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
By Patrick Smith, Mirna Alsharif, Kathryn Prociv and Joe Kottke Extreme cold warnings were in place for millions from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, as communities across the eastern third of the United States repaired damage from a huge winter storm that has killed at least 51 people. As the full scope of the storm’s destruction became clearer Tuesday, the
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At least 29 deaths have been attributed to the storm nationwide, according to the Associated Press. In Frisco, Texas, near Dallas, a 16-year-old girl died from a sledding accident, according to Frisco police. The victim and another girl were being pulled on a sled by a teenage boy driving a car when the sled struck
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By —Kate Brumback, Associated Pres, Julie Walker, Associated Press A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and halting air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in
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A massive winter storm will begin moving east across much of the country today, bringing with it dangerous cold that is expected to last through the weekend. Heavy snowfall, with nearly a foot in some areas, is likely on the northern side of the system from Oklahoma to Massachusetts, according to the National Weather Service.
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By Patrick Smith, Kathryn Prociv and Rebecca Cohen A massive winter storm set to wallop a 2,000-mile stretch from the southern Plains to the Northeast beginning Friday could cause power outages for millions of Americans and make roads impassable, meteorologists say. First it will get frigid. An Arctic front is expected to send temperatures plunging below zero in the
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By Kathryn Prociv A large swath of the country is being walloped this week by wintry weather, with two rounds of arctic cold Monday that were forecast to be followed by a potentially disruptive winter storm that could last into the weekend. On Monday morning, 77 million people woke up to cold weather alerts across two
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By Rebecca Cohen, Kathryn Prociv and Shaquille Brewster Storms are already messing with holiday travel plans during what is poised to be a record-setting week at airports nationwide. Floods have ravaged the West Coast this week, with more on the way, and caused more than 5,000 flight delays Monday. A plane crash due to foggy skies in Galveston, Texas, killed at least
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After prolonged heavy rainfall and devastating flooding across the Pacific north-west in the past few weeks, further flood watches have been issued across California through this week. With 50-75mm (2-3in) of rainfall already reported across northern California this weekend, a series of atmospheric rivers will continue to bring periods of heavy rain and mountain snow across the northern and
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By Patrick Smith and Kate Reilly A state of emergency has been declared and tens of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes in Western Washington after historic rain left rivers at record levels across the state. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson begged residents to follow evacuation orders. “This situation is extremely unpredictable,” Ferguson said at a news
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By Kate Reilly and Kathryn Prociv Cold temperatures and winter storm systems continue to sweep across the United States. A blast of Arctic air will bring temperatures 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit below average to all regions east of the Mississippi River. On Monday, the coldest areas will be the northern Plains, the Upper Midwest and the Great
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