The warm winter has left very little snow in California’s Sierra Nevada, and now an extreme heat wave is accelerating the rapid melt in the mountains.

The Sierra snowpack measures 45% of average for this time of year, according to state data, down from 73% of average in late February.

When water expert Newsha Ajami went skiing near Lake ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A powerful storm system expected to move across Maryland on Monday could bring damaging winds, heavy rain, hail and possible tornadoes, prompting Gov. Wes Moore to declare a state of preparedness and local school systems to announce early dismissals.

The National Weather Service forecasted rain and possible thunderstorms before 4 ...Read more

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — More than 2.5% of electrical customers in Michigan were without power Monday morning as winter storms pummeled the northern half of the state and the Upper Peninsula.

The state as of 9:25 a.m. had more than 131,000 power outages recorded. Consumers Energy, which serves much of lower Michigan outside of the eastern side ...Read more

Potential flooding and high winds are set to kick off the week for Boston, before a period of chillier dry weather heading into next weekend, according to National Weather Service Forecasts.

“Rain starts to move in, heading into (Monday) morning,” said NWS meteorologist Candice Hrencecin. “(Monday) is going to be pretty rainy. And then it...Read more

Much of Virginia is under the “substantial risk” of severe weather on Monday.

The commonwealth could see severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds, large hail and strong tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.

The weather service’s forecast said there remains a substantial risk of severe weather Monday along ...Read more

Blizzards, wildfires and thunderstorms swirling toward the eastern U.S. have knocked out power to thousands and grounded hundreds of flights across the Midwest.

Heavy snow touched off blizzard warnings from South Dakota to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Sunday, the National Weather Service said. Meanwhile, high winds are shaking power lines ...Read more

Blizzards, wildfires and thunderstorms are swirling toward the eastern U.S. having knocked out power to thousands and grounded hundreds of flights across the Midwest.

Heavy snow touched off blizzard warnings from South Dakota to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Sunday, the National Weather Service said. Meanwhile, high winds are shaking power ...Read more

DENVER — More than 30,000 homes and businesses lost power on Saturday as high winds blew across Colorado, according to several of the state’s energy utilities.

Roughly 18,000 of those outages were Xcel Energy customers in Colorado’s foothills, who lost power when the utility’s preemptive safety shutoffs started at 2 p.m. Saturday, ...Read more

Nearly 500 structures in Kankakee County were damaged by massive storms that produced tornadoes and hail swept across Illinois Tuesday night, according to Gov. JB Pritzker, who promised that state officials would seek federal aid to help those most affected.

The governor spent Thursday afternoon in the Aroma Park neighborhood alongside local ...Read more

KANKAKEE, Ill. — Bob Wehrle sat in his driveway Wednesday morning and looked at the lot where his house once stood. His belongings and debris were scattered across his lawn, and his trailer was frozen in the air, pierced by a tree. It’s difficult to make out where the house ended and began.

Wehrle, 60, said he and his wife moved into their ...Read more

CHICAGO — For a fleeting moment, as his hand cradled a hailstone just shy of 5 inches, Victor Gensini thought he had found a new record-breaker for the state of Illinois, surpassing a 4.75-inch stone found near the village of Minooka 11 years ago.

The atmospheric scientist was chasing thunderstorms near Kankakee Tuesday night that swept ...Read more

KANKAKEE, Ill. — Bob Wehrle sat in his driveway Wednesday morning and looked at the lot where his house once stood. His belongings and debris were scattered across his lawn, and his trailer was frozen in the air, pierced by a tree. It’s difficult to make out where the house ended and began.

Wehrle, 60, said he and his wife moved into their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said President Donald Trump agreed in a Tuesday meeting at the White House to provide additional federal disaster aid in response to last year’s ice storms that caused extensive damage in northern Michigan.

The commitment is an apparent reversal of the decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...Read more

If you thought it was warm at the beginning of this month, wait until this weekend.

A major heat wave is expected to infiltrate Southern Nevada by the end of this week, with record daily high temperatures expected to be set, including the first 90-degree day of the year.

The National Weather Service, on a post on X, said daytime highs will ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has agreed to force the Trump administration to restore a federal disaster preparedness program, after an initial order in late December already called on it to do so.

The judge approved a motion from North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of fellow Democratic attorneys general seeking the...Read more

DETROIT — Four people were killed and 12 others injured when tornadoes ripped through southwest Michigan Friday afternoon, according to the sheriffs in Branch and Cass counties.

Three people were killed when a tornado hit the area around Union Lake west of Union City, the Branch County Sheriff’s Office said Friday night.

Twelve people were...Read more