Posted: 6:14 AM Storms around Houston, Texas, have dumped several inches of rain, leaving thousands of people without electricity and forcing about 150 high-water rescues.

Posted: 6:08 AM The National Weather Service says the Red River will likely peak in Fargo, North Dakota, on the low end of the predicted crest range.

Posted: 12:03 PM Officials say around 14 Lincoln homes are without power after winds knock a tree into power lines, causing a fire.

Posted: 8:16 AM The Mississippi River is topping out at some problematic spots, but there's growing concern that spring floods are far from over.

Posted: 8:28 AM Nebraska lawns that were damaged by last summer's drought will need some extra care this spring and summer.

Updated: 11:41 AM Two semis collided on Interstate 80 near the Giltner interchange west of Aurora at mile marker 326 around 11:15 a.m. Thursday.

Posted: 10:43 AM Weather is causing closings and cancellations.

Posted: 11:36 AM Power was restored Saturday evening in Kearney after Nebraska Public Power District transmission and distribution crews completed their final storm restoration work.

Posted: 10:49 AM An overnight blizzard has left parts of the Colorado mountains covered in new snow.

Posted: 5:12 PM China is feeling the man-made heat of global warming. That's the conclusion drawn by scientists looking at the burning of fossil fuels and one country's rise in daily temperature spikes.

Posted: 5:08 PM A new federal report says last year's drought was a freak of nature and can't be blamed on man-made global warming.

Updated: 3:01 PM Slick roads and severe weather have lead to cancellations.

Updated: 10:51 AM Ice and blowing snow close more of Interstate 80 Wednesday. More snow is expected to fall.

Updated: 6:09 AM A spring snowstorm that has forced closure of several highways in the Nebraska Panhandle also made work especially hazardous for a tow truck driver who specializes in helping semitrailers.

Updated: 6:13 AM Residents of a small community west of North Bend, Neb. are still picking up the pieces Tuesday evening after an early morning storm tore through their neighborhood.

Updated: 6:23 AM There are several property damage reports in Kearney including the UNK Campus from an overnight storm.

Updated: 7:38 AM UNL's Family Weatherfest and Severe Weather Symposium is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 6 at Hardin Hall. The free, family event explores the wonder of weather and teaches techniques for surviving – and even thriving – through severe weather events. Free parking is available.

Posted: 4:34 AM The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hosting an event to teach techniques for surviving severe weather events.

Posted: 6:27 AM People in Hawaii are donning sweaters and long-sleeve shirts as winds from the north send temperatures to record lows.

Posted: 6:42 AM A Nobel Prize winner in physics will give a public science lecture at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Posted: 6:22 AM A magnitude-6.0 undersea earthquake hit off eastern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Monday. No tsunami alert was issued.

Posted: 6:26 AM Earth Day will be celebrated next month in communities around the state, including Omaha.

Posted: 10:14 AM Families can learn about extreme weather and the best ways to survive tornadoes and flooding at a free University of Nebraska-Lincoln event.

Updated: 6:58 AM If you had your eyes to the skies Tuesday morning, you may have noticed something that looked like an air whale in flight.

Posted: 6:07 AM A wide-ranging storm is burying thoughts of springtime weather across a number of Midwestern states under a blanket of snow and slush, leaving in its wake dashed Palm Sunday plans, dozens of canceled flights and treacherous roadways as it churns eastward.