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Winter Storm Yogi Delivers Snow from Rockies to Upper Midwest

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Weather.com - 4/19/13, Chris Dolce, Nick Wiltgen

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Students head for the buses at Jefferson Elementary School after classes were canceled because of deteriorating weather conditions, Thursday, April 18, 2013 in New Ulm, Minn. (AP Photo/The Journal of New Ulm, Steve Muscatello)

 

Winter Storm Yogi will wind down on Friday after spreading a swath of snow from the Rockies to the Upper Midwest.

Snow will linger across parts of Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the U.P. of Michigan during the day on Friday.

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Dust Storm Shuts Arizona-New Mexico Interstate

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Weather.com - 4/18/13

A dust storm rolled through southeastern Arizona near the New Mexico border Wednesday, closing a 112-mile stretch of Interstate 10. The freeway was reopened Wednesday night after winds died down. Dust storms, or haboobs, are common in the Southwest in spring when strong storm systems move through the Rockies, generating gusty winds.

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Birds On The Edge of Extinction

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Weather.com - 4/18/13, Jess Baker

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Birds rule the air, but hundreds of different species have seen a population decline so frightening, experts say they could vanish off the face of the earth at anytime.

As of 2012, more than 1300 bird species are facing extinction, according to BirdLife International. The World's Rarest Birds, a new book, features photos of 800 of those birds.

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New: Winter Storm Yogi Brings Late-Season Snow

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Robert Burke pats Coniger on the neck while Maggie eats straw at left during the spring snow storm on April 16 in Casper, Wyo. Burke left work in the middle of the day while he was still able to access the horses to give them food and water and make sure the barn was open for them to take shelter. (AP Photo/Star-Tribune, Leah Millis)
 

The latest of late-season snowstorms, Winter Storm Yogi prepared to blanket the Upper Midwest with more snow on Thursday evening after dumping more than two feet of snow in parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

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Eastern Nebraska experienced near-blizzard conditions from Yogi on Thursday morning and the state's Department of Transportation urged extreme caution on nearly all roads. More than a foot of snow have fallen in some parts of the state as Yogi finally pulled away Thursday afternoon.

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Chicago Sinkhole, Flooding Punctuate Dramatic Thursday

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Firefighter Jason Kelley and police officer Shannon Vandenheuvel carry children from Barbara Jones' partially submerged car in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark)
 

Dramatic pictures of flooding across the Midwest Thursday punctuate day two of a storm system that also brought severe weather and snow to parts of the Plains and Midwest.

The rain will taper overnight, but the damage has already been done. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn declared a State of Emergency to help with widespread flooding issues. Hundreds of flights were cancelled from Chicago's airports, and thousands of people were left without power.

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Winter Storm Yogi Brings Late-Season Snow

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Weather.com - 4/17/13

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Tulips struggle to be seen after a spring storm packing high winds and heavy snow left up to a foot of snow in its wake in Denver on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The latest of late-season snowstorms, Winter Storm Yogi continued its slow trudge eastward on Wednesday morning, dumping more than two feet of snow in parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

"In terms of direct impact to travel, it looks like Wyoming will take the brunt of Winter Storm Yogi," said weather.com meteorologist Nick Wiltgen. "But aside from the typical travel woes, our other concern is the potential for Yogi to bring more snow to the Red River Basin, further escalating the flood risk later this spring when warmer weather arrives."

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Reported Tornadoes Leave Damage in Oklahoma

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Meteorologist Daniel Dix, part of the Tornado Hunt team, takes a photo of the tornado-warned storm from the window of the chase vehicle in Lawton, Okla.
 

Tornadoes reportedly touched down in Comanche County and Lawton in southwestern Oklahoma on Wednesday, causing minor damage to a Goodyear tire plant and trapping four people inside a mobile home that got knocked off its foundation, authorities said. The severe weather also created a dramatic chase for meteorologist Mike Bettes and his Tornado Hunt team.

No injuries were reported. Comanche County spokesman Jacob Russell said the mobile home was blown over at Elgin, about 20 miles northeast of Lawton.

Quake Hits Iran, Pakistan; Dozens Killed

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Weather.com - 4/16/13

People evacuate buildings after a major earthquake hit Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

TEHRAN, Iran -- A major earthquake flattened homes and offices on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, rattling buildings as far away as New Delhi and Dubai and killing dozens of people, including 34 in one Pakistani town.

The massive quake was the second in a week to hit Iran in less than a week, but it was not immediately clear how many people the trembler killed in Iran.

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Climate Scientists Struggle to Explain Warming Slowdown

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Weather.com - 4/16/13

Smoke is emitted from chimneys of a cement plant in Binzhou city, in eastern China's Shandong province in January. China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in a recent study that linked the burning of fossil fuels to the country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. AP Photo

OSLO (Reuters) -- Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions.

News Winter Storm Yogi Brings Late-Season Snow

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Weather.com - 4/16/13, Becky Kellogg

Craig, Colo.

Twin siblings Zeke, left, and Zoe Burton, ages 4, build a giant snow martian at a park on a day they talked their father into playing hooky from their public pre-school to enjoy the fresh snow which fell overnight in Denver, Tuesday April 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Colorado residents on the Front Range are digging out as Winter Storm Yogi brings more spring snow to their state. More than a foot of snow was reported in Estes Park and Nederland by Tuesday morning. About 10 inches of snow fell in the Denver area.

There are several road closures in Wyoming due to the snow:

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