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US north-east shivers in snowstorms  | The US north-east is reeling from the latest in a series of blizzards, with low temperatures - up to 17C below normal - exacerbated by strong winds | |
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Snow emergency declared in US | An emergency has been declared in several states as a storm bringing hurricane-force winds and 90cm of snow barrels down on the north-east | |
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North-east US braced for 'historic blizzard' New York: A 'potentially historic blizzard' could dump up to 90cm (3ft) of snow on the US north-east coast, the National Weather Service (NWS) has warned
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Philadelphia Inquirer's Lewis Katz dies in plane crash  Map of Hanscom Field USA Lewis Katz has been killed in a plane crash near Boston. a private jet that burst into flames as it was trying to take off from Hanscom Field airport
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Two firefighters killed in Boston Back Bay blaze Map of Back Bay Boston USA 13 more injured in the city of Boston in a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed a three-storey residential building in the Back Bay neighbourhood
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Second wave of huge snow storm hits US north-east | New York: A giant winter storm is unleashing a second wave of heavy snowfall, as hundreds of thousands of people remain without power | |
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North-east US paralysed by snowstorm | A major snowstorm has brought swathes of the North-east US and eastern Canada to a standstill, leaving about 0.5 million homes without power. Millions of people across New England have being warned to stay indoors... | |
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US airports reopen after blizzard New York: Airports have reopened in the north-eastern US after blizzards caused some 7,000 flights to be cancelled over the busy post-Christmas travel period
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| Nov. 28, 1942 |
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Cocoanut Grove fire Map of Bay Village Boston USA| Boston's premier nightclub during the post-Prohibition 1930s and 1940s. 492 people died. It led to a reform of safety standards | |
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