April’s monthly outlook is here, and some places are expected to be warmer than previously forecasted.

Severe storms are possible from the Midwest and Ohio Valley to the Southern Plains Saturday. The greatest chance for tornadoes will be along the Ohio Valley, but gusty winds are possible all the way from Texas to interior New York. Here’s the latest.

An EF1 tornado ripped through an eastern Iowa backyard, hurling a shed, swing set and debris through the air with peak winds up to 105 mph. Thankfully, the rabbits inside the flying shed all survived.

Winter Storm Kadence has brought over a foot of snow to parts of the Dakotas over the last 24 hours. The storm has shifted east and is now bringing rounds of snow to the Upper Midwest, including northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Here’s the latest.

A grassroots alliance called Swimmable Cities is working to make polluted urban waterways clean enough for recreational use again, with major cities like Chicago, Paris, and London investing in infrastructure upgrades to combat decades of sewage, runoff, and environmental damage.