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Recent Examples of southeasterThe National Weather Service declared a winter weather advisory through noon for Boston and much of southeaster Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, with a parallel advisory through 10 a.m. for Middlesex and Essex counties.—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019
Only one of the blows earned a foul, a flagrant-one on star Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer.
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Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2026
Cellphone video appears to show a man, identified as suspect Roberto Sosa, receiving several blows to the head from police officers in the middle of Hallandale Beach Boulevard before being taken to the ground.
The ocean keeps coming because of climate change, sea level rise, nor'easters, hurricanes, et cetera.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
8 July 2023
That morning, around 6, authorities found O'Keefe on the ground outside the Canton home just before a nor'easter struck the town with 21 inches of snow.
Saturday is starting bright and sunny with temperatures expected to top out at 94 degrees with south wind gusts of 5 to 10 mph, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office.
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Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
Expect winds to be southwest around 15 MPH with gusts to 25 MPH and humidity between 15 and 25% in the afternoon.
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KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
First, through a combination of weaker trade winds and westerlies over the tropical Atlantic, La Niña tends to create a more placid atmosphere.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
20 May 2024
Their modest city saw an influx of evacuees from nearby rural and coastal regions soon after hot westerlies sent walls of flame into a string of towns and villages around New Year's Eve.