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More than 300,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday as the bulk of outages were in Oklahoma, where heavy weekend storms carried winds as strong as 80 mph around Tulsa.
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According to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey’s Mesonet, both Cleveland and McClain Counties have already broken records for the number of tornadoes in a calendar year.
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Every thunderstorm or tornado watch you’ve seen was issued by a lead forecaster at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman. But until a few weeks ago, those watch issuers had always been men.
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City officials continue to survey and assess damage, which has been primarily observed in areas of Southeast and East Norman.
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Accurate weather information is important for farmers, emergency responders and researchers managing extreme conditions. But many monitoring networks are limited by unstable, patchwork funding.
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The city in western New York was among the hardest hit by snow and cold. At least 31 people in Erie County were killed because of the storm as of Tuesday evening, according to the health department.
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As extremely cold weather moves into the state this week, many Oklahomans are looking for ways to keep themselves, their pets, their homes and their vehicles safe and warm.
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Biting wind and heavy snow are expected across 17 states this week, sending temperatures plummeting as low as minus 30 F in some areas. Blizzard conditions could hit the Upper Midwest on Thursday.
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Midwesterners are becoming more familiar with derechos after two major storms hit the region in as many years. Scientists are grappling with how to define the storms, gather data and predict what the future of derechos will look like.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed two bills to help utility customers avoid high bills because of winter storms.