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Part of the 2012–13 North American winter The December 17–22, 2012 North American blizzard [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] was a winter storm that affected the Midwestern and Eastern United States . [ 5 ] Forming on December 17, the winter storm moved across the midwest, forcing schools to close throughout the region. [ 3 ]
In early March, a winter storm formed in the Upper Midwest and began to move to the south-southeast. This system was sort of a hybrid Alberta clipper, in the way it had more moisture then a usual clipper has. The winter storm moved to the east, dropping snow accumulations of 3–6 inches (7.6–15.2 cm) on March 5. [20]
The weather of 2012 marked the fewest fatalities from natural disasters in a decade, although there were several damaging and deadly floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes, and other weather events. These include blizzards , cold waves , droughts, heat waves , and wildfires .
Dec. 22—The shortest day of the year arrived Tuesday with piles of fresh snow throughout Southcentral Alaska. A storm system on Monday covered much of the region in snow and a small amount of ...
This storm comes a little over a year after ex-Super Typhoon Nuri became the most powerful system on record to cross Dutch Harbor, Alaska, which is located in the Aleutian Islands, with a central ...
On October 20, 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center issued its U.S. Winter Outlook. The outlook expected the present La Niña to persist and intensify into the winter, resulting in drier than normal conditions in the drought-stricken states of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and parts of adjacent states.
An Alaska community is mourning the loss of a father who died in the Sunday landslide that left three others injured and prompted dozens of homes to evacuate.. Land detached from a hillside in ...
A kuspuk (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ s. p ʌ k /) (Central Yupik: qaspeq; [1] [2] Inupiaq: atikłuk [3] [4]) is a hooded overshirt with a large front pocket commonly worn among Alaska Natives. [5] Kuspuks are tunic-length, falling anywhere from below the hips to below the knees. [6] The bottom portion of kuspuks worn by women may be gathered and akin to a skirt.