Weather

Host Mikaela Lefrak talks those in the EMS field on the what the future holds for some first responders.

On Friday and Saturday this week, the National Weather Service is forecasting windchills in the negative 40s. State officials are asking Vermonters to prepare by making sure they have enough heating fuel, checking on neighbors and family members and staying inside as much as possible. We also have tips to keep your pets safe — and keep your kids entertained.

Since late December, a series of storms had dropped a year's worth of rain in just a few weeks, causing widespread floods and power outages. At least 19 people have died as a result of the storms.

Rescuers raced Friday to find any survivors trapped in debris after tornadoes barreled across parts of the South and inflicted heavy damage on Selma, Ala.

Thanks to a new federal law, cities will get better forecasts about how climate change intensifies rainstorms. Still, it won't be in time for billions of dollars of federal infrastructure spending.

The connection between weather and climate change has never been clearer. And simultaneous extremes, such as hot and dry weather together, are particularly dangerous.

The Natural History Museum in London has digitized its collection of Wilson Bentley snow crystal photographs.Bentley was a farmer in Jericho who developed a method of photographing snow crystals using a camera and a microscope he set up inside his barn.

The National Guard is conducting door-to-door wellness checks in neighborhoods that lost power as authorities search for more casualties.

The city in western New York was among the hardest hit by snow and cold. At least 31 people in Erie County were killed because of the storm as of Tuesday evening, according to the health department.

More than half the deaths occurred in western New York, which struggled with super-size snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles. Buffalo's responders rescued hundreds trapped in cars.