Snow Hits SE, Rain Still in Atlanta

Snow hit Mississippi and Alabama today, and they say it's heading for Georgia.

Only rain and temos in the 40s here in Atlanta right now.

Winter Storm Whipping its Way Around the Country

Now heading to the Northeast.

The Perfect Storm Heading for East Coast

The U.S. East Coast has a good chance of getting blasted by gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and maybe even snow early next week by an unusual hybrid of hurricane and winter storm, federal and private forecasters say.

Though still projecting several days ahead of Halloween week, the computer models are spooking meteorologists. Government scientists said Wednesday the storm has a 70 percent chance of smacking the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.

Some experts have compared it to the so-called Perfect Storm that struck off the coast of New England in 1991,  and was the subject of a famous movie, but that one didn’t hit as populated an area and is not comparable to what the East Coast may be facing. Nor is it like last year’s Halloween storm, which was merely an early snowstorm in the Northeast.

Winds Return to Southern California

The Santa Ana winds will sweep across Southern California once again, bringing gusts of over 60 mph in the mountains on Monday, the National Weather Service predicted.

"Gusty Santa Ana winds will develop across Los Angeles and Ventura counties early Monday morning," the weather agency said.

A high-wind warning is in effect through Tuesday, forecasters said.

Intense winds over the past week left thousands of people without electricity. Crews in Southern California cleaned up downed power lines and damaged structures Sunday.

The unusually powerful Santa Ana winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions, according to the weather service.

Bad Weather Strands Travelers at Mt. Everest

A group of about 2,000 people are stranded in the foothills of Mount Everest in Nepal because of bad weather, officials say.

Foreign hikers, Nepalese guides and porters are among those who have been stuck in the area for five days as the Tenzing-Hillary airport in Lukla, Nepal, is out of commission, the BBC reported.

Food is running low and hotels are overrun with guests who are unable to leave due to the weather conditions.

Some helicopters were able to remove some tourists from the area Friday, but that effort was also hampered by the weather. Air traffic controllers say the bad weather is unlikely to shift for days.

Many hotel owners have sent word to inns further up Everest that trekkers there should not descend the mountains, as there is no room left downhill.

Last year, similar conditions left tourists stranded for about 15 days, resulting in a severe food and health crisis.