Christmas drivers' weather alert
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Motorists are warned the arrival of wet and windy weather could make driving difficult on Christmas Eve.
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Snow and ice storms have stranded hundreds of thousands of people Â most of them migrant workers hoping to leave for the Chinese New Year Â and more blizzards threatened Monday to wreck what for many is a rare chance to see family.
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Snow and bitter winds are sweeping across some parts of Britain and drivers are being warned to take extra care.
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MANATEE - Expect airports and roads to be even more crowded than usual this holiday season. That&#39;s the word from AAA, which predicted Wednesday that a record number of Americans and Floridians will travel during the Christmas and New Year&#39;s holidays.
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THE clocks have gone back, Christmas is on the horizon, and experts have come up with a formula they say can predict whether your winter will be full of good cheer.
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Retailers should thoroughly check their premises before closing for the Christmas break, police warn.
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Mother Nature delivered a bone-chilling Christmas to much of the nation Saturday, but holiday travelers made it out in droves despite record snow that shut down highways two days earlier in the central states.
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Drivers on a London subway line will stage one-day strikes on Dec. 24 and Jan. 5, their union said Tuesday, disrupting travel over the busy Christmas period.
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Interactive posters at 25 underground stations are helping Londoners travel safely over Christmas.
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Bulgaria in Brief: 26 December 2004, Sunday. Traffic in Bulgaria is still impeded by the winter conditions in the country despite the increasing temperatures registered during the Christmas holidays.
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The Met Office issues an early warning of severe weather across the whole of the UK.
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Snowstorms and freezing rain that hit the Ohio Valley in mid-week have complicated plans for delivering thousands of packages nationwide in time for Christmas, delivery companies said yesterday.
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By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 17--Candles and fireplaces are especially popular during the holidays, which means it's time for some safety reminders.
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With anxiety about terrorist attacks lessening each year since 2001, those hitting the roads or taking to the skies this holiday season can focus their fears on something more mundane -- traffic.
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By Stan Finger, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Dec. 15--NO RELIEF FOR PARCHED REGION   It's too soon to know whether Wichita will have a white Christmas -- but unless something significant changes soon, it's going to be a brown winter.   And that spells trouble.
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Three men and one woman died in accidents over the Christmas holidays. Two of the victims died in fires in their homes.
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Heavy snow causes major disruption to schools and transport and forecasters warn of icy roads.