RAPID CITY, S.D. — Counties in western South Dakota impacted by last weekend's Winter Storm Atlas are seeking help from the federal government. Commissioners in the counties of Pennington, Meade, Lawrence and Butte all have declared disasters. That's the first step toward getting federal aid. Requests must first go through the governor. (MORE: ) Pennington County Commission Chairman Lyndell Petersen says he's confident the region will get federal help because of the size of the storm. It dumped up to...

iWitness Guzva84 captured this photo of mailboxes encased in snow in Spearfish, SD. The calendar has flipped to October, and while it is only Fall, it is not too soon to be talking about snow. Winter Storm Atlas dumped more than three feet of snow in parts of South Dakota. Heavy snow also fell in Wyoming and Montana. Here are photos that capture the power of the first winter storm of the 2013-2014 season. (MORE: Winter Storm Atlas Forecast |...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Two 20-foot-deep disposal pits opened in western South Dakota on Monday to help ranchers dispose of tens of thousands of livestock carcasses piling up since an early October blizzard decimated herds. Up to 4 feet of snow fell in the Black Hills area during the storm, killing at least 10,000 to 20,000 head of livestock, state officials say. The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association estimates this part of the state lost at least 5 percent of its...

Winter Storm Atlas delivered feet of snow from the northern Rockies to the northern High Plains Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 3-5. As the region recovered, late reports continued to trickle in as late as Monday afternoon, long after the storm had ended. Here's a roundup of the impacts of Atlas: Snow totals from Winter Storm Atlas. Wind gusts from Winter Storm Atlas. Top historical snowstorms in Rapid City, S.D.; two of the top three have occurred in 2013. South Dakota...

A look at radar Friday morning. Parts of Colorado, Wyoming and western Kansas woke up to a taste of winter Friday. (MORE: ) Snow started falling across the area late Thursday, dropping as much as 5 inches in Cheyenne, Wyo. The National Weather Service reported Fort Collins, Colo. saw 2 inches by Friday morning. The snow spread into western and central Kansas, piling up to at least 5 inches near Goodland. The snow was forecast to end in Kansas by...

,The Weather Channel has released its late fall and winter temperature outlook for 2013-2014. Chief Meteorologist Dr. Todd Crawford of Weather Services International (WSI), a part of The Weather Channel Company, says,"As the first shot of significant cold air spurs above-normal heating demand across much of the eastern United States, there are many questions regarding its staying power in the weeks and months ahead." Crawford adds, "While we do foresee colder-than-normal temperatures across the Midwest into the mid-Atlantic and Southeast...

Up to 10 inches of snow fell on Tuesday along a swath from northern and western Nebraska to southern South Dakota, northwest Iowa and central Minnesota. Latest Radar Wednesday, some wet snow may persist in parts of northern Wisconsin and the U.P. of Michigan before pulling away into Canada later in the day. For some locations such as Minneapolis/St. Paul (1.8 inches) and North Platte, Neb. (2.2 inches), this was the season's first measurable snowfall. In both locations, the average...

A storm that trekked from southern South Dakota and northern Nebraska to northwest Iowa and central Minnesota Tuesday dropped up to 10 inches of snow with rates of one inch per hour in some locations. In South Dakota, as much as 9.5 inches of snow fell 5 miles east of the town of Porcupine. Sioux Falls, located in the extreme southeast part of the state, saw just over a half foot of snow. The top snow total in Nebraska was...

Lebanon, Ohio The seasons clash in this photo of brilliant fall foliage shadowing a snow-blanketed lawn in Lebanon, Ohio, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. (iWitness Weather/Sarah Baysore) A strong cold front brought the season's first snow to parts of the Midwest and Northeast on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 11-12. A disturbance preceding the front brought the season's first snow to parts of northern New England on Sunday, Nov. 10. The slideshow above contains photos of this early snow, which was...

A new blast of Arctic air that will engulf the central and eastern states through the weekend made an impressive initial appearance in Montana on Tuesday. (MORE: ) Tuesday's Temperatures Thermometers in the northern Montana city of recorded an incredible temperature drop of nearly 40 degrees in just two hours. At 3:53 p.m., on Tuesday, the temperature was 52 degrees—about 11 degrees above the average high for the day. During the next hour, the Arctic cold front pushed through and...

Winter Storm Boreas,already blamed for at least fourteen deaths, is a massive storm that will impact the nation from coast to coast with rain, snow, sleet, and ice during the busiest travel week of the year. It's bringing a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas on Monday then will trudge east this Thanksgiving week. "Before this is over, Winter Storm Boreas will have impacted 100 million people," said The Weather Channel's winter...

Traffic on I-35 at the 33rd street bridge in Edmond Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. (Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman) Snow, sleet and freezing rain hit parts of the southern Rockies and Four Corners as a part of Winter Storm Boreas. (MORE: ) The wintry weather caused hundreds of accidents and prompted officials to close roads in large parts of the Western U.S. Winter Storm Boreas is expected continue on to the Northeast. Follow the storm on Weather.com. (MORE:) ...

Nightmare Scenario for Thanksgiving Travel The lines don't just start at the airport. Often, they start on the roads leading to the airport. This Wednesday, traffic on roads and interstates leading to the airports will be twice what it usually is on an average Wednesday according to INRIX, which tracks travel and traffic backups nationwide. That's not counting the traffic nightmare Winter Storm Boreas is creating this week as it moves across the Plains, Midwest, South and Northeast with snow,...