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A winter storm front which has battered California is expected to bring severe weather to the South through Friday, including heavy rain and possibly tornadoes. Meteorologist Mike Bettes with The Weather Channel has the forecast.

A winter storm system sweeping through the United States is now hitting the Northeast. Errol Barnett reports.

Officials discussed getting approval from TxDOT for a burn box to help with cleanup efforts. WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Recovery efforts are still underway across Central Texas after the early February ice storm led to tree branches snapping and leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. On Tuesday, Michael Shoe with Williamson County’s Emergency Management Department gave a damage update on storm recovery. Shoe told officials during a meeting that the county’s damage…

Officials discussed getting approval from TxDOT for a burn box to help with cleanup efforts. WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Editor’s note: The video attached was produced on Feb. 7 when Williamson County extended the county’s disaster declaration following the ice storm. Recovery efforts are still underway across Central Texas after the early February ice storm led to tree branches snapping and leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. On Tuesday, Michael Shoe with…

Severe storms produced tornadoes in Tennessee and Mississippi, leaving damage in their wake. Omar Villafranca reports.

Austin Energy said the customers that remain have damage on customer-owned equipment that needs a licensed electrician to repair. AUSTIN, Texas — On Saturday afternoon, Austin Energy said power had been restored to “all remaining customers who are able to safely receive power” following last week’s ice storm. The winter storm caused widespread damage to trees and power lines from significant icing due to freezing rain. Hundreds of thousands of Central Texans lost power during…

The ice storm did not affect all of Austin equally. While damaged trees and power outages occurred across town, they seemed to concentrate in certain parts of the city, especially on the West Side. There are many reasons for this. Ice may have accumulated more in certain places thanks to the weather or local geography. Power lines in some areas may have been more recently cleared or cleared to a higher standard. But the kinds…

Chile’s government extended an emergency declaration to another region as wildfires continue to rage.