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Severe thunderstorms have moved through southeast Michigan, leaving about 100,000 electrical customers without service.
A series of powerful storms packing heavy rains and frequent lightning strikes grounded dozens of flights, left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread damage across portions of Texas on Thursday.
An official says severe weather in central Kentucky has killed one person.
Violent storms tore through four Midwestern states, killing three people in northern Missouri, damaging hundreds of homes and leaving thousands without power.
Torrential rains and flooding likely killed one person Thursday in central Alabama, and lawmakers had to evacuate the statehouse after the basement filled with four feet of water and collapsed a wall.
The death toll from days of heavy rain in Kansas rose to five Wednesday when authorities found the bodies of two people in a car submerged in a flooded creek.
A line of storms swept across the Southeast with 70 mph winds and possible tornadoes, killing two people in their mobile homes in north Alabama, authorities said Monday.
The worst sound Eric Funkhouser said he has ever heard was a 10-second "voom" followed by a man's screams.
A huge weather system stretching from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico piled more deep snow on parts of the Dakotas on Tuesday and battered parts of Texas with damaging hail.
Susan Fambrough clutched her daughter Kaylee's hand to comfort the 13-year-old as a howling tornado bore down on their mobile home. Within moments, they were yanked apart as the swirling twister splintered the little house.
As a tornado ripped through his North Carolina neighborhood, Curt Jernigan huddled in his bathroom, praying for the raging winds to spare him.
Forecasters say a tornado blew out windows and knocked down power lines in the Florida Panhandle, and another suspected twister damaged a civic center in a southeastern Alabama town.
Severe thunderstorms swept across parts of Michigan, flooding streets and cutting power to many residents.
First came the shock, then the grief. As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts who had gone to the elite camp to learn how to be leaders.
An embankment along a man-made lake gave way under severe flooding Monday, unleashing a powerful current that ripped several homes off their foundations and down the Wisconsin River.
In a June 4 story about severe weather, The Associated Press, relying on information from fire officials, incorrectly reported the gender of a person who was killed when a tree fell on top of a car. Fire officials in Fairfax County, Va., now say the person was a 57-year-old man from Delaware.
Strong storms smashed houses, deluged neighborhoods, toppled trees and left thousands without power across the Midwest on Friday in the latest round of fierce weather. No injuries were reported.
A storm bearing hail and possible tornadoes struck central Nebraska Thursday night, damaging businesses, derailing train cars, tearing down trees and disrupting power to thousands.
Severe storms with damaging winds and possible tornadoes pounded the South, killing at least one person in Louisiana and shattering windows at the Texas Capitol.
Experts picked through debris and damage Thursday to determine whether tornadoes touched down after severe storms moved through the state, toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands of people.
Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina.
Beth Catania returned Wednesday to the home that had collapsed around her during a tornado to see what she could retrieve. She came away with a few small items, including an antique domino that was a gift from her son.
Another round of severe weather raked the storm-weary South with rain, hail and high winds Friday, damaging homes and injuring at least five people in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Searchers on Tuesday found the body of a 2-year-old girl who was swept away by rushing water when her mother slipped while carrying her across a flooded creek, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.
A heavy winter storm walloped Ohio's capital city with more than 20 inches of snow, while blizzard conditions shut down highways and stranded air travelers across the state and parts of Indiana on Saturday.
Continental Offers Refund To ExpressJet Passengers Stuck On Tarmac For 9 Hours In Minnesota By its sixth hour sitting on a deserted tarmac, Continental Express Flight 2816 had taken on the smell of diapers and an overwhelmed lone toilet.
Christmas in July in the Denver Metro AreaSlideshow showing the damage resulting from a major storm that passed through the Denver Metro area last night. Two tornadoes touched down south of Denver as well.
Storm system batters the Ozarks againSPRINGFIELD -- Severe thunderstorms -- including funnel clouds in some areas -- ripped through the Ozarks on Wednesday night, lasting past midnight as the storm system moved east and southeast.
