Slowly retreating floodwaters gave Midwesterners some hope Wednesday that the worst was over, but many worried that the earthen and days-old sandbag levees along the Illinois and Mississippi rivers could still fail.
A powerful spring storm that brought tornadoes, hail and high winds to the Deep South after socking the Midwest was making its way toward the Carolinas early Friday.
The fallout from a lackluster snow-removal effort after a blizzard dumped 30 inches or more across eastern Long Island widened Thursday, ensnaring both state and town officials in its wake.
Freezing rain is slowing the commute in some parts of New Jersey, hampering the cleanup effort after this weekend's snow storm, which dropped more than a foot of snow on parts of the state.