Interstates and highways were shut down Monday night as a large winter weather system brought heavy snow, fierce winds and ice to at least five states in the West and Midwest.
John Hall, a rancher in the drought-stricken Texas Panhandle, got an unexpected call from his 81-year-old mother on Thursday morning:
iReporter and firefighter Andy Throne updates the situation in Texas. for CNN's Fredricka Whitfield.
Some of the largest wildfires in Texas were almost completely contained, but weather conditions posed risks for fires to spread, the Texas Forest Service said Wednesday.
A natural gas pipeline exploded Tuesday in the Texas Panhandle, killing two construction workers and injuring three others, an official said.
At least three people were hurt and several others are missing following a natural gas pipeline blast in Lipscomb County.
Severe weather was predicted to hit the southern plains Friday, a day after at least three tornadoes ripped through the area.
Much of Oklahoma remained under a freezing fog advisory until noon Monday as the death toll from a powerful, multistate storm climbed to seven.
Oklahoma's death toll for a winter storm that left thousands without power in the state climbed to three Sunday, emergency officials said.
Police in Irving, Texas, captured a convicted burglar Wednesday who escaped from a medical facility last weekend by rappelling off the building using a string of bedsheets, a department spokeswoman said.
Billionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens is shelving plans to build the world's largest wind farm.
Just a minute ago I was sailing down a Texas Panhandle highway, level as a tabletop. Then I dropped off the face of the High Plains into the heart of a wild place called Caprock Canyons. It's the rough-and-tumble centerpiece of a 15,000-acre state park, 100 miles southeast of Amarillo.
Wildfires continued to spread across a north Texas town Sunday, sweeping over more than 12,000 acres and destroying eight homes in their path, officials said.
Parts of the Texas town of Wheeler were evacuated Saturday as strong, shifting winds fanned wildfires that had already destroyed three buildings, law enforcement officials said.
Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Vikram Pandit sought Wednesday to allay fears about his company's financial strength, a day after a Middle East investor said the Wall Street giant needs to raise more capital to survive.
Video shows a tornado in the distance swirling above a field in Blaine County, Oklahoma.
Severe winter weather cause problems on the roads in Minnesota.
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has declared a statewide state of emergency as a brutal ice storm moves into the U.S. heartland.
Frigid arctic air is forecast to move across the southern Plains, causing a "significant ice storm" this weekend in Oklahoma and parts of Texas and Arkansas, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
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