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Recent Examples of ice storm
The hazardous cold will be especially disruptive in the South and Southeast, where a snow and ice storm could arrive midweek.
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Troy Smith, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Here’s what to know as the region prepares for a snow and ice storm:
Duke Energy warns of potential power outages
The weekend storm may lead to power outages in the Carolinas, Duke Energy warned in an email to customers.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
Whitmer was originally scheduled to deliver the remarks earlier this month but had to postpone her visit to respond to a wave of ice storms in northern Michigan.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Large portions of northern Michigan are without power due to an ice storm that hit the area on Saturday.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Troy Smith, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Here’s what to know as the region prepares for a snow and ice storm:
Duke Energy warns of potential power outages
The weekend storm may lead to power outages in the Carolinas, Duke Energy warned in an email to customers.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
Whitmer was originally scheduled to deliver the remarks earlier this month but had to postpone her visit to respond to a wave of ice storms in northern Michigan.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Large portions of northern Michigan are without power due to an ice storm that hit the area on Saturday.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ice storm
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Prosecutors say Read hit O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and left him to die during a snowstorm in 2022.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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For hedonic well-being, think of eating a mind-blowing cookie, laughing at a funny social media post, or lounging by a fireplace during a snowstorm.—
Jancee Dunn,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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By then, prosecutors allege O'Keefe had been mortally injured by the rear end of Read's Lexus SUV and left for dead as a blizzard picked up strength.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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However, prosecutors allege that a drunk and angry Read knowingly slammed her SUV into her boyfriend -- Boston police officer John O'Keefe -- outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him to die in a blizzard in January 2022.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Seal any unwanted openings with fine mesh, caulk or weather stripping.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Climate change is also warming waters and altering weather patterns, disturbing both the freshwater and ocean stages of the salmon life cycle.—
Cheryl Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the past five decades, residents in this tiny burg just south of Chicago are seeing a ray of divine hope in their most famous native son, Pope Leo XIV.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Even Fox News, known for finding even the tiniest silver lining in any Trump tempest, offered little relief to the president’s MAGA supporters in light of recent polls.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
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Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 May 2025
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 May 2025
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“Ice storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ice%20storm. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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