Since February, wildflowers have burst from the desert floor of Death Valley, dotting the barren landscape with pops of color in shades of lemony yellow, cotton candy pink and deep violet.
They're blooming thanks to an especially wet few months last fall.
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There’s still more than a week to go in winter, but weather that’s a little more typical of summer is expected across the Western United States over the next few days.
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A part of the Midwest that includes Chicago is facing an especially strong threat of severe weather Tuesday afternoon, part of a broad swath of the United States that was under some risk of storms through the day.
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Just days after a wave of storms swept from Texas to the Great Lakes on Friday, more severe storms are expected across a large section of the United States this week.
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Weather forecasters were warning residents across a large section of the Central United States on Friday that one of the first big storm systems of the spring season could deliver anything from damaging winds and large hail to tornadoes and heavy downpours.
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Millions of people from Texas to the Great Lakes are under some risk of heavy rain, strong winds or hail on Friday, forecasters warned. Two people were killed in Oklahoma on Thursday night. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/w...
Cloudy skies may block some views of the lunar eclipse tonight, but clear skies are expected across the western United States.
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The National Weather Service often refers to it as “heart attack snow.” Here's why the accumulation from the storm hitting the Northeast is so much heavier than previous snowfalls — and some tips for staying safe while shoveling. nyti.ms/4aOzfrI
Some preliminary snow totals as of 1 p.m. Eastern:
32.8 inches: T.F. Green International Airport, R.I.
27.1 inches: Newark, N.J.
19.7 inches: Central Park, N.Y.
16.9 inches: Atlantic City, N.J.
14.0 inches: Philadelphia International Airport, Pa.
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What makes this storm a "classic" nor'easter?
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The latest totals are in, and New York City has so far accumulated 19.7 inches of snow at Central Park, making this a top 10 snowstorm for the city. And it's still snowing.
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Trivia time: blizzards are pretty uncommon.
Several criteria must be met:
• snow is blowing or falling for at least three consecutive hours;
• winds are at least 35 miles per hour;
• and visibility is a quarter mile or less.
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Here are the five biggest snowstorms in New York City history.
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Forecasters have issued blizzard warnings for much of the Northeast, including New York City
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Look up how much snow you might get from this weekend's brewing winter storm.
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The latest forecasts on Friday made it look a lot more likely that the Northeast could see some major snow this weekend.
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Forecasters are trying to pin down the exact path of a winter storm that could deliver a little — or quite a lot — of snow to the Northeast this weekend.
Here’s how things look so far, and when you can expect them to become clearer. nyti.ms/4tL4htl
After at least eight people died in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe this week, California’s workplace safety agency said that it had opened an investigation into the company whose guides were leading the group.
It turns out our weather team colleagues are also really into curling this month
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Eight of the nine skiers missing since an avalanche on Tuesday near Lake Tahoe have been found dead, officials said on Wednesday, making it the deadliest avalanche in modern California history. A final missing skier was also presumed dead. nyti.ms/4rXQAVZ
Rescuers in California were conducting a desperate search Wednesday for nine skiers who remained missing almost a day after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe. If they are not found alive, the avalanche would be one of the deadliest in the U.S. in decades. trib.al/N43l2Fd
The conditions that set off Tuesday’s avalanche were put in motion weeks ago.
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Several backcountry skiers were missing after an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada, the authorities said, amid widespread storms that have unleashed days of heavy rain and snow across California.
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Powerful winds across the Southwest and the Plains prompted dire warnings from forecasters and local officials that wildfires could break out and spread rapidly.
In Colorado, the winds were also blamed for a highway pileup that left at least four people dead.
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For much of North America, the last month has been an icy, frozen trudge. But from the right vantage point, it had a certain beauty.
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San Ramon, Calif., has been rattled by dozens of small earthquakes in recent months. Even in a region used to regular shaking, it’s been a lot.
It's about to get cold again. About 209 million people — around 65 percent of the population of the contiguous United States — live in the areas expected to see freezing cold over the next seven days.
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Before this weekend’s storm had dropped so much as an inch of snow, meteorologists were already rushing to dismantle rumors that another potentially more potent one was lurking in the following week’s forecast.
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