An unusually early and powerful nor’easter dumped wet, heavy snow Saturday on parts of the mid-Atlantic region, weighing down or toppling trees and power lines and knocking out electricity for 1.7 million as the storm headed toward New England. A powerful storm bringing damp snow and heavy winds churned its way up the East [...]
Winter Snow Storm on October 29th 2011. Technically Fall is reaching its peak.. so its unusual to have this type of weather so early but not impossible. Huge swathes of the north-eastern U.S. have been hit by a rare Oct snow storm that struck across the region from Virginia all the way to Maine. [...]
Battling near-freezing temperatures and darkness, rescue workers and residents in eastern Turkey early Monday scoured the wreckage wrought by the country’s most-powerful earthquake in more than a decade, hoping to find survivors. Using shovels, heavy machinery and their bare hands, rescue workers scrambled through piles of rubble to find survivors Monday after a deadly [...]
There still is no official date for the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, nor a logo for the event. But host committee CEO Alfred Kelly considered today a monumental day because the host committee’s logo and advertising campaign were officially unveiled, as well as 22 corporate partners that have all pledged [...]
After a 2-month investigation by NHTSA into its Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 SUVs, Nissan has issued a recall of around 195,000 vehicles used in cold-weather areas. The automaker reports that Pathfinders and QX4s in 20 states that see the heavy use of salt on the roads may have corrosion problems that may result in grinding [...]
In New Zealand a fresh attempt is being made to find survivors from Tuesday’s deadly earthquake in Christchurch. A team from Britain is joining others from Australia, Japan, the US and Taiwan in search and rescue efforts. But cold weather is dimming hopes of finding any more people alive. Much of the country’s second largest [...]
