Commuters wait in below zero temperatures for a CTA Red line train at the Belmont station, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (Steven Rosenberg/Chicago Tribune via AP) At a Glance The offer came after police confiscated propane tanks the homeless were using to keep warm.Police decided to confiscate the tanks after one of them exploded. The identity of the good Samaritan is unknown. An unidentified good Samaritan picked up the hotel tab for 70 homeless people in Chicago who were camped out...

Water and mud flows on the Pacific Coast Highway on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (Caltrans) At a Glance The first of a trio of storm systems brought heavy rain to Southern California Thursday.Mandatory evacuations were ordered at the Holy Fire burn site.Voluntary evacuations were also issued for the Woolsey and Cranston burn areas.A JetBlue flight was forced to make an emergency landing at LAX after being struck by lightning. Rain from the first of a trio of storms hammered Southern...

Rescue workers in a helicopter search a flooded area after a dam collapsed in Brumadinho, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. A massive, deadly river of pale brown mud released by the collapse of a mining company dam on Friday threatens to cause an environmental disaster for Brazil, potentially snatching away livelihoods and driving the spread of disease, activists warned Sunday. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) More than 200 people are still missing on Thursday after a mining dam collapsed in Brumadinho, Brazil,...

The 49.7 inches of rain was recorded at the Waipa Garden station on the island of Kauai. (Waipa Foundation via NCEC) At a Glance The island of Kauai saw torrential downpours last April.A rain gauge at Waipa Garden recorded 49.7 inches in a 24-hour period.The National Climatic Extremes Committee verified that as a new national record. Torrential rainfall that led to catastrophic flooding last April on the Hawaiian island of Kauai set a national record for the most rainfall in...

The 49.7 inches of rain was recorded at the Waipa Garden station on the island of Kauai. (Waipa Foundation via NCEC) At a Glance The island of Kauai saw torrential downpours last April.A rain gauge at Waipa Garden recorded 49.7 inches in a 24-hour period.The National Climatic Extremes Committee verified that as a new national record. Torrential rainfall that led to catastrophic flooding last April on the Hawaiian island of Kauai set a national record for the most rainfall in...

At a Glance Australia's scorching start to 2019 has been confirmed as the country's hottest month on record.January was Australia's first month on record with a mean temperature in excess of 86 degrees.The record comes on the heels of the country's third-hottest year on record in 2018. As the Midwestern U.S. shivers in the coldest Arctic air the region has seen in decades, Australia just sweat through its hottest month on record and saw wildfires continually scorch the drought-stricken south...

At a Glance At least 29 children and newborns have died from hypothermia at, or traveling to, a northeastern Syria refugee camp.The camp's population has tripled in size, forcing thousands to sleep outside without heat or blankets.Syrian winters can see extended stretches of snow and subfreezing temperatures. At least at, or traveling to, the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria, according the World Health Organization (WHO). In the last two months, the camp has seen an influx of 23,000 people —more...

About 140 people stayed overnight at the Jamaica Inn in Cornwall, England, on Friday, February 1, 2019, after heavy snow shut down the A30. The inn's staff put 15 beds in the restaurant and another five in the lounge. “I stole sheets from wherever possible. I’m sure my head housekeeper will kill me,” manager Sammy Wheeler said. (Jamaica Inn/Twitter) At a Glance Southwest England was slammed by a heavy snow on Thursday.The A30 closed in Cornwall, stranding hundreds of travelers.The...

At a Glance A group of 20 Minnesota kids braved minus 28 degree temperatures to set a record for coldest hockey game played.While Guinness doesn't have a previous holder, the kids broke college and NHL outdoor game records.The application for the record will take a few months to be reviewed. In the State of Hockey, nothing will stop kids from getting outside and lacing up the skates, not even temperatures 50 degrees colder than what it takes to freeze the...

Andy Eck stands with his 28-foot ice sculpture in front of his home in North Ridgeville, Ohio, on Thursday, January 30, 2019. (Steve Manheim/Elyria Chronicle-Telegram) At a Glance Andy Eck built his first "ice mountain" in 2010.Despite extreme cold, this year's sculpture has reached only 28 feet.Eck says his water bill is about $200 when he's building the ice sculptures. Ice and pipes are not usually a combination you want to see this time of year. An Ohio man, however,...

This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows Mount Sharp in a white-balanced color adjustment that makes the sky look overly blue but shows the terrain as if under Earthlike lighting. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS) At a Glance Researchers discovered a way to measure surface gravity on Mars.They used accelerometers on the rover Curiosity as gravimeters.Rock under the base of Mount Sharp was less dense than expected. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has roamed the Red Planet...

At a Glance A mining dam collapsed in southeastern Brazil, sending a torrent of debris downstream.At least 110 people were killed in the collapse.Authorities are still searching for 238 missing people. The search for 238 people still missing after the Brazilian mining dam disaster continued Thursday as the death toll reached 110. Even though no one has been found alive since Saturday, the Minas Gerais Fire Department said it's not ready to stop searching for victims, according to the Associated...