KANKAKEE, Ill. — Bob Wehrle sat in his driveway Wednesday morning and looked at the lot where his house once stood. His belongings and debris were scattered across his lawn, and his trailer was frozen in the air, pierced by a tree. It’s difficult to make out where the house ended and began.

Wehrle, 60, said he and his wife moved into their ...Read more

CHICAGO — For a fleeting moment, as his hand cradled a hailstone just shy of 5 inches, Victor Gensini thought he had found a new record-breaker for the state of Illinois, surpassing a 4.75-inch stone found near the village of Minooka 11 years ago.

The atmospheric scientist was chasing thunderstorms near Kankakee Tuesday night that swept ...Read more

KANKAKEE, Ill. — Bob Wehrle sat in his driveway Wednesday morning and looked at the lot where his house once stood. His belongings and debris were scattered across his lawn, and his trailer was frozen in the air, pierced by a tree. It’s difficult to make out where the house ended and began.

Wehrle, 60, said he and his wife moved into their ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said President Donald Trump agreed in a Tuesday meeting at the White House to provide additional federal disaster aid in response to last year’s ice storms that caused extensive damage in northern Michigan.

The commitment is an apparent reversal of the decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...Read more

If you thought it was warm at the beginning of this month, wait until this weekend.

A major heat wave is expected to infiltrate Southern Nevada by the end of this week, with record daily high temperatures expected to be set, including the first 90-degree day of the year.

The National Weather Service, on a post on X, said daytime highs will ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has agreed to force the Trump administration to restore a federal disaster preparedness program, after an initial order in late December already called on it to do so.

The judge approved a motion from North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of fellow Democratic attorneys general seeking the...Read more

DETROIT — Four people were killed and 12 others injured when tornadoes ripped through southwest Michigan Friday afternoon, according to the sheriffs in Branch and Cass counties.

Three people were killed when a tornado hit the area around Union Lake west of Union City, the Branch County Sheriff’s Office said Friday night.

Twelve people were...Read more

DETROIT — Three people were killed and 12 others injured when a tornado ripped through the Union City area of Michigan on Friday afternoon, WOOD-TV reported.

Of the 12 injured, three required hospitalization, according to the Branch County Sheriff’s Office. The names of the dead were not released.

“Our thoughts are with those who have ...Read more

From nearly 300,000 without power to about 4,000 in one week.

And they were celebrating that blizzard bounce-back Friday in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as Mayor Jon Mitchell said nearly all the streets were plowed after 37 inches of snow fell on the Whaling City.

“This was a very large storm, the largest on record. The records go back to the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shortly after enduring a series of winter storms that damaged roads and flooded businesses, Southern Californians may be pleased to learn that blue skies and toasty temperatures are on deck as possible record-setting heat sweeps into the region this week.

A high-pressure system will bring significant warming to the Southern ...Read more

Let there be light!

Power restoration crews are making major progress in their storm recovery efforts, as the Bay State power outage totals significantly dropped on Thursday.

Meanwhile, some roads were still blocked on the hard-hit South Coast, which got a whopping three feet of snow from the historic blizzard earlier this week. Plow crews ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In the wake of Winter Storm Fern, some Central Kentucky residents say they’re seeing high utility bills they either can’t afford or which caught them off guard.

Among them is Emma Moore, a Kentucky Utilities customer. When Moore recently opened her bill, mailed Feb. 10, she was astonished by what she was being charged for...Read more

BOSTON — Students are set to return to class in Boston after an extended February school vacation, thanks to the Blizzard of ’26 that dumped 17 inches of snow in the city and canceled two days of class.

Mayor Michelle Wu has announced that Boston Public Schools and central offices will reopen on Wednesday, while scores of other districts ...Read more

NEW YORK — Only 63.3% of students showed up at school Tuesday, as Mayor Mamdani took heat for reopening the schools while New Yorkers were still digging themselves out of a historic blizzard.

That’s down from an average daily attendance rate of 89.8% last school year, according to the mayor’s annual management report.

“I know that ...Read more

NEW YORK — After nearly 2 feet of snow fell across New York City on Sunday and Monday, the tristate area’s three airports began to resume flights but still led the nation in cancellations on Tuesday, with major disruptions for ground-based transit as well.

More than 30% of flights into LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark airports were canceled on...Read more

BALTIMORE — Eastern Shore residents continued digging out Tuesday, as thousands remained without power after what some were calling the worst blizzard in decades.

Most major roads were clear of snow and ice, but utility crews and municipal workers were still dealing with downed trees and limbs that fell under the weight of heavy, wet snow and...Read more

BOSTON — Cape Cod and the South Shore are still coping with the wrath of the Blizzard of ’26.

The 11 o’clock tally for power outages remains above a quarter of a million customers without power. The exact number is 251,541, according to the MEMA database update.

Up and down the Cape power remains out with Barnstable the worst in the ...Read more

BOSTON — Cape Cod and the South Shore are still coping with the wrath of the Blizzard of ’26.

The 10 o’clock tally for power outages remains above a quarter of a million customers without power. The exact number is 252,490, according to the MEMA database update.

Up and down the Cape power remains out with Barnstable the worst in the ...Read more