As blackouts linger, Northeasterners try to adjustOct 31, 2012 6:24 pm - NEW YORK — Millions of families tried to adjust to life without modern conveniences Wednesday, two full days after Superstorm Sandy ripped through the Northeast and blac...