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Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Tornadoes touch down in U.S. Midwest causing damage, injuries Storm brings snow, tornadoes to Great Plains Heavy snow hits west-central U.S., forces road closures Storm brings snow, possible tornadoes to Plains Photos: A Snapshot from the Black Hills Blizzard Fall's Weird Weather Rolls in As Feds Scramble Mayor Bloomberg's Risky Business initiative will find out how much global warming hurts the national economy Heavy snow, thunderstorms moving into Midwest Heavy snow pummels west central United States, forces road closures UK's powerful Daily Mail faces a political storm

Tornadoes touch down in U.S. Midwest causing damage, injuries  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 08:56 PM PDT By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A series of tornadoes swept through the U.S. Midwest on Friday, causing a number of injuries and significant damage to homes and businesses, said emergency and weather officials. In Iowa, two large tornadoes perhaps as wide as a mile were spotted in Woodbury County and in Plymouth, Iowa, causing major damage in the early evening, according to preliminary reports by the National Weather Service. Up to 13 people were reported injured in Wayne, Nebraska, as a twister moved through the northeast corner of the state, according to NBC News. ... Full Story	Top
Storm brings snow, tornadoes to Great Plains  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 08:46 PM PDT SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A storm system that buried parts of Wyoming and South Dakota in heavy, wet snow on Friday also brought powerful thunderstorms packing tornadoes to the Great Plains. Full Story	Top
Heavy snow hits west-central U.S., forces road closures  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 06:52 PM PDT By Kevin Murphy (Reuters) - A rare and fierce October snowstorm rolled out over the central Rocky Mountains on Friday, downing trees and forcing closures of state offices and 380 miles of Interstate 90 across parts of Wyoming and South Dakota, state highway officials said. The storm dropped up to 37 inches of snow in parts of the Black Hills region of western South Dakota, according to a Rapid City National Weather Service report. "It's not normal this time of year, but it is not unheard of," said Cory Martin, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in North Platte, Nebraska. ... Full Story	Top
Storm brings snow, possible tornadoes to Plains  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 06:39 PM PDT SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A storm system that buried parts of Wyoming and South Dakota in heavy, wet snow on Friday also brought powerful thunderstorms and possible tornadoes to the Great Plains. Full Story	Top
Photos: A Snapshot from the Black Hills Blizzard  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 01:13 PM PDT FIRST PERSON | RAPID CITY, S.D. -- When the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for the Black Hills of South Dakota region on Thursday afternoon, many of my friends and I shrugged it off. Seeing a bit of October snow in the Black Hills is certainly not unheard of, but no one believed it would be the major weather event that news outlets predicted. Full Story	Top
Fall's Weird Weather Rolls in As Feds Scramble  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 11:35 AM PDT A tropical storm menaces the Gulf Coast, tornadoes threaten Iowa, snow blankets Wyoming and Colorado, and strong winds may spark fires in California. Full Story	Top
Mayor Bloomberg's Risky Business initiative will find out how much global warming hurts the national economy  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 11:32 AM PDT The devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy on New York City and its surrounding areas appear to have made a lasting impression on Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He created a $20 billion plan to prepare his city for future extreme weather events, and now he thinks that the entire nation needs a similar plan. In an op-ed piece published in The Washington Post, Bloomberg introduced Risky Business — a non-partisan initiative that will look at the entire US economy and evaluate the risks posed by climate change and extreme weather stemming from it. ... Full Story	Top
Heavy snow, thunderstorms moving into Midwest  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 10:43 AM PDT Powerful storms crawled into the Midwest on Friday, dumping heavy snow in South Dakota, spawning a tornado in Nebraska and threatening dangerous thunderstorms from Oklahoma to Wisconsin. A foot of snow ... Full Story	Top
Heavy snow pummels west central United States, forces road closures  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 09:43 AM PDT By Kevin Murphy (Reuters) - A rare fierce October snow storm rolled out over the central Rocky Mountains on Friday, downing trees and forcing closures of state offices and more than 200 miles of Interstate 90 across parts of Wyoming and South Dakota, state highway officials said. Up to 30 inches of snow was forecast to drop in parts of the Black Hills region of western South Dakota from the storm, the National Weather Service said. "It's not normal this time of year, but it is not unheard of," said Cory Martin, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in North Platte, Nebraska. ... Full Story	Top
UK's powerful Daily Mail faces a political storm  Friday, Oct 04, 2013 05:45 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britain's Daily Mail newspaper will tell you that many things you eat can give you cancer, global warming is probably bunk and the British way of life is under threat from pernicious Eurocrats in Brussels. Full Story	Top

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