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Meteorologist Tony Pann shows what areas of the country could receive over a foot of snow this week.
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Fox WeatherMultiday severe weather threat looms in South for first week of spring
Spring begins the typical uptick in tornadoes across the U.S., and right on cue, a multiday severe weather threat with twisters, damaging winds and large hail looms for parts of the South in the season's first week.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Winter storm coming to northern Arizona, rain expected in metro Phoenix
A winter storm is rolling into northern Arizona this week, bringing rainy conditions into the lower-elevated parts of the state.
- Times Record News
Lakes drop but rain may be on the way
The combined levels for lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo dropped over the past week after earlier rising above drought levels.
- Deseret News
'It just keeps coming': Warnings issued in Utah with wintry week ahead
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for most of the state’s mountainous areas as another large storm headed toward the Beehive State, bringing more mountain snow Sunday night through early Tuesday.
- Sacramento Bee
Avalanche engulfs three, killing one skier, in Colorado backcountry, authorities say
One of the survivors hiked out to find help.
- Sacramento Bee
Spring? Video shows snow as far as eye can see in Lake Tahoe area as season changes
It’s the third snowiest year since 1946.
- Fresno Bee
Ugly deeds, high drama, and politics swirl amid the waters of a re-emerging Tulare Lake
“This is just a baby flood compared to what we’ll see later this spring.”
- KCRA - Sacramento Videos
More rain and snow moves into Northern California
KCRA 3 Weather meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn looks at when the next round of wind, rain and snow will arrive in Northern California and how much you can expect.
- Fox Weather
California crops lost after floods; how much of the US will feel the shortage?
Too much thing, rain, is sinking farmers’ bottom lines across California’s Central Coast. The area some call "America’s salad bowl" more resembles a soup bowl as round after round of atmospheric river-fueled storms overwhelmed farmland. We all may start to notice a difference in the grocery store as some staples become harder to find.
- LA Times
Thousands of Central Valley residents told to leave homes ahead of another rain onslaught
Thousands of residents have been told to evacuate their homes in California's Central Valley as another storm arrives.
- Sacramento Bee
5.4-magnitude quake in ocean off Alaska felt hundreds of miles away, seismologists say
“You know it’s a big one when it opens your kitchen cabinets.”
- Fox News
South Dakota trooper’s cruiser hit by sliding semi during winter storm
According to the South Dakota Highway Patrol, a trooper’s cruiser was hit by a sliding semi Thursday afternoon on Interstate 90 during a severe winter storm.
- Associated Press
Louisiana works out deal for family to keep pet nutria
After much public outcry, state officials now say they will let a Louisiana couple keep a 22-pound nutria -- a beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent commonly considered a wetlands-damaging pest -- as a pet that frolics with their dog, snuggles in their arms and swims in the family pool. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in a statement Friday, said Myra and Denny Lacoste are being allowed to apply for a permit so they can legally keep Neuty the Nutria in their New Orleans home, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.
- KTVU
Another Atmospheric River is on the way to the Bay Area
It will be a rainy start to the work week in the Bay Area. Light showers are expected on Monday, a stronger storm will arrive on Tuesday. The rain is expected to subside by Wednesday.
- The Tuscaloosa News
Does mild February mean snake season has arrived early? | ECOVIEWS
Spring heralds the emergence of many U.S. reptiles from winter dormancy. A warm February in the Southeast has led to earlier questions about snakes.
- BBC
Climate change: Couple set for Pole-to-Pole electric car challenge
The husband and wife will journey 17,000 miles from the Arctic to Antarctica, aided by renewables.
- The Hill
Much of California has escaped drought, but what lies ahead?
A recent barrage of winter storms has helped rescue much of California from years of drought, but the state is bracing for possible floods and continued groundwater shortages in the months ahead. At this time last year, the entire Golden State was coping with drought. Now nearly 64 percent of it is drought-free, after a series of “atmospheric rivers”…
- The Telegraph
Rare 6ft shark washes up on Hampshire beach – and is quickly decapitated
It was a golden opportunity to learn more about a rare and secretive shark species that had never been found before in the UK.
- AFP
Unwanted visitor ruins spring break in Florida - toxic algae
With its brilliant sun, white sand and turquoise water, Lido Key Beach would make for a perfect postcard of Florida beaches if it weren't for the dozens of dead fish lying on the shore, killed by a toxic algae bloom known as red tide.Facing the Lido Beach Resort, Napier seems resigned to living with the toxic bloom.
- FTW Outdoors
Giant gator visits posh Florida town in another ‘Jurassic’ moment
Residents in an upscale Florida community paused activities Thursday to marvel at the sight of a giant alligator crossing the road.