At a Glance A 'compromised' dam forced evacuations along the Niobrara River.A third of the 24,000 residents in Norfolk, Nebraska, were ordered to evacuate Thursday.A hospital and nursing home were evacuated in Genoa, Nebraska.Widespread damage was reported in Kilgore, Texas, from high winds. As widespread flooding threatens cities across the Midwest, a flash flood emergency resulting from a "compromised" dam has triggered the evacuation of residents along the Niobrara River. According to a report by the National Weather Service, the...

At a Glance Winter Storm Ulmer continued to hammer the upper Midwest on Thursday.Two deaths have been attributed to the storm.The National Guard was asked to help more than 1,000 stranded drivers on Colorado highways.Hundreds of miles of interstates were closed in the northern Plains as conditions worsened.Denver International Airport canceled more than 700 flights on Thursday. This article is no longer being updated. For the latest impacts, click here. As Winter Storm Ulmer raged, the Colorado National Guard braved...

At a Glance Winter Storm Ulmer continued to hammer the upper Midwest on Thursday.Two deaths have been attributed to the storm.The National Guard was asked to help more than 1,000 stranded drivers on Colorado highways.Hundreds of miles of interstates were closed in the northern Plains as conditions worsened.Denver International Airport canceled more than 700 flights on Thursday. As Winter Storm Ulmer raged, the Colorado National Guard braved wind gusts to nearly 100 mph and whiteout conditions in vehicles with tank-like...

At a Glance New evacuations were ordered overnight in Minnesota and Wisconsin.A Nebraska farmer was killed trying to rescue a stranded motorist. A Nebraska nuclear plant is threatened. A 'compromised' dam forced evacuations along the Niobrara River.A third of the 24,000 residents in Norfolk, Nebraska, were ordered to evacuate Thursday. This article is no longer being updated. For the latest impacts, click here. Flooding in parts of the Midwest has left one man dead threatens a Nebraska dam and nuclear...

At a Glance Roughly 70 homes and businesses in Vernon, Michigan, were damaged by a twister Thursday night. Earlier in the day, a tornado caused damage near Paducah, Kentucky.Tornadoes also caused damage in Michigan, Indiana and Alabama. A tornado damaged at least 70 homes and businesses in a central Michigan town Thursday evening as a line of severe storms brought damaging winds, flooding rains and tornadoes to the Upper Midwest, the Ohio Valley and the South. The EF2 twister touched...

At a Glance Offutt Air Force Base, home to U.S. Strategic Command, is fighting floodwaters.Preparations were being made to shut down a nuclear power plant along the rising Missouri River.Nebraska emergency management spokesman said there is no safety concerns at the plant. A Nebraska farmer was killed trying to rescue a stranded motorist. Two others are missing.Another Nebraska man was swept away by floodwaters in Iowa and later died. All along Midwest rivers Sunday, residents and officials prepared for flooding...

Indonesian police and soldiers search for residents who need assistance at a flooded neighborhood in Sentani, Papua Province, Indonesia, Monday, March 18, 2019. Flash flood and mudslides triggered by days of torrential downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province, killing dozens of people. (AP Photo/Tumbur Gultom) At least 79 people were killed and another 74 were hospitalized in eastern Indonesia after heavy . A Sunday earthquake triggered an additional landslide on the island of Lombok, killing an three...

At a Glance About a third of the base has been cut off by floodwaters.Thirty buildings have as much as 8 feet of water in them.Offutt is the second U.S. Air Force Base to be hit by a natural disaster in less than six months. Flooding from the Missouri River has shut down the runway and inundated 30 buildings at Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha, Nebraska. Offutt is home to U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees America's strategic nuclear...

Disastrous flooding has struck parts of the Plains and Midwest, inundating towns and damaging infrastructure. These before-and-after images give a view of what some of the hardest-hit locations in Nebraska and Iowa are dealing with. (MORE: Latest Flooding News) Below you can see how the Missouri River burst its banks and flooded the town of Pacific City, Iowa, including Interstate 29 on the left. (Satellite image ©2019 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company.) This satellite image comparison shows flooding from the Missouri...

At a Glance Days of torrential rainfall triggered flash flooding and landslides in eastern Indonesia.At least 89 people have been killed by flash flooding and mudslides, and 84 have been hospitalized.On the island of Lombok, three people were killed when an earthquake triggered a landslide. Thousands are homeless and more than 90 people are dead after flash floods and mudslides, at least one triggered by an earthquake, roared through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province, disaster officials said Tuesday. Floodwaters...

At a Glance The yearly average of whale deaths from ship strikes off California for the past five years is 3.4.The number of such deaths jumped to 10 last year.Because many deaths aren't recorded, the actual number could be closer to 60 a year, a study found. The number of whales that died last year after being hit by ships off the California coast was nearly three times the five-year average. The since NOAA Fisheries began tracking in 1982, the...

At a Glance Tropical Cyclone Idai has cut off the city of Beira, home to more than 500,000 people.Hundreds have been killed across three African countries: Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.Nearly 90 percent of Beira has been damaged or destroyed, the Red Cross says.Mozambique's president said he thinks the death toll could top 1,000. Mozambique's central port city of Beira continues to pick up the pieces days after it was battered by tropical Cyclone Idai. The cyclone has killed hundreds across...