Monday, December 23, 2013

Nine dead, half a million homes without power and hundreds of flights delayed while East Coast enjoys heatwave: First weekend of winter brings wild mix of weather to U.S.

-The first weekend of winter brought a wild mix of weather across the U.S., from a record-shattering heat wave on the

-East Coast to deadly flooding in Kentucky and ice and wind in Michigan and New England

-Snow and ice knocked out power to 440,000 homes and businesses in Michigan, upstate New York and northern New England

-By Sunday evening, more than 700 airline flights had been canceled and more than 11,000 delayed, stranding thousands of travelers

-At least nine people were killed in storm, including five people who died in flooding in Kentucky and a woman who lost her life after a tornado with winds of 130 mph struck in Arkansas

-The weather is expected to be much more seasonal Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2527932/A-bizarre-mix-weather-country-results-tornadoes-ice-storms-record-breaking-warmth-weekend.html

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