Austin weather: Warm weekend, even warmer week ahead
This weekend temperatures will be above average. If you think it is warm now, wait until next week.
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Sacramento BeeAn elusive creature is staring at you from Joshua Tree in this photo. Do you see it?
“While exploring the park, always keep an eye on the rocks and boulders around you.”
- Argus Leader
Sioux Falls nearly breaks 1929 snowfall record for January
It's been nearly 90 years since Sioux Falls saw more than 20 inches of snow in January, though the city has seen snowier winters.
- The Burlington Free Press
Temperatures will plummet to dangerous levels this weekend. Are you prepared?
You may need to change your weekend plans. Dangerously cold temperatures are on the way and windchills could be 40 degrees below zero for much of Vermont.
- Fox Weather
Deadly ice storm cripples Texas with worst yet to come for South
At least two people have been killed in car crashes in Texas as a long-duration, crippling ice storm continues to slide across the region leading to treacherous driving conditions and mounting power outages.
- Redding Record Searchlight
Drenched by higher-than-normal rain, Lake Shasta water level rises 60 feet during January
Higher-than-normal rainfall during the past month has dramatically changed Lake Shasta, with the water level of California’s largest reservoir rising 60 feet since the end of December.
- Fox News
Video shows Wisconsin police officer getting snow dumped on him after closing door
The Viroqua Police Department outside of Madison, Wisconsin, has released a video of one of its officers getting slammed with snow after closing a door.
- Fox News
Ice storm in South could cause power outages, travel issues for millions of Americans
The South is facing the risk of a significant ice storm as a powerful arctic cold front is bringing freezing wind chills to most of the U.S.
- Sacramento Bee
4.1-magnitude quake felt by hundreds shakes Montana, seismologists say
“Thought someone was beating on the wall with a 2x4 or something.”
- Fox Weather
Great Salt Lake water levels rising after atmospheric rivers
Candice Hasenyager, Director of Utah Department of Natural Resources, discusses the impact the atmospheric rivers had on the Great Salt Lake's water levels.
- WFXT
Bundle up, Massachusetts! An arctic blast will surge in later this week and send temps plummeting
Massachusetts is in for a wake-up call later this week when an arctic blast surges into the region with freezing temperatures and dangerous wind chills.
- Time
Brazil Wants to Abandon a 34,000-Ton Ship at Sea. It Would be an Environmental Disaster
Environmentalists say the Brazilian navy's plan to abandon a massive aircraft carrier is a disaster for marine life.
- AFP
Arctic cold 'no sweat' for electric cars in Norway
Norwegian electric car owners have a word for the way they feel when they look nervously at their battery indicators while driving in subfreezing weather: "rekkevideangst", or "range anxiety".With temperatures often falling below zero, rugged terrain and long stretches of remote roads, Norway may not seem like the most ideal place to drive an electric car, whose battery dies faster in cold weather.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Latest: Ice storm warning for Fort Worth area to make travel on roads ‘nearly impossible’
More freezing rain on Wednesday likely will also mean more power outages, the weather service said.
- The El Paso Times
Texas winter storm causes pileup on I-10 near Van Horn; El Paso flights canceled
It's sunny in El Paso, but a winter ice storm is creating havoc in other parts of Texas.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The Latest: Dozens injured in crashes on icy roads as winter storm grips North Texas
Hundreds of crashes, schools shutting down, flights canceled -- and the worst of the winter weather hadn’t even arrived yet in Dallas-Fort Worth.
- Gizmodo
Texas Is Staring Down a Major Winter Storm
An Arctic cold front is bearing down on the Great Plains and points south, all the way into Central Texas this week. Already, cold temperatures and freezing rain have begun across the state, and the dangerous winter weather is likely to persist through Wednesday, according to Monday morning’s short-range forecast from the National Weather Service.
- Miami Herald
15 shots fired to kill rare rhino after it escaped fences at Florida park, state says
It was a 2,000-pound male, officials say.
- Fox Weather
Multiple Hawaiian islands under Flood Watch as rain soaks the tropical islands
Flood Watches remain in effect for most of the islands into Monday afternoon as a strong area of low pressure soaks the state from east to west, dropping several inches of rain on some of the islands.
- LA Times
Winter storms bring snow and rain to Southern California, subzero temps to Tahoe basin
Snow on the Grapevine early Monday prompts brief traffic escorts. Much of the Los Angeles area has recorded significant rain in the last two days.
- Ft. Smith Southwest Times Record
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declares state of emergency due to ice storm
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared a state of emergency in Arkansas due to the ice storm. Hazardous roadways covered in ice Tuesday.