Tag: National Weather Service

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Strong winds spread flames and led to a town’s evacuation while airplanes dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle in an attempt to stop the largest wildfire in state history.…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A dangerous Arctic blast will continue sweeping across the U.S. on Monday and linger through at least midweek, prolonging a bitter cold that set record-low temperatures in parts of the country…

The dog days of summer still have some bite. An ongoing heat wave is expected to push temperatures into the triple digits through much of this week, with heat indices approaching 120 or beyond in…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly into Category 4 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, which forecasters warned…

A round of overnight storms that wreaked havoc in Chanute and elsewhere across the region largely skirted Allen County. Much of Chanute was without power into Wednesday morning after the storms brought ferocious winds that…

For some Allen County residents, storm chasing season might be their favorite time of the year. If that’s true, then Tuesday will officially kick-start the season.  It’s time for “Storm Fury on the Plains,” a…

WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Tornadoes damaged numerous homes, destroyed a fire station, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Mississippi, while two people died as a…

Four of the seven people killed in devastating storms that tore through central Iowa were members of the same family who had sought shelter inside a home that was razed by a powerful tornado, authorities…

Warmer temperatures this week serve as a reminder spring — and spring storms — aren’t far behind. Jason Trego, Allen County’s emergency management coordinator, noted Allen County will take part at 10 a.m. Tuesday in…

BOSTON (AP) — A snowstorm that started in the predawn hours Friday was expected to bring up to a foot of accumulation in some areas of the U.S. Northeast by the time it ends late…