BISMARCK, N.D. — Nearly a foot of snow buried parts of North Dakota on Thursday as the region’s first wintry weather of the season swept through the Rockies and into the northern Plains, slowing travel and frustrating some farmers who still have crops left to harvest. Eleven inches of snow fell near Stanley, North Dakota, in the state’s northwest corner, …
McALLEN, Texas — Thousands of homes and businesses in the South Texas city of Corpus Christi are without power Tuesday after the state’s first tropical storm of the hurricane season made landfall, bringing strong winds, welcome rain and cooler temperatures following months of hot, dry weather. Tropical Storm Harold, which never reached hurricane status, made landfall about 10 a.m. near …
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Cities across the U.S. Southwest hit impressive rainfall totals this summer, bringing much-needed — but temporary — relief to a region that has been mired in drought. The annual rainy period known simply as “the monsoon” ended Thursday with widespread precipitation across New Mexico and Arizona, including snow in higher elevations. “It was pretty epic, especially for …
