“Weather” on The Daily Caller

A recent study from the left-wing Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) concludes, almost laughably, that taxes do not motivate people to leave high-tax states. The study’s authors argue that weather may have more of an effect on migration patterns than tax rates. (more)

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — An enormous tree limb that crashed through a Georgia family’s bedroom killed a father and the young son he was holding in his arms Tuesday as a fast-moving storm system pounded the South with tornadoes, hail and spectacular lightning. At least nine people were killed around the region, including several who died on roads made treacherous by downed trees and power lines. (more)

KORIYAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan was considering spraying water and boric acid over a stricken nuclear plant in a desperate measure to contain radiation after officials said Wednesday that many fuel rods were damaged, in an escalating crisis caused by last week’s earthquake and tsunami. (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Another powerful blizzard howled through the nation’s midsection Wednesday, piling up to 2 feet of new snow on parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas still struggling to clean up from last week’s epic storm. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s wild winter has brought everyday life to a halt for people from Boston to Austin, but freezing temperatures are still a good excuse for many Americans to cuddle, according to a new poll. (more)

Dallas, the site of this Sunday’s Super Bowl, is experiencing unusual winter weather with record snowfall this year. That brings to mind a question: whatever happened to global warming? (more)

DALLAS (AP) — A fresh snow storm in north Texas on Friday threatened to leave fans traveling to the Super Bowl stranded far from Sunday night’s big game. (more)

Tens of millions of people are bracing for a major storm system poised to sweep through the central United States and beyond this week, according to weather forecasters. (more)

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A monster winter storm took aim at a third of the nation Monday, threatening to lay a potentially deadly path of heavy snow and ice from the Rockies to New England, followed by a wave of bitter, bone-rattling cold that could affect tens of millions of people. (more)

If there ever was a sign that we’ve had more than enough snow this winter, here it is. (more)

In August, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that the floods that were ravaging Pakistan at the time were linked to global warming. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Enough already. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heavy snow and icy roads Wednesday night created hazardous condition for President Barack Obama as he returned to the White House from a trip to Wisconsin. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Schools closed, planes were grounded and even President Barack Obama’s travel plans were complicated Wednesday in an all-too-familiar routine along the U.S. East Coast as another snowstorm swept over a region already beaten down by a winter not even half over. (more)

Monday is set to be the coldest day for Greater New York in six years, with high temperatures in the teens in Central Park. (more)

Get ready for an even bigger chill, New York – and maybe even more snow. (more)

Fifteen areas in northern England and Wales remained on flood alert tonight after a band of heavy rain pushed south across the country. (more)

TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — As night fell, barefoot volunteers dragged a generator and stadium lights into a town cemetery, where nearly 200 freshly dug graves lay open like wounds in the red clay soil, waiting for some of the hundreds killed by torrential rains. (more)

Up and down the East Coast, armies of emergency workers with plows and salt spreaders hit the streets this morning, as the snowstorm that caused mayhem in the South moved into the region and dumped more than a foot in some areas overnight. (more)

Get out the snow shovels – another serious snowstorm is on the way. (more)