﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>winter news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more winter stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/14990/winter.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:08:35 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/71875/to-cut-snowplow-bill-moscow-monkeys-with-weather.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>To Cut Snowplow Bill, Moscow Monkeys With Weather</title><description>Moscow's neighbors are steaming over a cost-cutting proposal by the mayor to make less snow fall in the city—which would mean more precipitation in the surrounding region. Liquid nitrogen, cement particles, and other substances kill clouds in the summer, and Yury Luzhkov wants to control the weather year-round, reports...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/71875/to-cut-snowplow-bill-moscow-monkeys-with-weather.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:32:32 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/68259/prepare-to-bundle-up-farmers-almanac.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Prepare to Bundle Up: Farmers' Almanac</title><description>Get the most out of your shorts and flip-flops now, because the area between the Appalachians and the Rockies is in for a brutal winter, the Farmers' Almanac warns. "The middle part of the country's really going to be cold—very, very cold, very, very frigid, with a lot of...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/68259/prepare-to-bundle-up-farmers-almanac.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:02:12 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/64228/250-kids-die-in-harsh-peru-winter.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>250 Kids Die in Harsh Peru Winter</title><description>Almost 250 children in Peru under the age of 5 have died during one of the coldest winters in years, reports the BBC. Scientists blame climate change for the early arrival of severe temperatures, which began as early as March. Kids exposed to the cold have contracted hypothermia and respiratory...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/64228/250-kids-die-in-harsh-peru-winter.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 4:40:51 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/52922/upper-midwest-stymied-by-snow.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Upper Midwest Stymied by Snow</title><description>Heavy snow driven by wind gusting to 40mph closed courts, clinics, and businesses and shut down a major highway across the Upper Midwest. Up to a foot of snow was forecast today for parts of eastern North Dakota. The National Weather Service posted blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings for...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/52922/upper-midwest-stymied-by-snow.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:47:01 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/50310/rural-alaskans-fight-to-survive.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Rural Alaskans Fight to Survive</title><description>With some villagers paying $400 for a week's groceries and $1,500 for a month’s heat, rural Alaskans are literally fighting to survive, CNN reports. Milk can cost $10 a gallon and eggs $22 a dozen, and the long trip by snowmobile to the store means running through $50 in...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/50310/rural-alaskans-fight-to-survive.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:50:24 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/49661/guess-who-saw-his-shadow-today.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Guess Who Saw His Shadow Today?</title><description>Punxsutawney Phil, America’s most famous midget weatherman, saw his shadow today—meaning those reaching to put away the hats and scarves get to hold off another six weeks, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Thousands in Pennsylvania watched the groundhog see his shadow for the 97th time since 1887—he’s only predicted...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/49661/guess-who-saw-his-shadow-today.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 7:55:14 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/49481/more-than-1m-still-powerless-after-ice-storm.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>More Than 1M Still Powerless After Ice Storm</title><description>From Missouri to West Virginia, thousands of people are still holed up in makeshift shelters as utility crews frantically work to return water and heat to their homes, the AP reports. More than 1.3 million homes remain without power after the recent ice storm, and though workers are making...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/49481/more-than-1m-still-powerless-after-ice-storm.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:25:01 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/49270/storm-leaves-14m-without-power-23-dead.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Storm Leaves 1.4M Without Power; 23 Dead</title><description>More than a million people shivered in ice-bound homes across the country tonight, waiting for utility crews to restring power lines brought down by a storm that killed 23 as it moved from the Southern Plains to the East Coast. But with temperatures plunging, utility officials warned that it could...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/49270/storm-leaves-14m-without-power-23-dead.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:57:41 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/48042/tongue-twister-cold-kid-copies-christmas-story.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Tongue Twister: Cold Kid Copies Christmas Story</title><description>With much of the US in a deep freeze, life imitated a holiday classic for a boy who froze his tongue to a metal pole on a dare, the Times of Northwest Indiana reports. “You’d think everybody in the country had seen A Christmas Story by now,” a police officer...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/48042/tongue-twister-cold-kid-copies-christmas-story.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:22:02 CST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>