<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - snow</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/snow</link><description>Newsvine - snow</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:09:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:25:48 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Shovel it: Rockies owner clears snow off field</title>
<description><![CDATA[Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort is among the grounds crew shoveling snow in the hope his team will squeeze in a doubleheader against the New York Mets on Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pat Graham]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pat Graham]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17781247-shovel-it-rockies-owner-clears-snow-off-field</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17781247-shovel-it-rockies-owner-clears-snow-off-field</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>snow</category><category>rockies</category><category>mets</category><category>new-york-mets</category><category>colorado-rockies</category><category>dick-monfort</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:08:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=af737db8-f946-4c80-84c0-2a864a711f77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=af737db8-f946-4c80-84c0-2a864a711f77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Mets pitcher LaTroy Hawkins poses in the snow before a scheduled baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Denver. The game has been canceled. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce1bc90d-a583-4fac-aeb9-f0a689c7b0d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ce1bc90d-a583-4fac-aeb9-f0a689c7b0d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Coors Field is blanketed with snow before a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Denver. The game has been postponed by a heavy spring snowstorm. The teams will play a split-doubleheader Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43d67eb8-8498-41e0-9ec9-2912566c5b2d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43d67eb8-8498-41e0-9ec9-2912566c5b2d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Mets' Scott Rice sends a photo on his mobile phone from the dugout in the snow before a baseball game between the Mets and the Colorado Rockies, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Denver. The game has been postponed by a heavy spring snowstorm. The teams will play a split-doubleheader Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=031789e1-cb84-4379-a6db-5a3cf9c1aff2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=031789e1-cb84-4379-a6db-5a3cf9c1aff2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A statue of Branch Rickey is covered in snow outside of Coors Field before a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Denver. The game has been postponed by a heavy spring snowstorm. The teams will play a split-doubleheader Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Russia's Sochi busy storing snow for 2014 Olympics</title>
<description><![CDATA[In April, at the end of another seemingly endless winter, most Russians are eager to get rid of the piles of snow that have clogged their cities and streets and yards for months.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nataliya Vasilyeva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nataliya Vasilyeva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17699691-russias-sochi-busy-storing-snow-for-2014-olympics</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17699691-russias-sochi-busy-storing-snow-for-2014-olympics</guid><category>olympics</category><category>snow</category><category>world-news</category><category>sochi</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:28:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df242ced-4ba7-435f-b706-1d15d91bb918.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df242ced-4ba7-435f-b706-1d15d91bb918.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, April 5, 2013 photo a snowcat shoves heaps of snow as part of an effort to store the snow for the following winter. The Rosa Khutor Alpine skiing resort which is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics is set to store nearly half a million cu. meters of snow collected in piles and tightly covered with insulated blankets.(AP Photo/ Nataliya Vasilyeva)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f6ac75f-63c1-4e40-83dc-296f9c468aab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f6ac75f-63c1-4e40-83dc-296f9c468aab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, April 5, 2013 photo snow-covered peaks of Krasnaya Polyana are seen from the airport of the city of Sochi which is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Roza Khutor ski resort is set to collect about half a million cu. meters of snow ahead of the games as a contingency plan in the event of a lack of snow.(AP Photo/ Nataliya Vasilyeva)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6c963c72-4ab3-43b9-a3d6-96d15ba38d39.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6c963c72-4ab3-43b9-a3d6-96d15ba38d39.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, April 5, 2013 photo insulated blankets shimmer in the sun as workers are covering the snow pile in order to preserve it for the next winter outside Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The Rosa Khutor Alpine skiing resort which is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics is set to store nearly half a million cu. meters of snow collected in piles and tightly covered with insulated blankets.(AP Photo/ Nataliya Vasilyeva)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e9cc390-540e-4eaf-8091-7409e8587719.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e9cc390-540e-4eaf-8091-7409e8587719.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, April 5, 2013 photo ski resort employees scale down a pile of snow which is being covered by insulated fabric. The Rosa Khutor Alpine skiing resort which is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics is set to store nearly half a million cu. meters of snow collected in piles and tightly covered with insulated blankets.(AP Photo/ Nataliya Vasilyeva)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d957d451-f7b6-4e34-8649-12658e5949cf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d957d451-f7b6-4e34-8649-12658e5949cf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday, April 5, 2013 photo a ski resort employee stands on top of a snow storage next to rolls of insulated blankets. The Rosa Khutor Alpine skiing resort which is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics is set to store nearly half a million cu. meters of snow collected in piles tightly covered by insulated blankets.(AP Photo/ Nataliya Vasilyeva)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>3 arrested after Wyoming police follow footprints</title>
