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Jet stream-charged downslope winds battered Colorado's northern Front Range Wednesday. Some wind gusts reached the strength of a category 2 hurricane. The strongest gust by Wednesday evening was a 109 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For the second time this week, Colorado’s Front Range is bracing for wind gusts so strong Friday that Xcel Energy has disrupted households, businesses and ...

A winter storm battering Michigan has produced winds nearly strong enough to be considered hurricane strength. From Sunday, Dec. 28, to Monday, Dec. 29, Michigan residents have seen gale-force winds ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Strong wind gusts at the speed of a Category 3 hurricane swept through two Colorado counties on Wednesday. Strong winds blew through the state on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - UPDATE (12/17/2025 at 3 p.m.): New details on the strongest winds expected Wednesday night into Thursday (isolated gusts up to 90 MPH in the southwest). Scroll down through ...

SEATTLE — Severe wind gusts hit western Washington overnight, causing thousands of power outages and knocking trees down across the region. Up at Alpental Ski Area, the National Weather Service (NWS) ...