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WASHINGTON -- Severe weather moved through portions of the Central Plains and the Midwest overnight bringing high winds, tornadoes and large hail. While preliminary reports indicate 23 potential tornado touch downs, primarily in Iowa.

The National Weather Service is forecasting an enhanced risk of severe storms with large hail, wind damage and possible tornadoes across the Southern Plains and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Isolated severe storms will be possible today across the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. Ahead of the possibility for severe storms, residents are encouraged to take the threat seriously, listen to local officials and act now to prepare homes and families for potenti...

Monday morning is quiet enough with patchy dense fog with a cool and damp 60 degree start. Skies will be milky with some sun filtering through which will allow us to warm up into the low to mid 70s. Clouds will build through the morning with showers and thunderstorms expected by mid-day. Storms will produce […]

Too much pavement and old drainage systems are just two of the problems communities face.

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Open access notables We need a solid scientific basis for nature-based climate solutions in the United States, Novick et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (perspective):

The state’s first flood disclosure bill awaits the governor’s signature.

Wednesday is shaping up to be a soggy day as a few scattered showers greet us out the door. Gloomy skies remain a constant headline through the day with better chances for widespread, heavy rain moving in later in the evening. Highs still manage to warm into the low to mid 50s thanks to southwest […]

Homebuyers in Maryland have no way of knowing the flood risk they're taking on because of weak disclosure laws, an advocacy group found.

"People deserve to know..."