A colossal winter storm brought deep cold, ice, sleet, and snow to millions across a huge swath of the country. The storm caused numerous power outages and triggered thousands of of flight cancellations.

For school-aged children playing in the snow, their clothing can get wet, even through multiple layers. Sometimes the dampness is from sweating as they play, but it means they get colder faster. Sweat also brings on another potential danger: dehydration.

Sheriff’s offices and departments collaborate with county emergency managers to determine whether current conditions with the weather and roadways constitute issuing a snow emergency level. LEVEL 1: Roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow.

A series of winter storms brought fresh snow to California's Sierra mountains over the holiday weekend. Lake Tahoe area ski resorts reported significant snowfall, with base depths ranging from 16 to 76 inches. The storms helped build base depth for skiing ...

Track the amount of snow that's fallen in your area during the biggest storm of 2026 so far.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Slick roads are complicating the Monday morning commute across Northeast Ohio after a weekend winter storm dumped heavy snow across the region and pushed several counties into snow emergencies.

Forget robotaxis — a man and his robo-snow blower were the envy of X during the weekend's winter storm.

The latest forecast puts Central Park at 12 inches of snow, and that’s still the highest snowfall seen there in several years. The last time New York’s weather station in the park saw more than a foot of snow from a single storm was in 2021.