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The second of back-to-back blizzards that smothered the East Coast and eclipsed seasonal snowfall records with more than a month of winter remaining had tapered off by Thursday, although governments and schools remained closed to contend with the aftermath.

In Washington, D.C., the federal government planned to be closed for a fourth straight day, while city agencies and schools in the hardest-hit regions also scored snow days. The nation's capital joined Philadelphia and Baltimore in logging their snowiest winters in history.

A major snowstorm forced pre-emptive school closures in New York City and grounded hundreds of flights on the East Coast for the second time in a week.

The second major snowstorm in less than a week was churning towards Washington and New York on Tuesday.

Crews waded through thigh-high mud to check for gas leaks and survey damage as evacuated residents waited to find out if they could return to their homes.

The cleanup begins for the Mid-Atlantic states struck by a heavy snowstorm....

Mudslides destroyed at least two homes and badly damaged a number of others on Saturday in foothills surrounding Los Angeles as a fierce winter storm pounded Southern California.

The groundhog has spoken. And it's bad news. Punxsutawney Phil has emerged to see his shadow before chilly revelers in Pennsylvania, meaning winter will last another six weeks.

A storm that toppled power lines, shutdown major highways and buried parts of the southern Plains in heavy ice and snow began ...

Harsh cold weather shows how climate change disrupts long-standing patterns, report says.

The sky was blue and the sun bright for the first time in days after a week of powerful Southern California rain storms, but ...