MAPLETON, Iowa (AP) - The small western Iowa town of Mapleton will spend the next several months rebuilding after a tornado swept through the area. Emergency responders have not yet calculated an exact dollar amount for the losses in Saturday evening's storm that damaged or destroyed more than half... more »

FARGO, N.D. (MSNBC)- If any city is entitled to confidence that it can handle a major spring flood, it's this one. With the Red River lapping at Fargo's doorstep for the third straight year, the local newspaper even wondered if overconfidence was becoming a problem when volunteer turnout was... more »

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Weather forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting an above-average hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean. The forecast issued Wednesday is a slightly scaled-back version of the one released in early December. Researchers now predict 16 named storms in the Atlantic, instead of 17.... more »

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A spring snowstorm has created a winter wonderland in parts of northern New England. But it's also sent dozens of cars sliding off roads, knocked out power to thousands and given tens of thousands of schoolchildren a surprise snow day. In Maine it dropped as... more »

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Powerful winds, severe thunderstorms and some tornadoes are sweeping across Tampa Bay and central Florida. St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said Thursday that a tractor-trailer was blown over on its side and fell on two vehicles. All of the people involved declined medical treatment. At... more »

WASHINGTON (AP) Spring flooding has already begun and the worst is yet to come, with the greatest danger in the Northeast and Midwest, government forecasters said Thursday. The highest flood risks are concentrated in the Upper Midwest particularly parts of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana and in the region... more »

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Parts of upstate New York are buried under up to 20 inches of heavy snow, with freezing rain, sleet and 30-mph winds added to the mix. The weather has forced scores of schools to cancel or delay classes. The National Weather Service says 10... more »

FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) - Towns throughout Ohio and parts of the Midwest braced for more flooding Tuesday, a day after storms and tornadoes damaged buildings and homes in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Three tornadoes touched down in Indiana on Monday, injuring at least six people. A tornado destroyed... more »

(AP)-Colorado water officials say the state's northern mountains are getting above-average snowfall this winter while southern Colorado and the Eastern Plains have had below-average precipitation. An update issued Tuesday by the Water Availability Task Force says reservoir levels statewide are strong but precipitation over the next two to three... more »

MINNEAPOLIS -(AP) A major snow storm dealt another winter wallop to Wisconsin, Michigan and northern Ohio on Monday as it moved east out of Minnesota leaving more than a foot of fresh snow in its wake. Operations were returning to normal at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after the... more »