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Record low July temperatures in southern U.S., Alabama at 49 degrees
Posted by Reuters: David Beasley on July 30th, 2014
Reuters: Record-breaking low temperatures across the southern United States on Wednesday made July feel more like October, with the mercury dipping to 49 degrees Fahrenheit in Alabama.
In Atlanta, the low was 59 degrees, breaking the previous record of 61 degrees set in 1936, according to the National Weather Service. The normal low for Atlanta is about 71 degrees, the National Weather Service said.
“It was a pretty chilly morning, very pleasant out,” said Jessica Fieux, an Atlanta-based National Weather...
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Posted by Reuters: David Beasley on February 13th, 2014
Reuters: A deadly winter storm gripped the southeastern United States on Wednesday, crippling travel, knocking out power to 363,000 homes and businesses and encasing magnolia and palmetto trees in ice.
The weather was blamed for at least 13 deaths in the region, including three who were killed when an ambulance transporting a patient skidded off an icy road in Carlsbad, Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
Winter storm warnings and advisories were in place from Arkansas east to much of...
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