But it took a Valentine's Day ice storm and the scenes of planes stuck on the runway for more than 10 hours to give the issue traction.

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As the power companies were reconnecting the last of their customers, another ice storm arrived.

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The researchers also included projections for sea level rise in Europe that includes the effects of thermal expansion, ice melt and storm surges.

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In an ice storm, if the car in front of you is skidding from side to side, you can bet that the road is slippery.

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The MTA was also preparing for the need to protect drivers after the height of the storm, when refreezing and melting conditions could produce dangerous ice buildup on suspension bridge cables.

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In Minnesota, Governor Mark Dayton declared a state of emergency after communities in the south-west of the state - already struggling to restore power from an earlier ice storm - were buried under heavy snow.

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Storm of Swords is the best of the five books Martin has penned in A Song of Ice and Fire.

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Martin's largest "Song of Ice and Fire" novel (the 973-page fan-favorite "A Storm of Swords"), the writer-producer duo are delivering slightly longer episodes to the network.

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As we poke about the town, which spirals up out of the plain like the tip of a caramel ice cream cone, the first snowflakes drift down, foreshadowing an impending storm.

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