Cedarburg snow shovelers battle wind, erasing their progress
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The winter storm Wednesday brought heavy snow to parts of southeast Wisconsin, including Cedarburg. Many saw all forms of precipitation, including snow, sleet and freezing rain, along with wind blowing the snow around, leading to poor visibility and erasing the progress of those trying to clean it up.

Ice accretion: Here's why it's dangerous
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With an ice storm set to impact southeast Wisconsin, FOX6's Tom Wachs details "ice accretion" vs. accumulation, and what makes this dangerous.

Twitter changes could disrupt extreme weather alert tweets for millions

The NWS is aware of possible Twitter disruption but said the public should always have multiple means for receiving weather information and alerts.

How to prevent pipes from freezing in bitterly cold temperatures

Common causes of frozen pipes are a sudden drop in temperature, poor insulation or an incorrectly programmed thermostat.

Unfathomable cold from polar vortex: Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, hits -100 degrees wind chill

The NWS in Portland/Gray, Maine, said an unusual phenomenon for its area of responsibility is possible Friday night as the tropopause could dip below the peak of Mount Washington, the highest summit in the northeastern U.S.

Transition into El Nino could lead to record heat around globe

The World Meteorological Organization reports fishermen first used the term El Niño off the coast of South America to describe the unusually warm water temperatures before Christmas.

Drone footage shows river with enough garbage to fill 4 Olympic swimming pools

In the Drina River of Eastern Europe, a combination of bad weather and a build-up of waste in riverside landfills led to an significant accumulation of garbage.

‘Scared for their lives’: 3 rescued from car teetering precariously over cliff's edge in California

Three people escaped a potentially deadly situation on Friday when they were rescued from a car that was teetering precariously over the edge of a cliff in Santa Cruz County, California.

We Energies crews in California helping restore power after storms

Nearly 50 people from We Energies and its sister company Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) are in California working to get the lights back on for tens of thousands of people who lost power from a series of strong storms. 

What does all this rain in California mean for the wine?

A winery proprietor said, "let's keep it coming," when talking about the historic atmospheric river-fueled parade of storms slamming the Golden State.

Firefighters rescue mother giving birth in the middle of flooded California riverbed

The storm that began Monday dumped more than a foot (30 centimeters) of rain at higher elevations in central and Southern California and buried Sierra Nevada ski resorts in more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) of snow.