Flights resumed in and out of Las Vegas, but schools and highways were closed Thursday after a record-setting snowfall coated marquees on the Strip, weighed down palm trees and blanketed surrounding mountain areas. The city awoke to clear weather after a storm that left 3.6 inches at McCarran International Airport. It was biggest December snowfall on record there, and the worst for any month since a 7 1/2-inch accumulation in January 1979, forecasters said. Read more »

An ice storm to compare with some of the Northeast's worst made a mess of the region Friday, leaving 1.25 million homes and businesses in seven states without power as it forced schools to close and toppled ice-laden trees and power lines onto slippery roads. Read more »

rare snowfall blanketed south Louisiana and parts of Mississippi on Thursday, closing schools, government offices and bridges, triggering crashes and leaving thousands without power... Read more »

A tropical storm hit central Vietnam on Monday, threatening severe floods, landslides and substantial damage to coffee output from the world's second-largest producer of the crop. Tropical Storm Noul, with winds of 88 kph (55 mph), made landfall around the beach resort of Nha Trang ... Read more »

Residents across south Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly didn't pack the wallop they had feared. Read more »

Canadians talk most about weather, it is said, because we have so much of it. With the near-record snows of the winter of 2008 almost behind us, one hears weather talk everywhere, over coffee and cocktails. Read more »

Hurricane Noel is giving researchers their first chance to test out a new pilotless hurricane research aircraft. The remotely controlled plane was launched Friday afternoon from Wallops Island, Va., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. Read more »

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled a flooded region of the Gulf coast Friday, jumping from rooftops into rescue helicopters, scrambling into boats or swimming out through murky brown water. Read more »

For many years, indeed through just about every calendar printing, the "First Day of Spring" has fallen on March 21st, but it actually hasn't been true for a while (in fact it's rarely true). Read more »