Mar 16 Rescues, evacuations as floodwaters breach levees in Midwest By Margery A. Beck, Associated Press Authorities were using boats and large vehicles on Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the Midwest where a recent deluge of rainwater and snowmelt was sent pouring over frozen ground, overwhelming creeks and rivers, and killing at… Continue reading
Mar 14 'Bomb cyclone' hits Midwest, prompting evacuations By Blake Nicholson, Associated Press Wind, blowing snow, snow-packed roadways and flooding is making travel treacherous in parts of the Midwest. Continue reading
Jan 31 Trump's tweets about the polar vortex could be a warmup for 2020 By Nsikan Akpan Here’s why global warming can make the winter more severe, and politics more divisive. Continue reading
Jan 30 Flights canceled, offices close amid frigid Midwest weather By Blake Nicholson, Associated Press A deadly arctic deep freeze enveloped the Midwest with record-breaking temperatures on Wednesday, triggering widespread closures of schools and businesses, and the canceling of more than 1,500 flights from Chicago's airports. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 2:11 Polar vortex brings frigid temperatures, icy conditions to the Midwest Much of the American Midwest is experiencing a deep freeze that will bring with it the lowest temperatures seen in a generation. Arctic air and icy conditions led schools to close, flights to be canceled and railway officials to set… Continue watching
Jan 29 Record-breaking cold shuts down schools in the Midwest By Ivan Moreno, Blake Nicholson, Associated Press Hundreds of schools and several large universities closed their campuses Tuesday as temperatures plummeted across the Midwest, with forecasters warning that the frigid weather will get worse and could be life-threatening. Continue reading
Apr 15 Spring storm keeps central US in icy grip, hampering travel By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Hundreds of flights have been canceled and roadways are treacherous in several Midwestern states as a deadly storm system stretching from Gulf Coast to Great Lakes rolls across the central U.S. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 5:03 Tough times and tumbling prices test Midwestern farmers By PBS News Hour Farmers in the Midwest are facing yet another lean financial forecast. A few years ago, high prices for crops like corn and soybeans translated to more income, but now those prices have tumbled, leaving farmers in a ditch. Special correspondent… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 6:43 Using sensors to spoon-feed crops with extreme precision By PBS News Hour To profitably produce corn in on Midwestern farms, nitrogen must be added to the soil. But the practice has an unwanted environmental impact: water contamination. A University of Nebraska professor thinks he may have a solution. Special correspondent Ariana Brocious… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch 8:38 What you need to know about Tim Kaine and Mike Pence By PBS News Hour Sen. Tim Kaine and Gov. Mike Pence have radically different ideologies, but grew up under strikingly similar circumstances. What led them to the national stage? With the first vice presidential debate a day away, Judy Woodruff takes a look at… Continue watching