<description><![CDATA[Three men have been accused of stealing items that include a samurai sword &#8212; but according to central Wyoming police the suspects weren't exactly ninjas.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17694429-3-arrested-after-wyoming-police-follow-footprints</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17694429-3-arrested-after-wyoming-police-follow-footprints</guid><category>us</category><category>arrest</category><category>snow</category><category>odd-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>footprints</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:06:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Storm packing high wind, snow heads to Wyo., Colo.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Forecasts for snow and high winds have parts of Colorado bracing for 3-foot snowdrifts by Tuesday night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17659029-storm-packing-high-wind-snow-heads-to-wyo-colo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17659029-storm-packing-high-wind-snow-heads-to-wyo-colo</guid><category>us</category><category>snow</category><category>western</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Snow in April? Londoners check the calendar</title>
<description><![CDATA[Do snow showers bring May flowers?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600792-snow-in-april-londoners-check-the-calendar</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600792-snow-in-april-londoners-check-the-calendar</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>snow</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:43:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86101892-7c96-419b-ba02-f5d962cf2ecd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=86101892-7c96-419b-ba02-f5d962cf2ecd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Snow settles on Daffodils on Hampstead Heath in London, Thursday, April 4, 2013. It is unusual for snow to fall on London in April, with Britain's Met Office saying that March's temperatures ranked as the joint second coldest (with 1947), for the month, in their records dating back to 1910. Only March 1962 was colder. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=540be471-2fcc-4a6f-9200-84bbce7f420e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=540be471-2fcc-4a6f-9200-84bbce7f420e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Birds rest on upturned boats as light snow falls on a lake in Epping Forest, north London, Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0574348-db08-4b56-8962-557cdd2c858d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0574348-db08-4b56-8962-557cdd2c858d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Snow falls on London as viewed from Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath, Thursday, April 4, 2013. It is unusual for snow to fall on London in April, with Britain's Met Office saying that March's temperatures ranked as the joint second coldest (with 1947), for the month, in their records dating back to 1910. Only March 1962 was colder. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Snow has roads closed at Great Smoky Mountains</title>
<description><![CDATA[Road crews are working to get snow-covered roads in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park open as the spring tourism season is set to begin.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17499109-snow-has-roads-closed-at-great-smoky-mountains</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17499109-snow-has-roads-closed-at-great-smoky-mountains</guid><category>us</category><category>snow</category><category>us-news</category><category>great-smoky-mountains-national-park</category><category>great-smoky</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:23:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Public braves snow for gay marriage case tickets</title>
<description><![CDATA[People waiting to attend to gay marriage cases being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court have been undeterred by snow falling in the nation's capital.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17456497-public-braves-snow-for-gay-marriage-case-tickets</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17456497-public-braves-snow-for-gay-marriage-case-tickets</guid><category>us</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>politics</category><category>snow</category><category>supreme-court</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d546ada6-fadb-46bd-ab5a-8d6577ab642c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d546ada6-fadb-46bd-ab5a-8d6577ab642c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Joey Williamson, left, and Gary Brown form New York City, cover themselves from the snow as they wait in line outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday March, 25, 2013, a day before the  court hearing on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19271a9b-cca4-4806-9f11-3a81d3253c18.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19271a9b-cca4-4806-9f11-3a81d3253c18.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Taylor, Talla and Vincent Carter cover themselves from the snow as they wait in line outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday March, 25, 2013, to watch Tuesday's same-sex marriage hearing before the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ukrainian capital grapples with snow, scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Residents of the Ukrainian capital suspect the city is trying to pull a fast one on them about its efforts to clean up from a paralyzing blizzard.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17454888-ukrainian-capital-grapples-with-snow-scandal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17454888-ukrainian-capital-grapples-with-snow-scandal</guid><category>eu</category><category>snow</category><category>ukraine</category><category>scandal</category><category>odd-news</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:24:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76f69f06-da40-482b-8817-e7c6277d17a0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76f69f06-da40-482b-8817-e7c6277d17a0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People pass by vehicles covered with snow in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have been stricken Ukraine since last afternoon, in the last winter attack at the end of the first spring month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6d5c636-4a41-4632-aaa7-a7bef02a2d63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="232" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6d5c636-4a41-4632-aaa7-a7bef02a2d63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A driver shovels snow off his vehicle in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have been stricken Ukraine since last afternoon, in the last winter attack at the end of the first spring month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=12cef545-3e2c-4ab0-b0d3-d5131e9b378d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=12cef545-3e2c-4ab0-b0d3-d5131e9b378d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman and her dog enjoy snowfall in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have been stricken Ukraine since last afternoon, in the last winter attack at the end of the first spring month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9debfd4e-1c6c-4105-97ce-72b36b974642.