Without congressionally approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather.
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A pair of powerful major winter storms is disrupting the U.S. air travel system this week. That leaves airlines no choice but to de-ice their planes before takeoff to keep them in the air. -
Dangerously high winds have forced President Joe Biden to cancel a trip to the Eastern Coachella Valley to announce the creation of two new national monuments. -
As the South prepped for snow and more cold starting Wednesday, residents in Southern California faced off with hurricane-strength winds. -
The city of Los Angeles declared a state of emergency Tuesday night as strong winds spurred the rapid spread of two wildfires in separate areas of the foothills on the northern edges of the city. -
Santa Anas are dry, warm and gusty northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and offshore. -
National Weather Service San Diego has issued a red flag warning for Wednesday morning through Thursday. -
Winter storm warnings have been declared from Illinois to New Jersey. And some areas will get a lot of snow. They will also get freezing rain and ice, blustery winds and frigid temperatures. -
Dozens of people have also been injured in a major winter storm spanning from Ohio to Washington, D.C. Up to a foot of snow is expected in some areas, and hundreds of thousands of people are without power. -
A major winter storm is bringing ice, snow and freezing rain from the Plains to the East Coast through Tuesday. -
Heavy snow and freezing rain has brought widespread disruption across the U.K., with several major airports forced to suspend flights and many key roads in the north of England unnavigable.
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