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As oddly as it sounds, places next in line for historic flooding along the lower Mississippi River are currently in the midst of a long-term drought. Last Thursday, the United States Drought Monitor reported abnormally dry to drought conditions along the Mississippi River in southern Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.

Yet another nasty tornado outbreak is under way across the south-central U.S., with tornadoes touching down in Arkansas, northern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma this afternoon and evening. Multiple tornadoes, including one large twister, reportedly touched down in the Little Rock, Ark., area between 7 and 8 p.m. CDT, mainly north of the city. According to [...]

RALEIGH, N.C. — Three days of violent storms and tornadoes across the southern United States killed at least 43 people, wrecked hundreds of buildings and downed power lines, officials said on Sunday. North Carolina accounted for the bulk of casualties and property losses, with 22 people killed and more than 80 others injured in a [...]

The season’s first significant severe weather outbreak could occur today and tonight, threatening parts of the Mississippi and Tennessee valley with destructive tornadoes. Highly populated cities such as Little Rock, Ark., to Memphis, Tenn., are included in this tornado threat. A vigorous storm will organize over northern Texas today before racing northeastward into New York [...]

The same storm that hammered Spokane, Wash. with record snowfall also blasted bitterly cold air through the Northwest and northern Plains. Temperatures plummeted below zero from Montana to Wisconsin Thursday night, while temperatures dipped well below normal farther west through Washington and Oregon. The blast of cold air has shattered temperature records, and more of [...]

A potentially damaging Santa Ana wind event will blast parts of Southern California tonight into Thursday. The winds at the height of the event, late tonight into Thursday morning, will gust up to 65 mph at times. Winds of that magnitude can down trees, power lines and road signs. Unsecured parts of buildings and lawn [...]

At least five people, including two teenagers, are dead after icy weather led to countless vehicle accidents across the South and lower Midwest on Wednesday. The deadly accident that involved the two teenagers took place in southeastern Alabama, outside the town of Troy. The Associated Press reports the vehicle carrying the teenagers struck a semi-truck [...]

It has been a rough hurricane season for the Caribbean, including the Virgin Islands, in terms of flooding and fatalities. However, drier days are ahead. Downpours much of this week are just the latest batch of relentless rounds of heavy rain during this hurricane season. The vast majority of the tropical storms steered well away [...]

Numerous showers and thunderstorms will roll through the Florida Peninsula into Thursday evening in association with a complex storm system bringing soaking rain to the East Coast. The greatest impacts of these storms will be gusty winds and downpours which may lead to some flash flooding. The welcome rain has finally arrived after much of [...]

A University of Notre Dame student died on Wednesday after the film tower he was standing on blew over as strong winds howled. The South Bend Tribune reports that the film tower came down at 4:50 p.m. EDT Wednesday at the LaBar Practice Complex, which is situated on the southeast side of Notre Dame. Weather [...]