At a Glance Feet of snow in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, buried downtown parking meters.The city decided to offer free parking until the meters are cleared of snow. Feet of snow has buried downtown parking meters in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, for weeks on end, prompting city officials to offer free parking until the snow can be cleared. Justin Knepper, manager of the Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Development Authority, told weather.com the massive amount of snow in a short amount...

At a Glance A northern Arizona city set a new all-time snowiest day record. Flagstaff picked up almost 3 feet of snow on February 21. In one day, Flagstaff picked up as much snow as some yearly averages in other snowy cities. Flagstaff, Arizona, picked up almost three feet of snow on February 21, 2019, smashing the city's record for all-time snowiest day, a record unbroken for over a century. A total of 35.9 inches of snow was measured at...

At a Glance The crash killed three crew members. Weather may have played a role in the crash. One body had been recovered as of Sunday morning. One body has been recovered after an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crashed Saturday afternoon into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, as it approached Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Three crew members aboard the twin-engine place at the time of the crash are presumed dead, the Chamber County sheriff told WJTV. "Knowing what...

At a Glance Two quarries in Wales, 180 miles from Stonehenge, appear to be the source of the monument's bluestones.Archaeologists think ancient stonemasons used wedges to crack the pillars free from their neighbors.The pillars could have been hauled to southern England on wooden sleds. Archaeologists in the United Kingdom say they have located two ancient quarries that were the source for the bluestones at Stonehenge. The bluestones were the smaller standing stones used to create an inner horseshoe shape and...

At a Glance Major river flooding is ongoing in parts of the South and lower Ohio Valley.Satellite imagery from NASA shows the floodwaters.Parts of the South have had a record-wet February. Multiple rounds of heavy rain have soaked the South and Ohio Valley this month, sending many rivers above flood stage, including some that can be seen from space. The animation below is from NASA satellite imagery and it shows various swollen rivers on Sunday in comparison to about a...

At a Glance Significant damage was reported Saturday evening from an EF3 tornado in Columbus, Mississippi.A 41-year-old woman died after being caught in a building that collapsed.Her death was the first tornado death of 2019.A Pentecostal church was among the buildings that were destroyed. A line of strong thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes in the South Saturday, including one that killed a person and caused significant damage in Columbus, Mississippi. Ashley Glynell Pounds, 41, of Tupelo, Mississippi, was in a house...

At a Glance Winter Storm Quiana's gusty winds caused more problems in the Northeast on Monday.More than 550,000 customers were without power because of the storm.Strong winds led to widespread tree damage across Massachusetts.Huge snow drifts left hundreds of ice anglers stranded on a Minnesota lake. Winter Storm Quiana finally relinquished its grip on the nation Tuesday after leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power, hundreds of crashes and spinouts, at least one person dead and dozens more injured....

An aerial photograph of Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands shows its low-lying islands and coral reefs. (Thomas Reiss/Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center/USGS) At a Glance The Marshall Islands already faces regular flooding.Sea level rise could make the islands uninhabitable by 2050.The nation now plans to elevate islands above the expected rise. The Marshall Islands, a string of atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, has an ambitious plan to fight rising sea levels: Raise the islands. "Raising our islands...

At a Glance Landslides and washouts will keep major roads closed for days, if not weeks.States of emergency were declared Monday in Mississippi and Kentucky.At least three deaths have been connected to the prolonged rains. The effects of more than a week of lingering rain continue to impact parts of Tennessee on Tuesday. Dozens of roads remain closed because of standing water, making it nearly impossible to get students to and from school. Schools in Hardeman, Hardin and McNairy counties...

Steam rises from the Weisweiler coal-fired power plant near Inden, Germany, on Feb. 16, 2019. Germany recently committed to fully phasing out coal-fired power production by 2038, according to a roadmap proposed by a government-sponsored commission. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images) At a Glance The decrease in emissions from fossil fuels averaged 2.2 percent a year from 2005 to 2015.The countries that saw emissions decline the most were those with the most energy and climate policies.The use of less fossil fuel and...

At a Glance An Amtrak train was stranded in Oregon for more than 40 hours before continuing on to Eugene.Winter Storm Ryan closed roads and triggered avalanches in the Pacific Northwest on Monday.Schools in Butte, Montana, were closed Tuesday for the first time in at least 20 years. An Amtrak train with nearly 200 passengers finally arrived in Eugene, Oregon, Tuesday after being stranded for some 40 hours as Winter Storm Ryan dumped heavy snow on the Pacific Northwest. Coast...

Joshua Tree National Park, located in California's Mojave Desert, is among the existing national parks that will be expanded as a result of the bill's passage. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) At a Glance Congress approved a wide-ranging bill that will expand public lands and conservation in the U.S.The measure will add 1.3 million acres of wilderness and create five new national monuments.It will also expand several national parks across the country.The bill has been sent to the White House to be...