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9debfd4e-1c6c-4105-97ce-72b36b974642.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A boy draws on a snow-covered car in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have been stricken Ukraine since Friday afternoon, in a last winter attack at the end of the first spring month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ec20590-2a65-4460-b778-f912af57e5f8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8ec20590-2a65-4460-b778-f912af57e5f8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People beat carpets with snow to clean them near the snow-covered cars in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have  stricken Ukraine since Friday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f93e3e48-60c0-488a-a52d-942fae7e686e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f93e3e48-60c0-488a-a52d-942fae7e686e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A driver shovels snow from his car in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have  stricken Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ukrainian capital paralyzed by snowstorm</title>
<description><![CDATA[The city of Kiev has declared a state of emergency after the Ukrainian capital was paralyzed by an unprecedented snowstorm that has stalled car, railway and air traffic.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17427454-ukrainian-capital-paralyzed-by-snowstorm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17427454-ukrainian-capital-paralyzed-by-snowstorm</guid><category>europe</category><category>snow</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:37:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76f69f06-da40-482b-8817-e7c6277d17a0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76f69f06-da40-482b-8817-e7c6277d17a0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People pass by vehicles covered with snow in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have been stricken Ukraine since last afternoon, in the last winter attack at the end of the first spring month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6d5c636-4a41-4632-aaa7-a7bef02a2d63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="232" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6d5c636-4a41-4632-aaa7-a7bef02a2d63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A driver shovels snow off his vehicle in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have been stricken Ukraine since last afternoon, in the last winter attack at the end of the first spring month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=12cef545-3e2c-4ab0-b0d3-d5131e9b378d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=12cef545-3e2c-4ab0-b0d3-d5131e9b378d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman and her dog enjoy snowfall in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Heavy snow storms from the Balkan region have been stricken Ukraine since last afternoon, in the last winter attack at the end of the first spring month. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hungary: Snowstorm strands thousands in their cars</title>
<description><![CDATA[A snowstorm in Hungary brought drifts 10 feet (3 meters) high and violent gusts of wind, forcing thousands of people to spend the night in their cars or in emergency shelters after being stranded on a major highway.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pablo Gorondi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pablo Gorondi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17279938-hungary-snowstorm-strands-thousands-in-their-cars</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17279938-hungary-snowstorm-strands-thousands-in-their-cars</guid><category>eu</category><category>europe</category><category>snow</category><category>world-news</category><category>western-europe</category><category>english-channel</category><category>snow-choked-european</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:19:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e82b613-c8f2-48a2-925b-0fad705ee1fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e82b613-c8f2-48a2-925b-0fad705ee1fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman makes her way through a snow-covered park in Hamburg, northern Germany, Monday March 11, 2013. Weather forecasts predict that winter weather continues  in most parts of Germany during  the next few days.  (AP Photo/dpa,Malte Christians)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b58bf8f-aff5-47ad-834a-111ac240a712.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="192" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b58bf8f-aff5-47ad-834a-111ac240a712.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="58" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cranes fly above a snow-covered field in Neuruppin, eastern Germany, Monday March 11, 2013. Weather forecasts predict that winter weather continues  in most parts of Germany during  the next few days.  (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Settnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8cdaec2-60eb-4bf6-a83a-7fcf6773b9b0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8cdaec2-60eb-4bf6-a83a-7fcf6773b9b0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pedestrians try to shelter from snow in London, Monday, March 11, 2013. Temperatures in the capital plummeted to below freezing on Monday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e39b16e9-e639-44ce-bddd-588d432465b2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e39b16e9-e639-44ce-bddd-588d432465b2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A pedestrian tries to shelter from snow in London, Monday, March 11, 2013. Temperatures in the capital plummeted to below freezing on Monday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15f436c1-8d37-4965-9fd0-1a47185c3612.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15f436c1-8d37-4965-9fd0-1a47185c3612.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A pedestrian tries to shelter from snow in London, Monday, March 11, 2013. Temperatures in the capital plummeted to below freezing on Monday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=548a1bac-1b13-4dea-b17a-1b23c75cad32.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=548a1bac-1b13-4dea-b17a-1b23c75cad32.