A smattering of sleet and graupel in Austin the Circle C neighborhood
An unusually powerful winter storm dropped over six inches on the Pacific Northwest city February 9 - a "new daily record" according to the National Weather Service, which also happens to report that more snow is on the way.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at Washington's Seattle-Tacoma and Portland International airports in recent days. Around 50,000 people lost power.
In Tualatin, Ore., resident Autumn Sang was mobbed during a visit to a grocery store to stock up on supplies.
After a break in the precipitation Sunday afternoon, the NWS predicts a second round of wintry weather will affect the region Sunday night into Monday with freezing rain, sleet and snow.
As a snowstorm paralyzes much of the Pacific Northwest, officials are warning about severe surf and winds in Hawaii as a winter storm hits that state.
TSA confiscated record number of guns from carry-ons in 2018
The pilot, Brian Andrew Machtemes , who lives in Minnesota, was arrested at Southwest Florida International Airport. Another record also was broken in 2018: Of the firearms agents found nationwide, almost 86 percent were loaded.
A 66-year-old California man died after getting stuck in rough ocean conditions in Napili Bay, off northwest Maui, on Friday.
As meteorologists are fond of saying, we are in an active weather pattern.
About 200 flights were cancelled at Seattle-Tacoma and Portland worldwide airports Saturday, roughly matching the number of Friday cancellations. After that, forecasters will be focused on a "quick, nearly clipper like system" that will likely bring more snow. Heavy snow did do some damage in Yosemite National Park, where they got up to two feet in some areas.
In Seattle, where such snow is a rarity, residents cleared out grocery store shelves and left work early Friday afternoon as the storm arrived.
Snow began falling north of Seattle with some areas recording 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow before it made its way south and enveloped the city. She grew up in southern OR, where snow is more common, and wasn't fazed by the forecast.
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