New York City Is Spared the Worst Effects of Snowstorm
The conditions were expected to worsen throughout the evening and then, after midnight, intensify rapidly, with winds topping 50 miles per hour.” New York City was spared from the worst…
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Residents in northeast hunker down in face of ‘historic’ storm
New York may be the the city that never sleeps. But you wouldn’t know it early Tuesday morning. The streets in this city of 8 million people were deserted, except…
East Coast Snow Storm Snarls Travel, Forces Millions To Hunker Down In Northeast And New England
Tens of millions of people along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and…
Why I want the power to go out
I was delighted to hear that you are not only sending a storm to the Northeast, but a “historic” storm with 58 million people in its path. Schools are closing,…
Historic Winter Storm Is A Real Emergency For New York City’s Homeless
NEW YORK — Peter Carling stood outside a Lower East Side chapel Monday morning, smoking a cigarette and watching the first snow of a massive winter storm begin to fall….
Is Climate Change To Blame For The Northeast Snow Storm?
Some forecasters have projected a record snowstorm for the Northeast in the coming hours, which isn’t exactly the sort of thing that makes people think about global warming. But in…
East Coast Snow Storm Snarls Travel Across Northeast And New England
More than 35 million people along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and…
Here’s Why Uber Is Tripling Prices During A State Of Emergency
Uber announced Monday that it won’t charge riders more than about three times its normal fare during “Winter Storm Juno,” the blizzard hitting the Northeast. In an email to customers,…
FlightAware’s Misery Map Is Maybe The Best Way To Understand Snowstorm Juno
By now you’re likely familiar with the “top-five historic storm” that’s currently pounding the northeastern United States. The storm has created a massive travel nightmare, with thousands of flights delayed…
Chilly Singles Flock To Craigslist For Sexy Blizzard Hookups
Winter Storm Juno may be quite the wingman. As the Northeast braces itself for up to three feet of snow this week, some savvy individuals are using the inclement weather…
How To Get An Actual Workout While You’re Shoveling Snow
If you’re one of the more than 35 million people heading inside thanks to Winter Storm Juno, you very well may be wondering: But what about my workout? Okay, you’re…
‘Historic’ storm tests 2 governors — again
While the storm is expected to also heavily impact neighboring states including Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, it’s the New Jersey-New York executives who also face the national political side…
Here Are All The Other Times New York City Has Been ‘Crippled’ By Snow
Winter storm Juno could rank among New York City’s biggest snowstorms, with forecasts predicting 18-24 inches of snow. The “crippling and potentially historic” nor’easter will move into the city late…
Everybody’s Making Fun Of New York’s Freak Out Over Snow
The northeastern U.S. is awaiting “Winter Storm Juno” with baited breath and terrified tweets. New York City is expecting two feet of snow over the next two days, in what…
New York Officials Urge Caution as Blizzard Approaches
With the first flurries starting to fall Monday morning in what officials said was expected to be one of the most powerful blizzards to ever strike New York City, officials…
5 things to know for your New Day — Monday, January 26, 2015
WINTER STORM Snow fun, snow fun at all: This is no ordinary snow storm, weather experts say. The National Weather Service, which isn’t prone to exaggeration, is using terms like…
‘Historic’ storm prepares to slam Northeast, airlines cancel flights
The National Weather Service, which isn’t prone to exaggeration, is using terms like “life-threatening” and “historic” to describe the weather system taking aim at the Northeast. The first big storm…
What You Need To Know About The Snow Headed To The Northeast
The busy Northeast corridor prepared for a winter wallop that was expected to bring 2 to 3 feet of snow from northern New Jersey all the way up to Massachusetts….
How to call a snow day for the kids
Forecasters are anticipating a major storm this week in the Northeast, and many schools are likely to be closed. And, if you are a parent like me, you have got…
‘Historic and destructive’ storm could hit Massachusetts
Areas of New York, including the New York City metropolitan area, and the city of Boston are in the storm’s path. Coastal New Jersey and parts of New England will…
Northeast Braces For Colossal Snowstorm
A major snowstorm with blizzard-like conditions could drop a foot or more of snow across most parts of the Northeast as they gear up for the workweek right after the…
Northeast gets a sloshy taste of winter
For large swaths of the Northeast, Saturday arrived with a messy mix of sleet, snow and rainwith parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey receiving up to 8 inches of snow…
In Mozambique, art from weapons and rubble
Whether they draw from their colonial past, independence, or the turbulent years of civil war that followed, many Mozambicans have taken to the canvas to express themselves. It’s no wonder…
5 killed as ice, snow glaze highways across Northeast
Winter storm warnings are in effect through the morning for upstate Vermont and portions of New Hampshire, Maine and western Massachusetts. In Vermont, there could be between 3 and 7…
Icy roads cause hundreds of accidents from Philly to New York and Connecticut
Official hashtag for storm is #Icezilla “Still slippery, but calls are slowing down in our 911 center. #Danbury #Icezilla,” Boughton tweeted. Don’t drive. Just don’t do it, fire and police…
Southwest hit with $1.6 million fine for stranding passengers on tarmac
JetBlue (JBLU) passengers who were trapped on the tarmac for many hours got national attention after an ice storm caused long delays at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport in…
Agent Storm: Inside al Qaeda for the CIA
Two worlds. Two identities and the ever-present, very real risk of death. That was the life of Morten Storm, a radical Islamist turned double agent, who’s now lifting the lid…
AirAsia flight: Radar should help find it (Opinion)
So what could have occurred? No doubt, the crew was attempting to circumnavigate thunderstorm cells through the use of sophisticated on-board weather radar. On occasion, deviating around storm activity becomes…