A blizzard is a severe storm, potentially life threatening, caused by wind-driven snow. Although many blizzards involve heavy snow falls, smaller snow amounts may still be driven to blizzard conditions of low visibility and extreme wind chill. The...

A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow. Blizzards are formed when a high pressure system, also known as a ridge, interacts with a low pressure system; this results in the...

Stinging sleet and snow coated windshields and streets early Wednesday as a winter blast roared out of the Midwest and swept into the Northeast as a Valentine's Day blizzard.Most of upstate New York reported several inches of new snow on the ground Wednesday morning, with...

A major snowstorm blew across Colorado toward the Plains on Wednesday, dumping more than a foot of snow in some places and forcing the airport to close, stranding thousands of holiday travelers. Authorities at times shut down major highways in parts of six states.The National...

Nine months after back-to-back blizzards brought life to a near-standstill in much of eastern Colorado, some doctors and hospitals say they're seeing one more bit of fallout: lots of babies.Avista Adventist Hospital, north of Denver, has even printed up blizzard-baby T-shirts for newborns. Ricky Lee...

Heavy, wet snow and blizzard conditions hit the Plains and Midwest on Thursday, shutting down hundreds of miles of interstate highways as snowplows were pulled off roads in white-out conditions.Schools closed in several states, and hundreds of flights were canceled. Two people were killed when...