Agency’s lab leak conclusion - Weekend snowstorms - Nigeria presidential election

Source: Environmental Protection Agency

1. Summary
   Multiple areas across the United States faced severe winter weather over the weekend. A storm dumped relatively large amounts of snow in Southern California, prompting Los Angeles County to issue a blizzard warning for only the second time in its history. San Diego also issued its first-ever blizzard warning. Temperatures in San Francisco (in Northern California) were the coldest in over a century.
   
   Though the California storm has not been directly tied to climate change, it does track with models that predict more extreme weather. The snowfall is expected to help ease California's historic drought, and reservoir levels are better than in recent years.
   
   Meanwhile in Michigan, over 900,000 customers were without power for several days as a massive snowstorm blanketed the region. Over 130,000 people still lacked power as of late Sunday night, which prompted a leading lawmaker in the state's House of Representatives to call for hearings into Michigan's electric grid.

   Highly-rated - last 48 hrs
   ‘Strongest snowstorm in years’ leaves Californians delighted and frozen.
   The Guardian (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 82% • 4 min read
   

1. Selected local viewpoint
   Key Michigan lawmaker calls for hearings on wave of winter power outages.
   Detroit News (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 76% • 3 min read

1. Selected long-read
   How climate change and the polar vortex influenced this week's harsh winter storms.
   Inside Climate News (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 76% • 6 min read

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