5 puppies die after being left outside animal shelter in below-freezing temperatures

Deputies are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman who left a box of puppies outside of a Kentucky animal shelter in below-freezing temperatures, causing five of the nine puppies to die.

Beleaguered Texas hospitals with no water evacuate patients amid winter storm power outages

Some hospitals in Texas were dealing with water shortages, loss of heat and have even been forced to evacuate patients following a deadly blast of winter weather this week.

More than 4,500 cold-stunned sea turtles rescued from frigid Texas waters

Volunteers in South Texas raced to save roughly 4,500 cold-stunned sea turtles this week threatened by severe winter weather, and SpaceX stepped in to help in the rescue effort.

Ted Cruz flew to Cancun with family amid Texas power crisis

Sen. Ted Cruz flew to Cancun, Mexico, with his family this week as Texas dealt with a winter storm that left millions without power.

Texas power outages seen from space in stunning before-and-after photos

Images from the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite compared before-and-after photos of the lights in Houston, Texas during a record-breaking winter storm.

'Snownado': Large waterspout swirls over Texas lake amid record cold

Some are calling this a “snownado” - but here’s the science behind these large waterspouts seen swirling over some lakes in Texas amid record cold temperatures.

Animals at primate sanctuary freeze to death amid Texas power outage

A chimpanzee, several monkeys, some lemurs and an uncounted number of birds died when a nonprofit San Antonio-area wildlife sanctuary lost power this week.

Nearly three-quarters of contiguous US covered in snow amid polar vortex

More than 73% of the lower 48 U.S. states were covered in snow this week, causing power outages and even impacting COVID-19 vaccine shipments.

‘Major breakdown’ of polar vortex blamed for unusual winter weather around the world

Texas and Oklahoma are seeing record subzero temperatures. Greenland is warmer than normal. Snow fell in Greece and Turkey. Meteorologists call this one of the biggest, nastiest and longest-lasting polar vortex breakdowns they've seen.

No power? Here’s how to deal with frozen pipes

Should you let the faucet drip? Can you flush a frozen toilet? Here are some answers from the experts to your questions about frozen pipes.

Texas utility company urges customers to change providers to avoid astronomical power bill amid winter storm

Due to Texas’ deregulated utility market, electricity prices subjected to real-time swings have skyrocketed to as much as $9,000 per megawatt-hour, causing some companies to urge their customers to change service providers.

Record-setting winter storm charges across the US, with 2nd storm on the way

A major winter storm left in its wake record-setting low temperatures across the U.S. The Pacific Northwest saw rare snow, a major blackout is ongoing in Texas and at the rough edge of the arctic blast, a deadly tornado ripped through a North Carolina town.