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People take a walk through the so-called Hafencity, a district at the harbour,during heavy snowfall in Hamburg, northern Germany, Monday, March 11, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Sven Hoppe)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a493be9f-276f-4a34-92d7-47c044fe0eb1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a493be9f-276f-4a34-92d7-47c044fe0eb1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man rides his bicycle down a snowy path in a park in Wilrijk, Belgium on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. An overnight snowfall on Monday evening snarled rush hour traffic on Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=669a11f5-e0d0-44b8-a6c0-57efa7872d16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="220" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=669a11f5-e0d0-44b8-a6c0-57efa7872d16.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People ride their bicycles on an icy road in Antwerp, Belgium on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. An overnight snowfall on Monday evening snarled rush hour traffic on Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03b2194b-9824-4fb9-82bc-b658e00bfe09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03b2194b-9824-4fb9-82bc-b658e00bfe09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A cyclist holds an umbrella as he crosses tracks during snowfalls in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Fresh snow fell in wide oparts of Germany. (AP Photo/dpa, Oliver Berg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=918da09d-6d04-4593-a11f-d5af039ad792.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=918da09d-6d04-4593-a11f-d5af039ad792.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A cyclist and car drivers move across a snow-covered street in Frankfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Winter returned to the German state of Hesse with snow and ice. (AP Photo/dpa, Arne Dedert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44c914ee-dd73-4d59-9ded-ce78f39a73da.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44c914ee-dd73-4d59-9ded-ce78f39a73da.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People walk in the park as snow falls in the Belarus capital Minsk, Tuesday, March 12, 2013.  Winter weather with frost and snow continues to prevail in Belarus. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b929886d-fbf4-402e-9e73-e46e147d51e9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b929886d-fbf4-402e-9e73-e46e147d51e9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man walks down a snowy path in the park in Wilrijk, Belgium on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. An overnight snowfall on Monday evening snarled rush hour traffic on Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=00d07ed2-fb5b-4099-bb21-3fa34fa94929.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=00d07ed2-fb5b-4099-bb21-3fa34fa94929.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A squirl sits in the snow in a garden in Wiesbaden, central Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Fresh snow fell in wide parts of Germany. (AP Photo/dpa, Fredrik Von Erichsen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a87dbc19-fcb4-473c-99f5-edd093ed2dbe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a87dbc19-fcb4-473c-99f5-edd093ed2dbe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A tourist stands  in front of Brandenburg Gate to pose for a souvenir photo as the sun shines through the  clouds in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. As fresh snow fell in wide parts of western Germany the airport in Frankfurt was closed after about 12 centimeters (5 inches) of snow and the airport had already canceled more than 100 flights and reported many delays. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1ce18f8-ed85-41f2-b27a-bc20185168f2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1ce18f8-ed85-41f2-b27a-bc20185168f2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman looks at an information board which displays canceled flights at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday March 12, 2013. Due to heavy snowfalls the airport was closed temporarily.  (AP Photo/dpa,Nicolas Armer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dcfa8f2f-dbfe-4e4e-8753-0a440d2b659c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dcfa8f2f-dbfe-4e4e-8753-0a440d2b659c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CORRECTS SPELLING OF SQUIRREL - A squirrel sits in the snow in a garden in Wiesbaden, central Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Fresh snow fell in wide parts of Germany. (AP Photo/dpa, Fredrik Von Erichsen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2334995e-d5d6-44e1-84b6-0310ffd8c228.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2334995e-d5d6-44e1-84b6-0310ffd8c228.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A squirl sits in the snow in a garden in Wiesbaden, central Germany, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Fresh snow fell in wide parts of Germany. (AP Photo/dpa, Fredrik Von Erichsen)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6930d1c-502f-4e11-9142-4e8da52add7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6930d1c-502f-4e11-9142-4e8da52add7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wrecked cars and trucks are piled up after a mass-crash on highway A45 near Woelfersheim, central Germany, Tuesday March 12, 2013.   (AP Photo/dpa, Boris Roessler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c7680bbc-45c5-4514-acf1-d6f78854d7b2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c7680bbc-45c5-4514-acf1-d6f78854d7b2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People push a car stranded by a heavy snowstorm on a road between Miskolc and Harsany, 155 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, Friday March 15 2013. Winter weather returning to Hungary with heavy snowfall, blizzards, ice and cold has left thousands without electricity, blocked access to several localities, forced traffic halts in major services and caused several accidents across the country.  (AP Photo/MTI, Janos Vajda) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=151c708d-aec7-4930-97b6-8221a9d63b38.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=151c708d-aec7-4930-97b6-8221a9d63b38.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Due to a heavy snowstorms,  police seal off a section of a highway in the suburbs of Budapest, Hungary, Friday March 15 2013. Winter weather returning to Hungary with heavy snowfall, blizzards, ice and cold has left thousands without electricity, blocked access to several localities, forced traffic halts in major services and caused several accidents across the country.  (AP Photo/MTI, Peter Lakatos) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a16ea0d-d5c7-4ff8-9507-dd4889c5584e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a16ea0d-d5c7-4ff8-9507-dd4889c5584e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Broken pylons of an electric main lie on the ground near Kemecse, 242 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, after a heavy snowstorm hit the region Friday, March 15, 2013. Winter weather returning to Hungary with heavy snowfall, blizzards, ice and cold has left thousands without electricity, blocked access to several localities, forced traffic halts in major services and caused several accidents across the country.  (AP Photo/MTI, Atilla Balazs) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=466b1e65-dab7-4c85-b81c-4bdf5708079d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=466b1e65-dab7-4c85-b81c-4bdf5708079d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Due to a heavy snowstorms,  police seal off a section of a highway in the suburbs of Budapest, Hungary, Friday March 15 2013. Winter weather returning to Hungary with heavy snowfall, blizzards, ice and cold has left thousands without electricity, blocked access to several localities, forced traffic halts in major services and caused several accidents across the country.  (AP Photo/MTI, Peter Lakatos) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94b47f2c-a9b9-48e5-8cc6-a93af75b02c0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94b47f2c-a9b9-48e5-8cc6-a93af75b02c0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People walk along a snow-covered boulevard in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 15, 2013. A heavy snowfall has continued for the second day in Moscow with temperatures hovering around 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Federal government closes DC offices as snow nears</title>
<description><![CDATA[The federal government says its offices in the Washington, D.C., area will be closed Wednesday as the nation's capital braces for its first big snowfall of the winter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17205811-federal-government-closes-dc-offices-as-snow-nears</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17205811-federal-government-closes-dc-offices-as-snow-nears</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>snow</category><category>day</category><category>government</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:18:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Snow kills 8 in Japan, including family in car</title>
<description><![CDATA[Heavy snow that fell in northern Japan over the weekend killed eight people on Hokkaido island, including a family whose car became buried.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17172320-snow-kills-8-in-japan-including-family-in-car</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/03/17172320-snow-kills-8-in-japan-including-family-in-car</guid><category>deaths</category><category>japan</category><category>snow</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 03:02:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a8f041ab-e7b3-4126-a5ba-9604971195c3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="378" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a8f041ab-e7b3-4126-a5ba-9604971195c3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Stranded vehicles are buried under snow along a road in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Sunday, March 3, 2013. At least eight people were killed after their vehicles got trapped in heavy snow in Hokkaido over the weekend, local reports said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a8378c7c-9c76-4933-8130-eb66f8ed10bb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a8378c7c-9c76-4933-8130-eb66f8ed10bb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, March 3, 2013, a vehicle of Kazuyo Miyashita is seen after being dug out of the snow along a road in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Kyodo news service says Miyashita and her three children died at a hospital Saturday night of carbon-monoxide poisoning after the vehicle got buried in the snow. Heavy snow that fell on the main northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend has killed eight people, including the family. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76d8de0d-09b9-4be2-9f3e-5698e2f1a398.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76d8de0d-09b9-4be2-9f3e-5698e2f1a398.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, March 3, 2013, a policeman inspects the site where a vehicle, center, of Kazuyo Miyashita got buried in the snow along a road in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Kyodo news service says Miyashita and her three children died at a hospital Saturday night of carbon-monoxide poisoning. Heavy snow that fell on the main northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend has killed eight people, including the family. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cb1908f3-151c-40b7-8ad2-99dd67fdbdb9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cb1908f3-151c-40b7-8ad2-99dd67fdbdb9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, March 3, 2013, policemen shovel snow around a vehicle of Kazuyo Miyashita along a road in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Kyodo news service says Miyashita and her three children died at a hospital Saturday night of carbon-monoxide poisoning after the vehicle got buried in the snow. Heavy snow that fell on the main northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend has killed eight people, including the family. (AP Photo/Hokkaido Shimbun Press via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36f59669-409a-4eb0-8c55-6f3231db4978.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36f59669-409a-4eb0-8c55-6f3231db4978.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sunday, March 3, 2013, a vehicle of Kazuyo Miyashita is buried in the snow along a road in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Kyodo news service says Miyashita and her three children died at a hospital Saturday night of carbon-monoxide poisoning after the vehicle got buried in the snow. Heavy snow that fell on the main northern Japanese island of Hokkaido over the weekend has killed eight people, including the family. (AP Photo/The Hokkaido Shimbun Press via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Climate contradiction: Less snow, more blizzards</title>
<description><![CDATA[With scant snowfall and barren ski slopes in parts of the Midwest and Northeast the past couple of years, some scientists have pointed to global warming as the culprit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seth Borenstein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Seth Borenstein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17005022-climate-contradiction-less-snow-more-blizzards</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/18/17005022-climate-contradiction-less-snow-more-blizzards</guid><category>us</category><category>global-warming</category><category>snow</category><category>warming</category><category>science</category><category>sci</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:16:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=31623af3-3dd1-4677-ae56-21b1208ac09e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=31623af3-3dd1-4677-ae56-21b1208ac09e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2012 file photo, man-made snow coats a ski run next to barren ground under a chairlift at Shawnee Peak ski area in Bridgton, Maine. Scientists point to both scant recent snowfall in parts of the country and this month's whopper of a Northeast blizzard as potential global warming signs. It may seem like a contradiction, but the explanation lies in atmospheric physics. