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Recent Examples of ice storm
The hazardous cold will be especially disruptive in the South and Southeast, where a snow and ice storm could arrive midweek.
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Troy Smith, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Here’s what to know as the region prepares for a snow and ice storm:
Duke Energy warns of potential power outages
The weekend storm may lead to power outages in the Carolinas, Duke Energy warned in an email to customers.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
Whitmer was originally scheduled to deliver the remarks earlier this month but had to postpone her visit to respond to a wave of ice storms in northern Michigan.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Large portions of northern Michigan are without power due to an ice storm that hit the area on Saturday.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Troy Smith, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Here’s what to know as the region prepares for a snow and ice storm:
Duke Energy warns of potential power outages
The weekend storm may lead to power outages in the Carolinas, Duke Energy warned in an email to customers.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2025
Whitmer was originally scheduled to deliver the remarks earlier this month but had to postpone her visit to respond to a wave of ice storms in northern Michigan.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Large portions of northern Michigan are without power due to an ice storm that hit the area on Saturday.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ice storm
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Read is charged with murder, manslaughter and fleeing the scene for allegedly plowing into him with her Lexus and taking off, leaving him for dead in a snowstorm.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Jurors’ visit to the house in Canton, Massachusetts, marks the end of the first week in the retrial of Karen Read, a former finance professor accused of hitting then-boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January 2022.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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By then, prosecutors allege O'Keefe had been mortally injured by the rear end of Read's Lexus SUV and left for dead as a blizzard picked up strength.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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However, prosecutors allege that a drunk and angry Read knowingly slammed her SUV into her boyfriend -- Boston police officer John O'Keefe -- outside of a get-together at another officer's home and left him to die in a blizzard in January 2022.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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This pattern creates a sharp contrast in weather conditions across a wide area, and this will certainly be the case for this weekend.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
3 May 2025
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Check these chores off your to-do list before the hot weather arrives.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 May 2025
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Even Fox News, known for finding even the tiniest silver lining in any Trump tempest, offered little relief to the president’s MAGA supporters in light of recent polls.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
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He’s stepped into a tempest of a football club that has become known more for its ability to generate off-field drama rather than top footballing performances.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 May 2025
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More than 4 million people were under a severe thunderstorm watch on Tuesday in Oklahoma and parts of Texas, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, according to the National Weather Service, where hail as large as 2 inches is expected.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Ice storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ice%20storm. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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