Weather
The latest Weather coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
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Tornado kills multiple people in Iowa as powerful storms again tear through Midwest
Multiple people were killed when a tornado tore through Greenfield and left a wide swath of obliterated homes, crumpled cars and splintered trees, while outside the small town, massive wind turbines were buckled and twisted to the ground by the howling winds.

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Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather
As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so Saturday under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat.

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Road closures in the Chattanooga region due to inclement weather
Some roads in the Chattanooga area have been closed or reduced to limited access as a result of inclement weather, according to a news release from the city.
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Quiz: How well do you know the 423 region?
Happy 423 Day! Take our quiz to see how well you know the 423 region.
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April nor’easter with heavy, wet snow pounds Northeast, knocks out power to hundreds of thousands
A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, downing trees and power lines and leaving nearly 700,000 homes and businesses without power at one point. A woman was killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb and a second woman died in a New Hampshire fire caused by the weather.

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Tornadoes kill 3 and leave trails of destruction in the central US
Blaine Schmidt sifted through the broken glass and splintered wood throughout his Ohio home Friday, salvaging a guitar and a bundle of diapers.

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Los Angeles records nearly 400 mudslides during deadly storm that has drenched Southern California
One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed nearly 400 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half the amount of rainfall the city typically gets in a season in just two days, and officials warned Tuesday that the threat was not over yet.

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Hurricane Lee is charting a new course in weather and could signal more monster storms
Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.

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Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer's record-shattering heat.

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Here’s how to keep cool and stay safe during a heat wave
Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and led to mounting misery for millions of people from the Pacific Northwest to the South.
