Fierce storm hits California, millions lack power
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - A fierce storm swept through central and northern California on Friday, cutting power to more than 1 million homes and businesses, closing major roads and canceling flights at several airports.
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Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blustered through the region with heavy snow and howling wind.
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances pounded Florida relentlessly with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people and forcing residents to withstand a prolonged lashing that shredded roofs and uprooted trees...
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A powerful storm pounded California for a second day, flooding freeways and desert roads, tossing boats ashore and triggering a rockslide that blocked Highway 1 on the central coast.
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A slow-rolling series of storms that battered the West this week brought snowfall and high wind Thursday to parts of California, where weather-weary residents have already endured lashing rain, heavy snowfall and a destructive tornado. Since the wild weather began slogging ashore Monday, five deaths in California and two in Colorado have been blamed on storms. Searchers on Thursday recovered what they believed were the bodies of two missing college students who had vanished after their canoe capsized in a flooded Arizona creek.
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Storms battered the western United  States on Saturday with strong winds, heavy rains and a blanket  of snow that caused widespread power outages, a levee break in  Nevada and two deaths in California.
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Forecasters say California will see the worst of the winter storm today. Expect heavy rainfall, possible snow, lightning, strong wind gusts and waterspouts.
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Much of Southern California was pounded Wednesday by a powerful storm that dumped as much as a foot of rain in the mountains of Los Angeles County.
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A powerful storm pummeled the California coast Monday night and Tuesday, replenishing some drought-dried reservoirs across the Southwest but also triggering floods
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Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio on Saturday and hundreds of thousands of people in the Midwest were without power after their homes were battered by lashing winds and flooding rains.
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At least 55 people were killed and over 300 injured in the worst-ever storm that lashed Japan in more than a decade triggering flash floods and mudslides before it moved to the east into the Pacific Ocean this morning.
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees...
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STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances weakened but still pounded Florida with high wind and heavy rain Sunday after it smashed across the state's east coast, knocking out power to 4 million people, shredding roofs and uprooting trees...
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A powerful typhoon in southern Japan caused landslides and floods, left tens of thousands without power, and injured at least 23 people. In the western part of the country, a strong aftershock stuck Tuesday, hours after two major quakes injured 43 people.
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A strong typhoon lashed southern Japan with high winds and heavy rain on Saturday, injuring dozens, causing power outages and forcing thousands to flee their homes.
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Los Angeles -- Blustery winds, record rainfall and mudslides have blocked highways and shut off power for thousands of homes and businesses in California.
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More than 10 feet of snow could fall on California mountains by Sunday and winds could reach the strength of an extremely strong hurricane as powerful winter storms move through the state.