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Schools Across the Midwest Close Because of Frigid Temperatures, Icy Roads
At a Glance With wind chills below zero, schools closed or delayed classes.An Iowa state trooper was hurt at the scene of a jackknifed semitrailer truck.Seventeen students were injured Wednesday when a bus slid off a highway near Emporia, Kansas. Schools and businesses remained closed or opened late Thursday as much of the Midwest was gripped by arctic cold. The temperature dropped to 3 degrees at Kansas City International Airport and the just before 8 a.m. CST, the National Weather...
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Residents Urged to Flee as Mudslide Reported in Western Washington Town
At a Glance A slow-moving mudslide is threatening a road in Fall City, Washington.If the hill gives way, dozens of homes could be cut off.The area has experienced prolonged above-average rain this year. Authorities urged dozens of residents to evacuate their homes in a western Washington town as a mudslide moved slowly and threatened to cut off a neighborhood. Local reports said as many as 78 homes were impacted in the town of Fall City near State Route 202 and...
Climate Change is Making it Harder for Planes to Get in the Air, New Study Says
At a Glance Warmer temperatures and changing wind patterns affect how planes take off.The study looked at 60 years of weather and transportation data.Airlines and airports may have to make adjustments, researcher says. Climate change is making it harder for planes to get off the ground, a new study says. “Warm air and slow winds make it harder for planes to get off the ground, and climate change appears to be making both of these factors more common," Paul Williams,...
Missing: One Giant Narwhal Tusk
A pod of narwhals swims in northern Canada. The FBI is looking for information that could help recover a narwhal tusk stolen at least 40 years ago. (Kristin Laidre/NOAA) At a Glance The FBI is looking for information that could help lead to the recovery of a missing narwhal tusk.The tusk was originally gifted to a Navy admiral by the famous Arctic explorer Robert Edwin Peary.Narwhals are among the most unique mammals in the ocean. The FBI is on the...
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