Fiji Begins Cleanup After Cyclone Evan Passes
SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Fiji residents are beginning to clean up after a powerful cyclone blew through the Pacific island nation. Cyclone Evan on Monday ripped roofs from homes and churches, flooded roads...
View ArticleHigh Winds, Mountain Snows Strike Northwest
A man puts chains on his truck tires as he prepares to drive over Willamette Pass during the snow storm on Monday. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Chris Pietsch) SEATTLE (AP) - The strongest Northwest...
View ArticleStormier Pattern Increasing White Christmas Odds
By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist While some areas of the U.S. already have a high chance of a white Christmas* this year, an active winter storm track across the country is increasing the odds for...
View Article5 Mayan Apocalypse Myths Debunked
On Friday, Dec. 21, some say, the Mayan apocalypse will arrive and the world will end. Fortunately, it won't. A bold claim, we know, but if it's good enough for NASA, it's good enough for us. The...
View ArticleThe Daily Rush: Disabled Surfer Catches Waves on Electronic Board
Jesse Billauer suffered a spinal cord injury while surfing in 1996, leaving him wheelchair-bound and with limited use of his arms and hands. Now, for the first time in 15 years, he's able to surf...
View ArticleWinter Storm Brings Travel Headaches to Rockies, Upper Midwest
Blowing and drifting snow will cause travel headaches along the I-25 corridor in Colorado today as a powerful winter storm gathers strength and races northeastward. The same storm that will spread...
View ArticleWatch: Mudslide Derails Train in Washington State
A mudslide hit and derailed a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNFS) freight train traveling between Seattle and Everett in Washington State earlier this week. The mudslide pushed seven carriages were...
View ArticleWinter Storm Draco: A Dragon of a Blizzard?
This map depicts the spectrum of severe weather warnings, including blizzard and high wind warnings, spread across the central United States. (NOAA) As the season's fourth winter storm churns its way...
View ArticleWatch: Instant Vapor Forms in Siberia
It's a popular experiment in very cold places. "Winter fun in Siberia!" Dmitry Klimensky, a Russian in Siberia, declared on Twitter, with a link to a video of him throwing a boiling pot of water into...
View ArticlePhotos: Blizzard Dumps Snow on Midwest, Rockies
Tom Lynn/Getty Images 1 of 26 Abby Moon and Carley Moon are pulled on a mattress by their grandfather's four-wheeler during a winter storm in Fairfield, Wis. on Thursday. The State Patrol was warning...
View ArticleSnowstorm Causing Problems from Rockies to Midwest
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 7:10 p.m. ET A woman and her husband shovel their walk as a blizzard dropped snow over Boulder, Colo., Wednesday Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) DENVER (AP) - A storm that has...
View Article4 Dead as Major Snowstorm Rages Through Midwest
Updated Dec. 20, 12:33 p.m. ET Snow sticks to the trees along Levee Road during a winter storm Dec. 20 in Baraboo, Wisconsin. (Getty Images) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Four people died as the first major...
View ArticleStranded Motorist Dies in Utah Snowstorm
Drivers make their way cautiously in a snow storm on Wednesday in Santa Fe. (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Clyde Mueller) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A woman is dead after she tried to walk for help...
View ArticleHigh Winds, Stormy Weather Threaten Holiday Travel
(AP Photo) By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist High winds may result in flight delays for holiday travelers across the Northeast, while lake-effect snow around the Great Lakes may cause dangerous driving...
View ArticleDust Storm Turns Deadly in Texas
Cars navigate along the Marsha Sharp Freeway during a dust storm in Lubbock, Texas, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Zach Long) LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A dust storm in West Texas...
View ArticleDid Tsunami Dock Wash Ashore in Washington State?
In this June 6, 2012, photo, a man looks at the tsunami dock that washed ashore on Agate Beach in Newport, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) FORKS, Wash. (AP) - Tsunami debris experts are setting out...
View ArticleBig Midwestern Snowstorm Leads to 25-Vehicle Crash
Thursday, Dec. 20, 7:09 p.m. ET Photo courtesy of Iowa State Patrol. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The first widespread snowstorm of the season crawled across the Midwest on Thursday, with whiteout...
View ArticlePhotos: Iowa Blizzard Leads to 25-Vehicle Crash
Courtesy Iowa Department of Public Safety 1 of 4 A blizzard striking the Midwest on Thursday created treacherous driving conditions that, in Iowa, led to a 25-vehicle pileup that killed one person....
View ArticleThis Week's Must-See Twitter Photos
osbornereynolds/Twitter 1 of 10 Osborneereynolds of Turkey tweeted this photo taken from above the clouds, writing, "Belkide gunesi boyle parlak son gorusumuz #sky #skyporn #skyfall #sun #shine #light...
View ArticleMidwest Blizzard Creating Travel Nightmare
A truck makes its way down a snow covered Interstate I-35/I-80 on Thursday, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) CHICAGO (AP) - Travelers facing canceled flights and closed roads were...
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