At a Glance The storm is responsible for at least 10 deaths.Thousands of flights have been canceled.The storm caused hundreds of crashes.Power was knocked out to tens of thousands of customers. Parts of the Midwest and Northeast were still digging out Monday after Winter Storm Harper dumped 1-2 feet of snow in some locations and brought some of the coldest temperatures of the season. T​he cold is expected to hamper travel again. More than 250 flights were canceled as of...

At a Glance The couple's amphibious vehicle got stuck in the Neches River.He went for help, but fell and drowned.She stayed with the ATV until someone found her two days later. A Texas woman spent two nights clinging to an ATV stuck in the rain-swollen Neches River after her husband drowned while trying to go for help. The woman, whose name has not been released, and her husband, Mallie Kelly, 79, KBMT reported. On Wednesday, they left camp to buy...

At a Glance A man died in an avalanche near Aspen, Colorado.A second skier succumbed to injuries sustained last week at Taos Ski Valley resort in New Mexico. A skier was killed Monday in a Colorado avalanche, the same day authorities announced a second death from a Thursday avalanche in Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico. In Colorado, the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office said the unidentified man who died in Monday's avalanche near Aspen was part of a caught in the...

At a Glance An Aspen-area avalanche killed one person Monday morning.The avalanche was triggered by a group of backcountry campers.A Special Avalanche Advisory was issued from 6 a.m. Saturday morning to 8 p.m. Monday night. An avalanche outside of Aspen, Colorado, killed one person Monday morning, according to local officials. According to a preliminary report by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), a group of backcountry campers staying at the Markley Hut — about 15 miles south of Aspen —...

People walk past the Eiffel Tower shut down as a precautionary measure, in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. France's national weather agency Meteo France says a large part of the country is on alert for dangerous levels of snow and ice and urged people to limit their movement. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) At least 26 people have been killed in the last month as winter storms continue to dump snow on Europe. Last week, heavy snow triggered several avalanches, and now...

At a Glance A large explosion along a natural gas pipeline injured two people and damaged a trio of homes in Ohio.The explosion occurred along a 30 inch natural gas line owned by Enbridge Inc.The blast could be felt as far as seven miles away, according to local residents. A large explosion along a natural gas pipeline injured two person and damaged a trio of homes in Ohio as flames stretched into the sky Monday. According to a press release...

69-year-old double-amputee climber Xia Boyu scales a cliff in Taizhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, Jan. 14, 2019. (Imaginechina via AP Images) When Xia Boyu lost his feet to Mount Everest in 1975, it did little to dim his adventurous spirit. He spent 43 years climbing small mountains around Beijing and taking long hikes, preparing for another attempt on the highest peak on Earth using prosthesis. But in 1996, the climber learned he had contracted lymphoma, and , The Guardian...

At a Glance A 19-year-old woman died in a Kansas crash.More than 650 flights were canceled Wednesday morning.Detroit's airport remained closed Wednesday.In Wyoming, a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 80 was closed. Winter Storm Indra continued to blast through the Midwest on Wednesday after forcing ground stops at several airports, closing large stretches of interstates and causing a fatal crash in Kansas. Ashlen Leigh Lemon, 19, of Junction City, Kansas, died Tuesday in along on an icy Interstate 70, Fox4KC reported....

At a Glance Officials temporarily closed Paris' Eiffel Tower because of snow and ice. Roadways were also closed Tuesday because of the storm. Snow and Ice in central and northern France Tuesday prompted officials on Paris to temporarily close the Eiffel Tower. By Wednesday, the famed Parisian landmark that is a beacon for tourists, was reopened. Twenty-four departments were under warnings for "dangerous" levels of snow and ice Tuesday, prompting officials to raise the alert level to orange — the...

At a Glance Maine's famous ice disk is spinning again after coming to a stop for a day.Photographer Andrew Sims used his paddleboard and an ice pick to free the disk from the shore.The disk has since spun in its normal counterclockwise fashion since being freed. About a week ago and the internet was crazing over , but then it stopped. No, it wasn't the attention for disk that waned. The actual disk seized to rotate. That is, until Andrew...

A part of the Souther Selkirk caribou herd moves through the Selkirk Mountains in November 2005. (Garry Beaudry/AP) At a Glance The last known wild caribou in the lower 48 has been placed into captivity.Biologist from British Columbia captured the female in hopes to introduce her and two males to a more stable herd in Canada.The future of wild caribou in the contiguous United States remains uncertain. The last known wild caribou in the lower 48 has been placed into...

At a Glance Much colder temperatures have moved into the Midwest for the second half of January.As a result, ice coverage in the Great Lakes grew rapidly in the past week.Ice coverage usually peaks in late winter. Ice coverage across the Great Lakes has more than doubled in the past week due to a weather pattern change that has sent much colder temperatures into the central and eastern states. On Jan. 15 the amount of ice coverage for all the...