Latest Winter weather News

Prosecutors say 2 men prioritized money over human life leading to deaths of Indian family

Nov. 18, 2024 19:32 PM EST

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Two men put financial profit over human life when they attempted to smuggle a couple from India and their two young children across the U.S.-Canada border in heavy snow and bone-chilling winds, leading to the family freezing to death, prosecutors said Monday. ...

New Mexico governor declares emergency as western winter storm leaves thousands without power

Nov. 07, 2024 19:14 PM EST

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor declared an emergency Thursday after a powerful winter storm left tens of thousands of people without power as heavy snow, fierce winds and freezing temperatures marched across the northern two-thirds of the state and into Colorado. ...

La Nina could soon arrive. Here's what that means for winter weather

Oct. 17, 2024 13:06 PM EDT

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center says there is a 60% chance that a weak La Nina event will develop this autumn and could last until March. La Nina is part of a natural climate cycle that can cause extreme weather across the planet —...