Feb 27 Tornadoes strike Southern Plains as Northeast, California brace for winter storms By Rick Callahan, Christopher Weber, Associated Press Meanwhile, some Michigan residents faced a fifth consecutive day without power following last week’s ice storm. Continue reading
Feb 26 Crews work to restore power in Michigan while California gets a breather from winter storm By Rick Callahan, Christopher Weber, Associated Press Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day in the dark Sunday as crews continued working to restore power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit metropolitan area following last week's ice storm. Continue reading
Feb 24 'Cold and dangerous winter storm' settles into California By Robert Jablon, Associated Press The National Weather Service issued rare blizzard warnings for Southern California mountain areas and urged drivers to avoid dangerous roads. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 5:49 News Wrap: Massive winter storm bears down on huge part of U.S. In our news wrap Wednesday, a massive winter storm is bearing down on a huge swath of the U.S., President Biden called Russia's decision to withdraw from the nuclear arms control treaty a "big mistake," Palestinian officials say an Israeli… Continue watching
Feb 22 Winter storm hammers northern U.S. as Southeast anticipates record high temperatures By Amancai Biraben, Jim Salter, Associated Press Brutal winter weather is hammering the northern U.S. with “whiteout” snow, dangerous wind gusts and bitter cold. It's shut down roadways, closed schools and businesses, and prompted dire warnings for people to stay home. Continue reading
Feb 15 Austin's city manager fired over widespread winter power outages By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Officials in Austin, Texas, have fired the city's manager over the delayed response to a massive winter storm that left thousands of residents without power for a week or longer this month. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch 3:48 News Wrap: Winter storm may bring coldest weather in decades to Northeast In our news wrap Friday, some of the coldest weather in decades descended on the Northeast and New England, the U.S. announced another big military package for Ukraine including longer-range rockets, Pope Francis arrived in South Sudan urging the country's… Continue watching
Feb 03 Texas power grid woes continue as New England prepares for Arctic front By Ken Miller, David Sharp, Associated Press The mayor of Austin, Texas, responded to mounting criticism and apologized Friday for a lack of communication with residents as a winter storm coated the city in ice and cut power — and heat — to thousands of residents for… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 5:44 News Wrap: At least 10 dead after winter storm sweeps across the South In our news wrap Thursday, the South is finally expecting relief after an ice storm that's disrupted travel and claimed at least 10 lives this week, House Republicans voted to oust Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 5:48 News Wrap: Fed raises interest rates by quarter point, says more hikes likely In our news wrap Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by just a quarter point and said more hikes are likely, a winter storm disrupted life across the southern U.S. for a third day, the FBI searched President Biden's… Continue watching