The Pueblo area was spared from the bulk of the winter elements that impacted much of eastern Colorado Wednesday, but residents are still dealing with major damage from heavy winds.

A sheriff and his two daughters were injured near Lake City in southwestern Colorado after an avalanche destroyed their home Tuesday morning.

Firefighters were battling a blaze in Alexandra, City of Johannesburg emergency services said on Tuesday.

Storms battered the southern Bering Sea and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta last month. February storms aren’t unusual, but the amount of rain and flooding is. The combination caused a lot of damage for two communities in the region.

Strong winds and freezing temperatures left an upstate New York lake house encased in a shell of ice.

Ellicott City was devastated by heavy rain Sunday, just two years after the historic city in Howard County was forced to recover from another flash flood.

Military help is on the way to B.C. communities ravaged by floods, as rivers rise and more people are forced out of their homes around the province.

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee proclaimed a state of emergency Saturday for counties in the eastern part of the state

Landslides threatened community water supply, transportation, and residential homes.

Flooding in the B.C. Interior from rapidly melting snowpacks has washed out roads and properties, prompted local states of emergencies, and caused more people to leave their homes in Oliver.

A GCI cell tower in Western Alaska encapsulated in unusually thick ice and snow has caused service disruptions in villages.

One reading on the Hillside clocked winds reaching 91 miles per hour. The day saw reports of property damage, road closures and downed power lines.LEO Note: According to Rick Thoman of NWS, these are unusually high winds for April.

One reading on the Hillside clocked winds reaching 91 miles per hour. The day saw reports of property damage, road closures and downed power lines.LEO Note: According to Rick Thoman of NWS, these are unusually high winds for April.

Climate change will make for more frequent wild swings in California weather, with both more extremely dry and extremely wet years and 'weather whiplash' in between.

We have experienced since Oct. 2 a very unseasonable Alberta winter. High snowfalls, a few Chinooks and certainly we knew some time ago we were in for an interesting spring ... but this is unprecedented...

So far in 2018, there have been three climate and weather disasters that have cost $1 billion or more.