Heavy Flooding Hits Southwest England; Snow Shuts Down Other Parts of Country

England is facing a double whammy of flooding and heavy snowfall that is disrupting travel and electrical services.

BBC forecasters say that up to 16 inches of snow could fall across the country along with gale force winds. The heavy snow could continue through the entire weekend complicating rescue efforts in flooded parts of the nation. Continue reading

Snowstorm Brings Power Outages Across Upper Midwest

Large parts of the upper Midwest are without power as a massive snowstorm dumps up to a foot of snow in some areas. The storm seems to not be weakening as it bears down on the east coast, putting cities like Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. in danger of outages.

Heavy, wet snow knocked out power across parts of Indiana that reported a significant increase in car accidents in places that received as little as two inches of the thick snow. Tippecanoe County, Indiana reported 25 accidents in the first 5 hours of the storm Tuesday. Continue reading

Freak Snowstorm Blankets Northeast

An unusual April snowstorm covered parts of the northeastern US with as much as 16 inches of snow.  Weather forecasters are reporting that the storm could bring record snowfall for many communities.

The snow is described as “heavy and wet” which is causing cities to prepare for power outages and downed tress.  A member of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Public Works department told KDKA-TV that they have a forestry division on standby for tree problems and issues. Continue reading