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4e5db74a-72e5-4388-adc1-a5b49a617c12.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="347" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4e5db74a-72e5-4388-adc1-a5b49a617c12.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Map shows a simulated prediction in the reduction of future snowfall in the U.S. based on CO2 levels&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80795c8e-5d30-4a26-b7ff-46b0bedb558f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=80795c8e-5d30-4a26-b7ff-46b0bedb558f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 file photo, Mike Brown of Boston cross country skis past snow-covered cars through the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston. Scientists point to both scant recent snowfall in parts of the country and this month's whopper of a Northeast blizzard as potential signs of global warming. It may seem like a contradiction, but the explanation lies in atmospheric physics. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fallout over lackluster snow removal in NY widens</title>
<description><![CDATA[The fallout from a lackluster snow-removal effort after a blizzard dumped 30 inches or more across eastern Long Island widened Thursday, ensnaring both state and town officials in its wake.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16962033-fallout-over-lackluster-snow-removal-in-ny-widens</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16962033-fallout-over-lackluster-snow-removal-in-ny-widens</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>snow</category><category>long-island</category><category>transportation-department</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:19:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f467e0b5-4148-4309-aee0-02d132f88216.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f467e0b5-4148-4309-aee0-02d132f88216.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Feb. 9, 2013 file photo shows abandoned cars on the Long Island Expressway after a snow storm in Islandia, N.Y. New York state has suspended two Transportation Department officials amid criticism of the snow-removal effort on eastern Long Island. An attorney for one of the officials confirmed Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 the suspensions are for 30 days without pay. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The whopper of a storm didn't rank high in history</title>
<description><![CDATA[The snowstorm that walloped the Northeast with about 3 feet in some places didn't add up to being that bad, federal statistics say.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seth Borenstein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Seth Borenstein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16934161-the-whopper-of-a-storm-didnt-rank-high-in-history</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16934161-the-whopper-of-a-storm-didnt-rank-high-in-history</guid><category>us</category><category>snow</category><category>science</category><category>northeast</category><category>measure</category><category>northeast-snow</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:34:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8048c0dd-3b2e-45b1-ba05-7aa70bcc4c7f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8048c0dd-3b2e-45b1-ba05-7aa70bcc4c7f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Small planes are snowed in at the closed Bridgeport, Conn., airport  Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of the New England states. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How to avoid roof collapses caused by heavy snow</title>
<description><![CDATA[On the heels of a massive snowstorm that dumped up to 3 feet of snow across the Northeast, rain was forecast for Monday, which could threaten snow-laden roofs with added weight. The roof of an empty bowling alley on New York's Long Island already partly collapsed just from heavy snow from the weekend storm, police said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917908-how-to-avoid-roof-collapses-caused-by-heavy-snow</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917908-how-to-avoid-roof-collapses-caused-by-heavy-snow</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>snow</category><category>long-island</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><category>roofs</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:07:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fatal storm: deaths related to the Northeast snow</title>
<description><![CDATA[A look at the deaths related to the massive snowstorm that blanketed the Northeast in 1 to 3 feet of snow and battered the coastline with high winds and some flooding.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917734-fatal-storm-deaths-related-to-the-northeast-snow</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917734-fatal-storm-deaths-related-to-the-northeast-snow</guid><category>us</category><category>deaths</category><category>snow</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:33:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Crews working to clear snow from NY expressway</title>
<description><![CDATA[The harrowing images from New York's slice of the massive snowstorm &#8212; people stranded overnight, cars abandoned on long stretches of drift-covered highways &#8212; were slowly erased Sunday on the far reaches of Long Island, where hundreds of snowplows and heavy equipment descended on a region battered by storm again and to try to help clear the way for Monday's commute.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917603-crews-working-to-clear-snow-from-ny-expressway</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917603-crews-working-to-clear-snow-from-ny-expressway</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>ny</category><category>snow</category><category>long-island</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><category>long-island-expressway</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:05:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa111ba9-0d75-4566-95ad-ac902b287cf1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa111ba9-0d75-4566-95ad-ac902b287cf1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;April Palmieri digs out her car in front of her home, background left, on 17th Street after a snow storm on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Bayville, N.Y. Palmieri had five feet of water in her basement as result of the rains from Superstorm Sandy. