Weather
Fire, Snow, Hurricane Striking U.S. in Clash of Seasons
- Dry winds in the West are raising wildfire risk to critical
- Snow reaches into Texas as tropical storm threatens Gulf Coast
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A string of wild weather is hitting the U.S. in what one forecaster calls the “clash of seasons.”
A powerful Pacific storm has brought frigid temperatures and heavy snow across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains and even south into Texas. The same system is driving swirling dry gusts across California and the far West, raising wildfire risk to critical levels. And that trough of low pressure is helping steer Hurricane Zeta, giving it a path toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, which has already been pummeled by storms this year.