ice storm

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Recent Examples of ice storm But the siblings were caught in Kansas City’s ice storm. Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025 And while much of the South will see rain, AccuWeather predicts a significant ice storm will travel across Kansas on Saturday night, traveling east to the Virginia coast through Monday morning. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025 Two years later, another ice storm arrived in late January and early February. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Dec. 2024 Along with the cold, lake-effect snow is flying near the Great Lakes and an ice storm threatens portions of the central U.S. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice storm 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ice storm
Noun
  • Platt announced a new and more aggressive strategy to plow and treat streets during snowstorms.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The storm later this week could be the biggest snowstorm since Feb. 11-12, 2010, when 12.5 inches of snow fell on Dallas, AccuWeather said.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Motorists should prepare for sudden visibility changes, blizzard conditions, and icy roads.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Friday’s fresh rounds of snow flurries caused many more school districts in the Kansas City metro area to extend their closures into Friday, giving many students and staff a full week off of in-person instruction following the blizzard that swept through the area last weekend.
    The Kansas City Star staff, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The cosmic weather this week gives us much to celebrate and enjoy, though turn your attention to Jan. 23 because it's predicted to be the busiest of the seven-day stretch.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
  • With frigid winter weather predicted for much of the United States over the next few weeks, now seems like a good time to familiarize ourselves with some of the terminology meteorologists have been using.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement With the tempest expected to hit on Dec. 1 that year, LAFD commanders ordered up at least 40 extra fire engines for stations closest to the areas where the fire hazards were greatest, including the Palisades, The Times has learned through interviews and internal department records.
    Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Now one of the smaller crafts in the civilian fleet was trapped in the tempest: a sleek 57-foot sailboat called the Zaida.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the South, some showers could occur and a few thunderstorms near the Gulf Coast region by Saturday morning.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Old-fashioned radiators heat the house, whose metal roof lulls the family during gentle rains (thunderstorms, not so much).
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025

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“Ice storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ice%20storm. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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