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Wind kicks up 100-year-old volcano ash in Alaska

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

This NOAA satellite image taken October 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM EDT shows Hurricane Sandy over the Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and moving toward the north. Farther north, a cold front moves into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with showers and thunderstorms. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)

‘Frankenstorm’ could haunt East Coast’s Halloween

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Joey Mure shows a storm cloud over the Breezy Point area of the Queens borough of New York on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Joey Mure)

NYC cleans up from 2 twisters after Eastern storms

By Eric Tucker and Karen Matthews - Associated Press

A delegate arrives Sept. 4, 2012, at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., during a downpour. (Associated Press)

Democrats eye rainy weather as Obama speech nears

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. Army soldiers from 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment count ammunition Aug. 16, 2010, before turning it in after crossing the border from Iraq into Kuwait. (Associated Press/Maya Alleruzzo)

Hail of bullets? National Weather Service says ammo request was ‘clerical error’

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Nia Bailey (left), 8, of Washington, and Amari Swint, 8, of Philadelphia, throw water balloons while in an inflatable pool July 7, 2012, during a block party northwest Washington, D.C., during record heat with temperatures in the triple digits. (Associated Press)

Record heat waves goodbye to area

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

The sun sets in Pleasant Plains, Ill., on July 5, 2012. Corn and soybean crops are struggling under dry conditions and a record-breaking heat wave that is over most of the country. (Associated Press)

Midwest can’t get any relief from oppressive heat

By Corey Williams and Dinesh Ramde - Associated Press

Declan Faris, 10, of Alexandria finds a great way to beat the heat while frolicking in the fountain at the Georgetown Waterfront Park on Thursday, June 28, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Triple-digit temperatures set June record for D.C. area

By Shannon Odell - The Washington Times

Weather alerts coming soon to smartphone near you

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Weather service money shifting problems hit agency

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Nebraska fans at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., take cover from the rain prior to the cancellation of the annual Red-White college football Game, Saturday, April 14, 2012. Nebraska has canceled its spring football game because of heavy rain, hail and sharp lightning which began moving through the area about 90 minutes before the scheduled kickoff Saturday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Forecasters: Dangerous storms threaten Midwest

By Timberly Ross - Associated Press

Neighbors view what remains of a home in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, after tornadoes tore through the Dallas-Fort Worth area. (AP Photo/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins)

Tornado-wrecked Dallas begins assessing damage

By Paul J. Weber and Schuyler Dixon - Associated Press

A woman retrieves items from a home in Bailey Yard, Neb., west of North Platte, after a tornado hit the area on Sunday, March 18, 2012. The National Weather Service rated the twister an EF3, with top winds of 165 mph. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, Joe Volcek)

Flooding feared after storms sock south-central U.S.

By Katie Fretland - Associated Press

A house is missing part of its roof on Noble Drive in Huron Farms neighborhood of Dexter, Mich., on March 15, 2012, after a tornado hit the neighborhood. The slow-moving storm was part of a system packing large hail, heavy rain and high winds. (Associated Press/AnnAbor.Com)

More than 100 homes damaged as tornados hit Mich.

By Mike Householder - Associated Press

Spring flooding? Not this year, US forecasters say

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

This NOAA satellite image taken March 2, 2012, at 12:45 a.m. EST shows variable cloud cover over the Midwest as a storm system organizes over the Central and Southern Plains and a cold front drops into the Upper Midwest. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)

Wary eye on skies in towns hit by deadly twisters

By Jim Suhr - Associated Press

Tornado season looms, but forecasting a challenge

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Chad Ellinger and his son Trip, 2, and daughter Morgan, 6, push snow from their driveway in Augusta County, Va., on Sunday Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Norm Shafer)

Storm dumps snow on South, heads out to sea

Associated Press

Chris Wolford digs out the driveway of her Fulton, N.Y., home on Jan. 30, 2012. More than 30 inches of snow fell in Fulton during the area's first lake-effect storm of the season. (Associated Press/The Post-Standard)

Upstate N.Y. city digs out after 32.5-in. snowfall

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A man stands on the porch roof of a house buried in snow in the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska, on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Kim Weibl)

Alaska town tries to dig out from huge snow dump

By Rachel D'Oro - Associated Press