#Massive winter storm system barrels toward Northeast

#Massive winter storm system barrels toward Northeast

“#Massive winter storm system barrels toward Northeast” Winter Storm Miles is projected to hit the Northeast this weekend. New York is expected to get slammed with rain, strong winds and more power outages as the storm makes its way toward Maine. As of Friday morning, nearly 100,000 customers in the Northeast have no power. Long…

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#NJ weather-predictor Milltown Mel dies before Groundhog Day

#NJ weather-predictor Milltown Mel dies before Groundhog Day

“#NJ weather-predictor Milltown Mel dies before Groundhog Day” New Jersey’s weather-predicting groundhog, Milltown Mel, has died suddenly — just before his big day. “We wranglers are sad to report that Milltown Mel recently crossed over the rainbow bridge,” according to a Sunday post on the groundhog’s Facebook page. It wasn’t immediately clear when the local…

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#How the weather can negatively affect your health

#How the weather can negatively affect your health

“#How the weather can negatively affect your health” One day you’re basking in crisp, frosty sunshine, the next you’re fighting through sleet and hail.  But the weather can affect more than just your mood – or your wardrobe – according to data showing 72 percent of us suffer some degree of joint discomfort because of…

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#Startup Rentbrella launches umbrella-sharing app in NYC

#Startup Rentbrella launches umbrella-sharing app in NYC

“#Startup Rentbrella launches umbrella-sharing app in NYC” A new umbrella-sharing startup is expanding in New York City — and says it will do for umbrellas what Citibike did for bicycles.  Rentbrella, an app that was first launched in Brazil in 2018, is setting up automat-like kiosks stocked with 100 umbrellas each across the Big Apple…

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#1 dead as unusual Midwest storm brings hurricane-force winds

#1 dead as unusual Midwest storm brings hurricane-force winds

“#1 dead as unusual Midwest storm brings hurricane-force winds” OMAHA, Neb.— One person has died as a powerful storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest amid unseasonably warm temperatures, bringing hurricane-force wind gusts and spawning reported tornadoes in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota in a weather outbreak experts described as extremely unusual for December. A semitrailer…

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