Dallas Cowboys Coach, Others Injured in Roof CollapseFrom the Dallas Morning News' "Cowboys Blog," more updated coverage...
Bubble that covers Cowboys indoor field collapses | Latest News | WFAA.comLocal coverage from WFAA.com
I'm just watching this breaking news on CBS 11 TV in Dallas. Am looking for a news link -- but for now, here are the reports, per CBS11 cameraman who was in the stadium filming at the time of the collapse:
At Least 4 Dead, Up To 50 Hurt In Southern Okla. Tornado- Four people were killed and up to 50 were hurt when a tornado swept through southern Oklahoma on Tuesday night.
Tornado touches down in central California - photos!A funnel cloud touched down in Merced, California at approx. 11:25 a.m. today. Freaky!
Final update 2-18, 11:30am Current status is 947 customers. Down from 675,000, just 23 days ago. These 947 customers are listed as oil wells, barns, RV parks, etc. All residences have been restored, that have service meeting regulations.
Residents With Underground Wiring Lost Power, Too In the aftermath of the ice storm, LG&E reported over 12,000 downed power lines, prompting the mayor's interest in underground wiring for the city.
Winter storm kills at least five - CNN.comWinter weather was blamed for at least five traffic deaths as freezing rain and sleet blanketed areas from Texas to Kentucky on Tuesday.
Utility cutoffs will fuel carbon monoxide poisonings in 2009Power outages spurred by the combination of bad weather and utility shutoffs in a bad economy could boost cases of carbon monoxide poisonings this year, health officials fear.
Record High of 83 Degrees in Dallas TodayOur spring-like high of 83 degrees will likely be followed by springlike severe thunderstorms as the next cold front blows through.
Video: Footage from 'Inside Tornado'Two storm chasers have filmed the moment a tornado apparently passed over their vehicle in Iowa.
June 5, 2008 - The Storm Prediction Center has issued a high risk for severe weather across the central Plains and Missouri Valley, including parts of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.
Video: Iowa's EF5 Tornado Caught on Surveillance CamerasOfficials with First State Bank released surveillance video Monday taken the night a massive EF5 tornado blew through Parkersburg, Iowa. Three separate cameras show the tornado passing outside the bank.
I really need to speak to my landlord about my air conditioner. I don't use it often because it is so loud. Today that was a problem. I had turned it on to briefly cool down my apartment. I was blissfully unaware of the weather as I was working on my computer.
Mile-Wide Tornado Ravages Iowa TownsWhile multiple tornado-related fatalities are rare in Iowa, "we don't usually get tornadoes as large and as devastating as this one was, either," Frank Boska, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Johnston, said Monday.
Y2.1KDoing nothing in the face of climate change would cost the U.S. $1.9 trillion a year (in today's dollars) by the turn of the next century, says a new report from green group NRDC. That includes big spending on severe-weather damage, real-estate losses, and energy and water costs.
Six Dead As Storms Rake Arkansas"Six people have died in severe weather across Arkansas Friday. At least 13 people were injured, according to state officials"
Weather Threat to Shuttle Launch Grows - washingtonpost.comThe severe weather that spawned deadly tornadoes throughout the South threatened to delay Thursday's planned launch of shuttle Atlantis, already two months late in getting to the space station with a new lab.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Search on for US tornado victimsRescue crews have been searching for victims of tornadoes that tore across five US states killing at least 48 people and injuring hundreds more. The storms hit states including Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee at the end of the Super Tuesday presidential nominating votes.
47 Killed In Severe Storms Across SouthCrews went door-to-door Wednesday searching debris for more victims of deadly tornadoes that ripped the roof off a shopping mall, pummeled mobile homes and blew apart warehouses as they tore across five states. At least 47 people were killed throughout the South.
San Jose Mercury News - California storm snarls traffic, leaves 600,000 without powerSANTA ANA, Calif.—Snow blanketed the Sierra Nevada and heavy rains threatened homes on mudslide-prone slopes Saturday as a storm continued to pummel California for a second gusty day.
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