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28d92d01-57a9-47c7-ad14-0616621e4baa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28d92d01-57a9-47c7-ad14-0616621e4baa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Traffic is backed up on the Long Island Expressway just west of Exit 59 Ocean Avenue as payloaders clear snow from the road after a storm, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Ronkonkoma , N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=30a65777-df9c-4ab1-a80a-e1b408525c1a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=30a65777-df9c-4ab1-a80a-e1b408525c1a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Statue of Liberty is seen through a haze of snow blown off a building on a East River pier, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in New York.  A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82662cfb-0611-48fb-9f40-28bdb405f642.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82662cfb-0611-48fb-9f40-28bdb405f642.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A New York State Department of Transportation plow is dug out of the snow after being stuck near Exit 60 eastbound on the Long Island Expressway after a storm, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c2940e92-3523-4bc4-a1c8-2a5dfb468210.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c2940e92-3523-4bc4-a1c8-2a5dfb468210.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign on the Long Island Expressway warns drivers traveling eastbound near exit 49 after a snow storm on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Plainview, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c222bce-8690-4731-89e0-16a11109d835.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c222bce-8690-4731-89e0-16a11109d835.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wayne Gingo, of Medford, N.Y., gets back into his car that got stuck in the snow on the Long Island Expressway eastbound near Exit 60, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. Gingo was driving home from his job as a postal worker at JFK Airport and got stuck in the snow at 1:45 a.m. He spent the night in the car waiting for a tow truck. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Yorkers tell of hours stranded on snowy roads</title>
<description><![CDATA[Stranded for hours on a snow-covered road, Priscilla Arena prayed, took out a sheet of loose-leaf paper and wrote what she thought might be her last words to her husband and children.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frank Eltman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16912891-new-yorkers-tell-of-hours-stranded-on-snowy-roads</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16912891-new-yorkers-tell-of-hours-stranded-on-snowy-roads</guid><category>us</category><category>snow</category><category>us-news</category><category>stuck-in</category><category>the-snow</category><category>in-the-snow</category><category>priscilla-arena</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 20:32:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b26be52-efae-49c3-a7af-eaa907623be3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b26be52-efae-49c3-a7af-eaa907623be3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Payloaders clear snow from the Long Island Expressway just west of exit 59 Ocean Ave where several cars and a truck are abandoned after a snow storm on Saturday, Feb. 9, 31, 2013, in Ronkonkoma , N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b30960c8-0b00-4090-8e57-5e8cc94122d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b30960c8-0b00-4090-8e57-5e8cc94122d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;With tears in her eyes, Pirscilla Arena, 41, from Mount Sinai, N.Y., reads letters she wrote to her two children as she spent the night in her car on North Ocean Avenue in Farmingville after the car got stuck in the snow while she was traveling home after work during yesterday's snow storm. Arena was at the Brookhaven Town Hall after being rescued by a N.Y. State Trooper on Saturday, Feb. 9, 31, 2013 in , N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Shovels, skis or a wedding: tales from a snowstorm</title>
<description><![CDATA[From New Jersey to Maine, millions of people, many with Superstorm Sandy still fresh in their minds, dug out from underneath mounds of snow Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16912782-shovels-skis-or-a-wedding-tales-from-a-snowstorm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16912782-shovels-skis-or-a-wedding-tales-from-a-snowstorm</guid><category>us</category><category>snow</category><category>vignettes</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><category>from-new-jersey</category><category>superstorm-sandy</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 20:09:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=635609fc-bcaa-4253-b5ec-cedeee9af973.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=635609fc-bcaa-4253-b5ec-cedeee9af973.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman prepares to launch her child down a snow-covered street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Boston area received about two feet of snow from a winter storm. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=783de9a5-2429-493f-afdb-3bd6795b44c4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=783de9a5-2429-493f-afdb-3bd6795b44c4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Patrick Cramphorn places an &quot;Open&quot; flag outside the P.I. Beachcoma Restaurant in Newburyport, Mass., Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, as snow winds down in Plum Island. A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than 2 feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to 650,000 homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=efedc91b-7cca-4cdc-90d8-bf9f2f75bc3c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=efedc91b-7cca-4cdc-90d8-bf9f2f75bc3c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A shirtless jogger runs through New York's Central Park Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. In New York City, the snow total in Central Park was 11.4 inches by 8 a.m. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>10 Things to Know about the big storm</title>
