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The next in a string of powerful storms that have brought dangerous weather to large swaths of the country will get its start today in the central U.S. Snow is forecast to fall from Nebraska to New Mexico. The storm heads into the Midwest and Great Lakes on Friday when Chicago is poised to experience blizzard conditions during the city’s first major snowstorm in years.
On the warm side of the latest storm to impact the country, severe thunderstorms will be a problem. Some of the same areas in the South that were hit by deadly tornadoes already this week are at risk of more severe weather. Storms start Thursday night before moving east during the day Friday.
A wobble in the polar vortex is sending an arctic cold front sweeping across the country starting Thursday. The northern tier will be the first to experience the coldest air so far this season. Eventually, freezing weather will make it all the way to the Gulf Coast.
Ferocious waves got inside a ferry in Washington as a bomb cyclone moved through the Northwest this week.
Here are a few other stories making headlines.
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