At a Glance Tens of thousands of customers lost electricity at times over the weekend.Falling trees closed roads and damaged homes.A man died after getting caught in rough surf off Maui.Snow was reported at the Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area An intense storm that brought high winds, large surf and snow to Hawaii killed one person, injured at least five others and left a swath of damage across the islands. A home in Halenani Place in Kihei was damaged when...

The highly shared image on Facebook shows the firefighters pushing the woman up a slick hill in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. (Facebook/SSM Health DePaul Hospital – St. Louis) At a Glance Two St. Louis-area firefighters pushed a woman about a mile to a hospital after she was involved in a crash.The firefighters were also involved in a crash while responding to the incident in Maryland Heights.Their heroic actions Sunday morning were shared in a Facebook post....

A girl holds a placard showing former Flemish Climate Minister Joke Schauvliege as she marches together with thousands of youngsters during a climate change protest in Leuven, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. A Belgian Environment Minister has been forced to resign after saying she had state security confirmation that massive climate demonstrations in recent weeks were staged as a plot against her. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Tens of thousands of teenagers and students protested across Europe this month in favor...

Tammy Stadel, Pennington County Search and Rescue team leader, speaks to the media Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the Rapid City, S.D., Public Safety Building about the efforts so far in the search for Serenity Dennard, a 9-year-old girl who ran away from a residential youth home in western South Dakota last weekend. (Ryan Hermens/Rapid City Journal via AP) At a Glance Serenity Dennard, 9, has been missing from her residential youth home since Feb. 3.Efforts have turned to recovery...

At a Glance A U.S. Forest Service study found that 18 million trees died in California last year.That's a drop from 27 million in 2017 and 62 million in 2016.Prolonged drought, a beetle epidemic and wildfires have claimed most of them.More than 147 million trees have died in the state since 2010. California lost an additional 18 million trees in 2018, though the pace of tree deaths has slowed, the U.S. Forest Service announced this week. In 2016, 62 million...

Multiple crashes were reported on Route 28 Northbound in Falmouth on Cape Cod in Massachusetts as Winter Storm Maya hit the Northeast on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. (Twitter/@FalmouthPolice) Winter Storm Maya is dumping heavy snow and sleet from the upper Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes and Northeast on Tuesday, causing major traffic problems, downing trees and causing power outages. Dozens of school districts cancelled classes or had delayed openings across the Midwest and Northeast on Tuesday. States of emergency...

In this image, taken Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, a paramedic stands by an unidentified woman whose final request was to see the beach in Queensland, Australia. (Facebook/Queensland Ambulance Service) At a Glance A dying woman in Queensland, Australia, was granted her last wish to see the ocean once more last week.Two paramedics stopped on her final ride home, and the trio spent time on the shore.The woman lived near Hervey Bay, where the paramedics made the final stop, with her...

At a Glance Hairline cracks have been discovered in Northern California's rebuilt Oroville Spillway.State officials say the cracks in the concrete structure are not a concern, but some experts argue otherwise.The spillway was destroyed during a round of major, deadly flooding in February. A key spillway at Northern California's Oroville Dam was repaired after major flooding destroyed it in February, but officials recently discovered small cracks in the concrete not long after it was rebuilt. California's Department of Water Resources...

At a Glance A new NASA study revealed land in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area isn't all sinking at the same rate.The region is one of the areas along the East Coast that's seeing the worst combination of land subsidence and sea level rise.The scientists hope the same procedure will be used to study other areas most vulnerable to climate change. Climate change is not expected to impact the entire planet evenly. Not all countries, not all states and not...

At a Glance An advocacy group listed the Lower Rio Grande as one of the 10 most endangered U.S. rivers of 2018.American Rivers blames President Donald Trump's proposed border wall for landing the river on the list.They say it could have catastrophic consequences on the ecosystem around the river. Proposals by President Donald Trump to build a border wall along the Lower Rio Grande in South Texas earned the waterway a spot on the list of America's most endangered rivers,...

At a Glance A large crack formed last week at Kenya's Great Rift Valley.Ash that filled the crack was washed away when rain fell a short time later.The crack was blamed on shifting plates that will eventually separate Africa into two continents. Heavy rainfall is believed to be responsible for exposing a massive crack that formed in the ground in Kenya at the Great Rift Valley – a phenomenon experts say is just the beginning of Africa's eventual split into...

Across all online platforms, weather.com is dedicating an entire day to covering the ongoing catastrophe in Puerto Rico, one month after Hurricane Maria made landfall and ravaged the island. Most of the 3.4 million U.S. citizens who live on the island are still without power a month later, and about 1 millionlack drinking water. Some have turned to desperate measures to acquire necessities, and promises from elected officials have fallen short in many ways. So today, please browse our website,...