<description><![CDATA[1. MORE THAN 650,000 LOST POWER IN NEW ENGLAND]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16911521-10-things-to-know-about-the-big-storm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16911521-10-things-to-know-about-the-big-storm</guid><category>snow</category><category>10</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><category>things</category><category>know</category><category>more-than</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e37e2253-1d55-462c-9967-036a67b67d2a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e37e2253-1d55-462c-9967-036a67b67d2a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A group of men help push a sports car up a snow-covered street in the Old Port section of Portland, Maine, during a snow storm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. The storm is expected to dump up to two feet of snow on the region. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef69fb19-8e6a-4215-9428-e1ada38ba15c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef69fb19-8e6a-4215-9428-e1ada38ba15c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Riders wait in a bus stop where color-tinted windows collect snow during a storm, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Portland, Maine. The National Weather Service says a blizzard warning is issued Friday evening for the southern coast. The forecast calls for up to 2 feet of snow and winds gusting to 50 mph.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=591ffd2f-9ca4-4379-a13e-2287adedb402.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=591ffd2f-9ca4-4379-a13e-2287adedb402.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Snow falls on a pedestrian as she leaves the Rag &amp; Bone Fall 2013 fashion collection show during Fashion Week, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in New York. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b26be52-efae-49c3-a7af-eaa907623be3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b26be52-efae-49c3-a7af-eaa907623be3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Payloaders clear snow from the Long Island Expressway just west of exit 59 Ocean Ave where several cars and a truck are abandoned after a snow storm on Saturday, Feb. 9, 31, 2013, in Ronkonkoma , N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa111ba9-0d75-4566-95ad-ac902b287cf1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa111ba9-0d75-4566-95ad-ac902b287cf1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;April Palmieri digs out her car in front of her home, background left, on 17th Street after a snow storm on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Bayville, N.Y. Palmieri had five feet of water in her basement as result of the rains from Superstorm Sandy. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open. More than 650,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Airports returning to normal after Northeast storm</title>
<description><![CDATA[Airports in New York, Boston and Connecticut were ramping up service Sunday, as they worked to return to normal operations following a massive snowstorm that crippled parts of the East Coast and led to thousands of flight delays and cancelations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barbara Ortutay]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910673-airports-returning-to-normal-after-northeast-storm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910673-airports-returning-to-normal-after-northeast-storm</guid><category>us</category><category>travel</category><category>new-york</category><category>snow</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><category>logan-airport</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:50:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94ab30b3-b5a5-4cd0-a690-39a795cd0af9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94ab30b3-b5a5-4cd0-a690-39a795cd0af9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Grounds crews clear the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. Airlines scratched more than 3,700 flights in the Northeast through Saturday as snow began falling in what was predicted to be a huge blizzard that could dump 1 to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4fe9807-acc2-4717-afae-be08feaca053.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4fe9807-acc2-4717-afae-be08feaca053.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trains sit idle early Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Boston due to high winds and the nearly two-feet of snow that fell in the area overnight. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4458dc48-4d3d-4df1-9919-600ced3e1966.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4458dc48-4d3d-4df1-9919-600ced3e1966.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two travelers walk to catch the last train into Boston from the Andover, Mass. train station as snow falls on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. A major winter storm is barreling into the U.S. Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow expected for a Boston-area region that has seen mostly bare ground this winter. The MBTA will suspend all transit service in the late afternoon due to the storm. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nearly 150,000 still without power in Northeast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 150,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity following the massive snowstorm that swept across the Northeast, with most outages in hard-hit Massachusetts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910541-nearly-150000-still-without-power-in-northeast</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16910541-nearly-150000-still-without-power-in-northeast</guid><category>us</category><category>snow</category><category>power</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:37:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mail service suspended in New England due to snow</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Postal Service has suspended mail delivery and will keep post offices closed in all six New England states because of the blizzard that has dumped more than 2 feet of snow throughout the region.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16909843-mail-service-suspended-in-new-england-due-to-snow</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16909843-mail-service-suspended-in-new-england-due-to-snow</guid><category>us</category><category>snow</category><category>mail</category><category>new-england</category><category>postal-service</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 13:25:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sandy in back of Easterners' minds as snow falls</title>
<description><![CDATA[For many in the Northeast, the warnings were eerily familiar: Stock up on food and water. Stay off the roads. Be prepared to lose power.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Matthews]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Karen Matthews]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16908043-sandy-in-back-of-easterners-minds-as-snow-falls</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16908043-sandy-in-back-of-easterners-minds-as-snow-falls</guid><category>us</category><category>snow</category><category>us-news</category><category>northeast</category><category>superstorm</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 08:50:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3802a908-f534-4e0b-81d7-bb6ccbc6812e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3802a908-f534-4e0b-81d7-bb6ccbc6812e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A pedestrian walks through the snow in Washington Park on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Parts of the New York region still cleaning up from Superstorm Sandy are bracing for a winter storm that's expected to blanket the Northeast with heavy snow Friday and Saturday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>