Weather.com - 3/31/13

Virginia State Police are on the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 77 in Carroll County that has claimed three lives and injured more than 20 others.

Foggy conditions and hilly, treacherous terrain created treacherous travel conditions along the interstate in the area of Fancy Gap Mountain.

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Weather.com - 3/20/13, AP

BEIJING -- The pig carcasses - now nearly 14,000 of them - have been floating down rivers that feed into Shanghai for nearly two weeks. The city's residents have been told not to worry, and not much else.

Where the pigs came from, how they died and why they suddenly showed up in the river system that supplies drinking water to a city of 23 million has not been explained. Officials have told residents their drinking water is safe, while authorities have censored microblog posts suggesting that the public organize peaceful protests.

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Weather.com - 3/19/13, AP

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NEW YORK -- The Statue of Liberty, closed since Superstorm Sandy damaged the island where it stands, will reopen to the public in time for Independence Day, officials said Tuesday.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the timeline for the reopening along with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York.

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Weather.com - 2/21/13, Jess Baker

In the Wake of Disaster

Mother Nature is volatile and violent, with the power to change lives in a matter of moments.

In the wake of disaster, it's not uncommon for people to say they saw the hand of a higher power at work. Survivors will often tell friends and family that "someone was watching over" them and protecting them from the worst of a storm.

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Weather.com - 2/18/13, Weather.com and AP

"Plato was another very powerful East Coast cyclone. In fact, at one point the central pressure dropped to 954 millibars, far lower than Nemo, and even lower than Hurricane Isaac last year," says weather.com meteorologist Nick Wiltgen. "However, Plato's track was farther east than Nemo and that limited blizzard conditions to coastal areas of eastern New England. And dry air meant a sharp drop-off in snow amounts on the western edge of the storm."

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