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Severe storms lit up the skies with lightning and caused tens of thousands of power outages Thursday night. Oncor Electric Delivery reported that outages in the Dallas and Fort Worth metro service areas were down to about 10,245 shortly before 5 a.m. By 9 a.m., that numbered had dropped to just over 5,000. Oncor had [...]

Tropical storms Irene and Lee have caused tremendous amounts of damage throughout upstate New York, Vermont and other parts of the Northeast — there is no getting around that. Many communities are still in the preliminary stages of recovery; nothing is normal. Just as communities in the eastern part of the state were cleaning up [...]

For the second straight morning, a band of heavy storms moved through the Tampa Bay Area. They brought heavy rain, winds and even caused damage and flooding early Wednesday, though the bulk of the system is moving to northeast of the area, meteorologist Dave Osterberg said. “Most of these storms are continuing to move to [...]

Hurricane Irene may heap billions of dollars of extra costs on the already fragile U.S. economy, but insurance companies are likely to emerge relatively unscathed. Most of Irene’s damage was from flooding, which the government insures, instead of wind, which insurance companies cover, meaning insurers could pay out as little as $1.5 billion by some [...]

Severe storms are prompting Environment Canada to warn people in Saskatchewan to keep an eye on the sky. Disturbances carrying hail swept through southern parts of the province Sunday and were expected again Monday. Meteorologist Dave Carlson said they were expected to hit eastern areas along the Manitoba boundary from Hudson Bay down to Yorkton.

The violent thunderstorm that struck early Wednesday morning caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to the Edmond Public Schools’ athletic facilities, district athletic director Mike Nunley said. Of the damages, an estimated $30,000 came at Edmond North High School, where the play clock on the school’s football field was at a 45-degree angle, trees were [...]

Portions of western and central Massachusetts were cleaning up on Wednesday from powerful storms that prompted a tornado warning in a region still recovering from deadly twisters last month. Tuesday’s storms toppled trees and power lines, knocking out power to thousands. Hail, some of its the size of ping pong balls, damaged homes and cars [...]

Last week’s storms ended Minnesota’s longest stretch of dry weather this summer, and it’s having an impact on Minnesota agriculture. In its weekly crop weather report for the state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says topsoil moisture supplies are rated 31 surplus, up from 21 percent the previous week. A statewide average of 3.8 days [...]

There are pockets of rain racing around the NE, MW, and into the South. There are a few frontal boundaries draped across the region that will fire again this afternoon, but I think the main area for concern today will be the MW. Plenty of heat and humidity are getting transported northward this morning towards [...]

Military officials say about 24 soldiers are recovering after being hurt when high winds slammed into their tents during thunderstorms at Fort Gordon. The soldiers, all Army reservists visiting the base for two weeks of training exercises, were taken to Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center for treatment after the Wednesday night storm. Fort Gordon [...]