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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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Live: Severe Storms, Flooding Columbus to Atlanta

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Accuweather.com - 4/19/13,By Samantha-Rae Tuthill

Severe thunderstorms are rolling across portions of the Midwest, slamming cities from Louisiana through Ohio and Indiana. Conditions are prime for tornadoes and dangerously large hail.

Areas of flooding and mudslides are have been reported in Iowa as high winds whip through parts of Tennessee and Alabama. Meanwhile, power outages have been reported throughout Illinois and Kentucky.

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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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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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Lyrid meteor shower peaks on April 22, 2013

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The Watchers - 18 April 2013 - by Chiffre

Earth is approaching the debris field of ancient Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Every year in late April Earth passes through the dusty tail of Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), and the encounter causes a meteor shower – the Lyrids.Flakes of comet dust, most no bigger than grains of sand, strike Earth’s atmosphere traveling 49 km/s (110,000 mph) and disintegrate as streaks of light. This year the shower peaks early morning on April 22, 2013. Forecasters expect 10 to 20 meteors per hour, although outbursts as high as 100 meteors per hour are possible. The annual meteor shower should give...Earth is approaching the debris field of ancient Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Every year in late April Earth passes through the dusty tail of Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), and the encounter causes a meteor shower – the Lyrids.Flakes of comet dust, most no bigger than grains of sand, strike Earth’s atmosphere traveling 49 km/s (110,000 mph) and disintegrate as streaks of light. This year the shower peaks early morning on April 22, 2013. Forecasters expect 10 to 20 meteors per hour, although outbursts as high as 100 meteors per hour are possible.

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