Ice storms are a meteorological topic focused on events characterized by significant accretion of ice from freezing rain, typically when a warm layer aloft overlies subfreezing surface air, causing liquid precipitation to supercool and freeze on contact with exposed surfaces. Research on ice storms examines synoptic and mesoscale atmospheric structures, thermodynamic profiles, and microphysical processes that govern droplet supercooling and accretion efficiency. They are studied for their impacts on power infrastructure, vegetation, transportation, and surface hydrology, as well as for their representation in numerical weather prediction models and climate projections regarding changes in frequency, intensity, and spatial distribution under varying temperature regimes.
Heavy snowfall in the Argentine Andes has forced more than 100 people to evacuate and stalled almost 1,000 trucks on snow-covered roads, while flights were rerouted Monday.
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Jul 27, 2026
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A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The North American Upstream Feature-Resolving and Tropopause Uncertainty Reconnaissance Experiment, or NURTURE, ...
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Jan 28, 2026
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Perilously cold temperatures threatened millions of Americans Monday in the wake of a sprawling winter storm that left at least 23 people dead as it knocked out power and paralyzed transportation.
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Jan 26, 2026
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A monster storm barreling across swaths of the United States has killed at least 10 people and prompted warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancellations and power outages, as freezing conditions persisted into Monday.
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Jan 26, 2026
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Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it's better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2026
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Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that will send much of the United States a devastating dose of winter weather later this week with swaths of painful ...
Environment
Jan 21, 2026
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Connecticut gets snow in the winter, but that's about it for bad weather.
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Jan 12, 2026
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When Buffalo, New York's devastating December 2022 blizzard claimed more than 30 lives, it exposed a hard reality: Even life-saving travel bans can lose their force over time, especially when residents face situations where ...
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Dec 12, 2025
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Ski season is here, but while the eastern half of the U.S. digs out from winter storms, the western U.S. snow season has been off to a very slow start.
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Dec 2, 2025
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