More than 80,000 Maine homes and businesses remained without power Monday after a storm dumped up to 21 inches of snow on parts of the state. Now, officials said the power restoration effort could take several days. Gov. Paul LePage issued an emergency proclamation allowing utility crews to stay on the road for longer hours Sunday to help repair lines and restore power. "Our first concern is to get power back on for Mainers. Please stay safe and keep off...

Utility crews continued to restore power across Maine Tuesday, two days after a wicked fall snowstorm knocked out electricity to a bulk of customers along the state's mid-coast. While the number of customers without power dropped below 50,000 by evening, the outages forced election officials to make alternative plans for several polling places for Tuesday's midterm election. There was also one death attributed to the snowstorm. Troopers say a Lubec woman died when her pickup truck went off the road...

Finishing up the first week of November, more snow is in the forecast for parts of the Midwest and northern New England through Friday. (MORE: Expert Analysis | Winter Storm Central) This follows on the heels of a particularly snowy post-Halloween weekend, when as much as 21 inches of snow fell in Cary, Maine and as many as 130,000 people were left without power throughout the Pine Tree State. (MORE: Record Early Double-Digit Snow in Maine) Thursday's Forecast An Alberta...

Accompanying a potent November arctic outbreak, the season's first significant snow, not simply a few flakes, is on the table for the upcoming week in parts of the Plains and Midwest. (MORE:Expert Analysis|Winter Storm Central) Yes, it's time to make sure that snowbloweris ready to go or the snow shovels are dug out of storage deep in your garage. Let's break down what we know right now. Monday's Forecast (Areas of forecast snow are shown in blue. Areas in pink...

Latest Update: 7:20 a.m. ET The worst of Winter Storm Astro shifted into northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula Tuesday, but not before dropping at least a foot of snow in parts of the Upper Midwest Monday. "Winter Storm Astro dumped a foot or more of snow in a swath from central Minnesota to northern Wisconsin and the U.P. of Michigan," said senior weather.com digital meteorologist Jon Erdman. "For some, that foot-plus snowfall was the first of the season." (FORECAST:Winter...

Winter Storm Astro brought the season’s first significant snow to part of the Plains and the Midwest Sunday. Astro dumped the season's first snow in Bismarck, North Dakota Sunday, with 3.2 inches measured at the National Weather Service office. This first snow in North Dakota's capital city arrived about two weeks later than average. Up to 7 inches had accumulated in North Dakota, as of late Monday morning. (MORE: Astro News |Expert Analysis|Winter Storm Central) Snow-covered roads were reported as...

Strong winds broke out in parts of the Pacific Northwest Tuesday, prompting high wind warnings for parts of western Washington and northwest Oregon and blowing trees onto houses in the Seattle-Tacoma area. At least 75,000 customers have lost electricity as a result of the strong winds. The winds are the result of the same winterlike air mass that has plunged all the way south to the Gulf Coast and eastward into the Ohio Valley behind a powerful cold front. A...

You may have checked have checked The Weather Channel app on your smartphone or tablet and noticed a snowflake icon in the forecast, perhaps for the first time this season this weekend into early next week. On the heels of Winter Storm Astro, the potential for snow is there Saturday through Monday for a large part of the Plains, Midwest, and at least interior Northeast. For some locations, it may be the first accumulating snow of the season. Yes, parts...

Just like adults can now work from home, technology may soon eliminate snow days for children. It's happening in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where St. Cloud Cathedral high school principal Lynn Grewinghad plans to keep snow days from piling up in the chilly town. If the kids could break out laptops or iPads and work from home, there wouldn't be any productivity lost. So on Tuesday, with a successful test run already under their belt, Grewing eliminated the first snow day...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a map depicting the ongoing record-setting blast of arctic air in stunning detail. Using data from its High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model, NOAA released a map showing expected low temperatures across the Lower 48 for the night of Nov. 13-14. Below-freezing temperatures are depicted as far south as the Gulf Coast states. The HRRR model, in development for five years, finally became "operational" -- in other words, ready for everyday use...

We told you an Arctic blast was on its way, and we weren't kidding. Many cities saw temperatures plummet as much as 30 degrees within a day as the cold front advanced east. Behind the front, temperatures dropped to 27 degrees below zero Wednesday in Casper, Wyoming, and Riverton, Wyoming had a daytime high of 0 degrees on Thursday. (MORE: Record-Breaking November Arctic Cold: How Long Will It Last?) By Friday, the front had reached as far as the Eastern...

Winter Storm Bozeman put down a long swath of snow from the Pacific Northwest through the Rockies, Plains, Midwest and parts of the Northeast on Nov. 13-17, 2014. (MORE: Winter Storm Bozeman Impacts) Over a foot of snow fell in the mountains of Idaho, western Montana, and Colorado. Some areas also saw ice accumulation from freezing rain, especially in the Pacific Northwest (see below for a recap of the western portion of this winter storm event). On Sunday, snow fell...