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LOS ANGELES — A major storm continued to wallop parts of Southern California on Thursday morning, bringing evacuation alerts, fears of mudslides, heavy mountain snow and a tornado that snapped trees and damaged homes and cars.

Several flood and severe thunderstorm warnings — as well as winter weather advisories in the mountains — remained...Read more

SEATTLE — Rain-soaked, wind-whipped Western Washingtonians can breathe a sigh of relief thanks to a calm, if slightly damp, weather forecast ahead.

A powerful thunderstorm with severe winds blew through the region Monday night and Tuesday morning, downing trees and power lines, disrupting train service, and causing power outages for tens of ...Read more

Climate diplomats beginning work on the next report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — the crucial assessment on global warming that helps shape policy for governments to companies — will meet in China this week without US officials.

U.S. government scientists participating in the IPCC’s global assessments were issued a ...Read more

BOSTON — Following recent weather disasters across the county, the Boston mayor outlined Thursday how the city is preparing for when more severe heat, coastal flooding, or extreme weather events hit here.

“Over the last few months, our hearts have gone out to the families impacted by some of the worst wildfires in California history, or the...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Record-breaking cold weather will continue in Kansas City as an arctic blast lingers across the area on Wednesday — with the coldest temperatures yet to come.

The metro set a new record for the coldest high temperature for Feb. 18 when temperatures on Tuesday reached 4 degrees. The previous record for that date was 11 ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The nation’s two fastest-warming cities may soon be required by Nevada law to better protect residents from deadly heat in future plans.

More than a dozen organizations and Nevada residents attended a committee hearing to support Assembly Bill 96, which would require any city or county with at least 100,000 residents to amend ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of Minnesota students got an extended Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend in January as many schools across the state shut down due to extreme cold. Other students were allowed to stay home but had their lessons moved online.

But just how cold does it have to be before in-person school is canceled or switched to an ...Read more