Southern U.S. Storms (2011)

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation’s midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel....

Other than evoking our sympathy and generosity, the  earthquake/ tsunami/nuclear disaster in Japan should be pinging our collective consciousness about our own level of preparedness for natural and man-made disasters. Just to recap, in the last two years...

People and things: * Ben Fuqua. Reader Billy Frey offered an update on Danville golfer Ben Fuqua, the only area player ever to win a Kentucky state golf championship and a former University of Kentucky golfer: “I am helping Ben Fuqua in his quest to...

LEXINGTON — Mary Wasson has always had her eye on the sky. Wasson, a 2000 graduate of George Rogers Clark High School, who has spent the past four years as morning and noon meteorologist at WTVQ Channel 36 in Lexington, did her final newscast...

The Mississippi River has risen to levels never seen in U.S. history — lapping levee tops and threatening cities and hamlets from Memphis to the Gulf. Floodwaters cover an area the size of Connecticut, the result of a record 90 inches of...

Chris Sale won't be the only White Sox starting pitcher who will receive an occasional break, as he did last season. "That will happen probably to everyone where they get an extra day here and there," manager Robin Ventura said Wednesday, one day...

SEVERE WEATHER SE Kansas braced for 2nd round of violent storms DEARING, Kan. (AP) — A second round of potentially violent weather has emergency managers in southeastern and east-central Kansas preparing for any necessary response. The National...

Forecasters are predicting more tornadoes to strike parts of the central U.S. Monday, in areas still recovering from severe weather outbreaks that hit Sunday. An area home to more than 5 million people, stretching from northern Texas, through parts of...

WDBJ7 is on the road in the Midwest trying to catch up with the Hokie Storm Chasers. WDBJ7 anchor Chris Hurst and photojournalist Andy May started their journey late Thursday night. At 6 p.m. Chris and Andy were outside of Peoria, Illinois, about half...

Forecasters are watching for development of potentially severe thunderstorms across Maryland late Thursday, though the strongest chances for severe weather were expected in Southern Maryland. Warming temperatures are expected to fuel the atmospheric...

Each year a group of students and faculty from Virginia Tech depart for the Great Plains in search of severe weather. They come back with an understanding of how severe storms develop, and ways to forecast the threat of severe weather. Tuesday, the...

Tuesday, May 7 I truly hope you were able to catch "Susan's Story," either last night at 6 or today on WDBJ 7 Mornin'. Susan Bahorich bravely shared her personal struggle with ovarian cancer. I am so proud of her for being open and honest with what she is...