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A tractor-trailer hauling tens of thousands of pounds of fruit was involved in a roll-over crash early Tuesday in Stonington, Connecticut.

A surge of stranded electric vehicles, predominantly Tesla cars, has overtaken the Oak Brook Supercharger station in Chicago, as a severe cold snap renders many EVs powerless and immobile. 

The wind chill could be as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of Iowa as voters head to their respective precincts on Election Day.

Brutal winter weather sweeping across the U.S. is expected to impact voter turnout at the Iowa Republican caucuses as several areas of the nation experience deathly low temperatures.

The weather could either suppress turnout — benefiting Donald Trump — or discourage pro-Trump Iowans who believe he will win the primary.

Americans are bracing for a dangerous storm system moving across the central Plains to the Midwest and heading toward the Gulf Coast.

A massive winter storm continued moving through New England on Sunday as residents hunker down for the duration.

Numerous California coastal towns were hit by massive waves Thursday, leaving people hurt and buildings damaged as a Pacific storm leaned into the area.

Storm Gerrit battered the UK, destroying homes and a passenger train, and leaving thousands without electricity across Scotland and England. 

A chain-reaction crash involving seven vehicles on a motorway in northwest Turkey killed at least 10 people.

A heroic U.S. Coast Guard team rescued four fishermen and a dog after they lost control of their boat off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday.

The Chinese Communist Party has documented the deaths of 127 people as of press time on Tuesday and hundreds of injuries as a result of a series of earthquakes in northern Gansu province, the largest of which measured 6.2 magnitude.

New Yorkers were slammed by heavy rain overnight Monday that knocked out power and caused frustration for commuters.

The largest solar flare in years occurred Thursday, temporarily knocking out radio communications on Earth.

Winds up to 108 mph slammed France’s Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe.

A brief tornado touched down in San Antonio, Texas, early Thursday, and video footage shows the eerie incident.

A deadly pileup on Interstate 55 near New Orleans, Louisiana, happened Monday when a “super fog” dangerously blanketed the roadway.

An Alaska Airlines plane veered toward a SkyWest Airlines plane Monday afternoon near Portland International Airport in Oregon amid stormy weather, causing transportation workers to hold their breaths.

Smoke from Canada’s still-burning wildfires once again drifted across the border into the northern United States this week, prompting smoke and haze advisories until Wednesday, although the air quality remained much higher than it was during Canadian wildfire smoke plumes this summer.

Severe flooding on Friday in New York City allowed a sea lion to escape from its enclosure at the Central Park Zoo.

Heavy rains overnight in the northeastern United States left parts of New York City under water on Friday, partially paralyzing subways and airports in the country’s financial capital.

Heavy rains overnight in the northeastern United States left parts of New York City under water on Friday, partially paralyzing subways and airports in the country’s financial capital.

Residents in coastal North Carolina and Virginia braced for potential flooding after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges of water.

Olive oil is the latest commodity to see huge price hikes as it faces extreme weather during its production.  

The Libyan Red Crescent on Thursday said the death toll from the flood in Derna, Libya, has reached 11,300 – and may continue to climb, as more than 10,000 people are still missing.

The World Meteorological Organization says Libya’s thousands of flood deaths could have been avoided with a good early warning system.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is warning of a potentially “life-threatening storm surge” for portions of Massachusetts as Hurricane Lee makes its way north in the Atlantic Ocean.

It remains “too soon” to know the impacts Hurricane Lee could have on the northeastern United States, the NHC said.

The southeast United States is escaping the wrath of Hurricane Lee with a coming sharp turn north, but its final path remains uncertain as those in the northeast eye the storm, anticipating possible impact.

Hurricane Lee lost some strength Friday but still poses a threat approaching the southwest Atlantic.

Hurricane Lee has rapidly intensified to a major hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

When an elderly homeless man in Las Vegas, Nevada, recently found himself trapped in floodwaters, a stranger knew exactly what to do.

The popular Burning Man art festival in Black Rock, Nevada, took a turn for the worse on Saturday when heavy rainfall caused unprecedented flooding, closing roads and leaving attendees stranded in the muddy desert.

A 38-year-old woman and her pet dog were rescued from a flash flood in Utah’s Mary Jane Canyon, thanks to the emergency satellite SOS feature on her iPhone. 

Linemen have already restored power to an estimated 420,000 homes since then-Hurricane Idalia’s landfall Wednesday morning.

Tropical Storm Idalia descended on the Carolinas on its way out to the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction throughout the Southeast that stretched back to its landfall as a hurricane in Florida.