BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — Freezing rain is coating roads in northern Minnesota with a thick layer of ice. The National Weather Service issued an ice storm warning for parts of the Northland, including Cass, Beltrami and Koochiching (KOO'-chih-ching) counties. The slick travel conditions have caused so...

Thursday began with sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures, but by early afternoon sooty clouds overtook the blue sky in advance of the approaching storm.

State College, Pa. - AccuWeather reports a major snowstorm is set to ride the leading edge of cold air over a large part of the West and the northern Plains Thursday into Saturday. The storm will evolve into a blizzard as it emerges from the northern Rockies. Snow will fall over thousands of square ...

State College, Pa. - AccuWeather reports a pod of around 12 whales, first spotted Wednesday, are confined to a small patch of open water slightly bigger than a pickup truck in Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada. Inukjuak is more than 900 miles north of Montreal. Killer whales, being mammals, must breathe air....

Enjoy the warmth Thursday because temperatures in the lakes area are about to be plunged into cold and ice. "The cold air is coming," said Amanda Graning, National Weather Service meterologist in Duluth. "We have a pretty big change coming up.

Thursday...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. A slight chance of light rain in the afternoon. Highs 33 to 38. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Thursday night...Light freezing rain likely in the evening... Then light rain likely and a slight chance of light f...

Friday night...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10. Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph after midnight. Saturday...Partly sunny in the morning...Then mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light snow in the afternoon. Highs 18 to 23. East winds around 5 m...

Ringing in the new year is expected to be joined by the coldest temperatures of the season. New Year's Eve day's high temperature should be above zero degrees, but not by much. The National Weather Service in Duluth is forecasting a high of 1 degree.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Twisters hopscotched across the Deep South, and, along with brutal, straight-line winds, knocked down countless trees, blew the roofs off homes and left many Christmas celebrations in the dark. Holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled treacherous driving...

Wind chill advisory in effect from midnight tonight to noon cst Tuesday... Rest of tonight...Mostly clear. Lows 11 below to 16 below zero. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values 20 below to 30 below zero. Christmas Day...Partly cloudy. Highs 1 to 6. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Lowest wind c...