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AI: World to hit key warming threshold in decade

The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, and keep heating to break through a next warming limit around mid-century even with big pollution cuts, artificial intelligence predicts in a new study that’s more pessimistic than ...

Finally: Storm brings snow on Copper Country

HOUGHTON — For better or worse, the mild weather couldn’t last. A storm hit much of the Copper Country Sunday and continued through Monday, decisively ending the relative down period of the past month. Monday’s storm comes from a persistent lake effect snow band with western and ...

Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy California

LOS ANGELES — Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter while the next system in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon Tuesday. Millions of people were still under flood warnings, and more ...

Copper Country under blizzard warning until 7 p.m. Saturday

A blizzard warning was issued Friday for Keweenaw, Ontonagon, northern Houghton and Gogebic counties. The warning is in effect until 7 p.m. Saturday. The affected region can expect blizzard conditions in the form of snow accumulation and high winds. As many as 24 inches of snow may fall. ...

Massive winter storm brings power outages

MISSION, Kan. — Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope, exposing about 60% of the U.S. population to some sort ...

Weather

Houghton and vicinity: Today, sunny, with a high near 72. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, clear, with a low around 58. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Tuesday, showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 11 a.m. Increasing clouds, with a ...