National Weather

Millions at risk as heavy rains threaten floods across the South

By Mirna Alsharif and Erin McGarry It seems the South isn’t in the clear after a damp Memorial Day weekend. Around 15 million people are under flood alerts from Louisiana to Georgia on Tuesday as the region braces for more heavy rains and thunderstorms that could bring up to 2 inches of rain to some areas. Excessive rain

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Memorial Day travel snarled as storms threaten flooding from Texas to Northeast

By Minyvonne Burke and Kathryn Prociv Memorial Day weekend travelers are facing a wet and potentially disruptive start to the holiday, with storms expected to bring heavy rain, flash flooding and travel delays across large parts of the country. The storms were already affecting air travel Thursday morning, with more than 1,000 flights delayed within, into or out

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Floodwaters inundate Wisconsin streets, trapping drivers, as Midwest rebuilds after powerful storms

By The Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Floodwaters from record rainfall in Wisconsin inundated streets Wednesday, trapping drivers and forcing officials to close sections of a highway, as other midwestern states worked to rebuild after powerful storms. Cars were stranded in high floodwater on a highway in Milwaukee and video shared by the Milwaukee Journal

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Snow and wind batter parts of U.S. as severe flooding affects Hawaii

By The Associated Press CHICAGO — A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow and making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains. Hawaii continued to be affected by severe flooding. And portions of the mid-South readied for late-day thunderstorms.

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Severe weather threat lingers for parts of U.S. after deadly tornadoes tear across Midwest

By Patrick Smith, Selina Guevara and Marlene Lenthang Hours after deadly storms ripped through the Midwest, causing extensive damage in Illinois and Indiana, a severe weather risk took hold over the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic and across the northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday. “A few tornadoes will be possible across these areas, along with damaging wind gusts. A

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More frigid temperatures expected in much of U.S. after a weekend of heavy snow

By The Associated Press and Kathryn Prociv MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Forecasters warned that dangerous extra cold conditions will persist for a huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England that was cleaning up after a weekend bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and flight cancellations to North Carolina and flurries and falling iguanas in Florida. Temperatures will

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