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Bitter Blast Of Arctic Air Could Trigger 'Frost Quakes' In Northeast: What To Know Bitter Blast Of Arctic Air Could Trigger 'Frost Quakes' In Northeast: What To Know
Bitter Blast Of Arctic Air Could Trigger 'Frost Quakes' In Northeast: What To Know A bitter blast of Arctic air and frigid wind chills that arrived in the Northeast following a major winter storm comes with an unexpected twist: a natural phenomenon called frost quakes. Unlike earthquakes, they are not caused by tectonic plates, but rather, cold conditions. Also known as cryoseisms, they can be loud enough to jolt people awake in the middle of the night, according to AccuWeather, which describes them as "cracks and booms" that "may have people thinking they felt an earthquake during the upcoming Arctic outbreak, but the unusual phenomenon has roots in the bitterly col…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Snow Way! Parts Of New York Will See White Stuff Just Days From Start Of May Snow Way! Parts Of New York Will See White Stuff Just Days From Start Of May
Snow Way! Parts Of New York Will See White Stuff Just Days From Start Of May Are you sitting?  OK. Here goes. Just days away from the start of May, some residents in the region, including a large part of New York State, may be seeing some snow this weekend. (See image above.) Snow showers could bring a coating of accumulation as far south as the northwestern Hudson Valley, including Sullivan County. The white stuff is expected early Sunday morning, April 28 as a round of precipitation moves west to east. It's the same storm that is bringing up to 6 inches of snowfall to some states in the northern Plains and Great Lakes regions early in the weekend. In this …

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by Joe Lombardi