Mississippi Storm

A search for a missing cat in Mississippi led to a far scarier discovery -- an alligator in a storm drain.

Oil and gas producers pulled staff from offshore platforms while Alabama, Florida and Mississippi declared states of emergency as Tropical Storm Nate twisted towards the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday after killing at least 25 people in Central America.

It was during a lightning storm that Janis Melton of Baldwyn, Mississippi, captured the striking photograph.

A powerful storm system plowed up the US Eastern seaboard with torrential showers and high winds on Monday, hindering airline and rail travel, after killing at least 21 people in the South, many in mobile homes demolished by tornadoes.

A powerful weather system swept up the US East Coast on Monday with pounding rain and high winds, potentially snarling travel for millions after tornados killed at least 18 people in Georgia and Mississippi over the weekend.

A severe storm system that spun off apparent tornadoes and left scattered destruction around the Southeast has claimed at least 18 lives on a two-day sweep across the region, authorities said.

A six-hour standoff at a rural Mississippi house ended early on Saturday when authorities stormed the house and the gunman inside opened fire, authorities said. One law enforcement officer was killed and three others were wounded, and the man suspected of firing on officers was also killed.

Floods in Missouri forced hundreds of residents out of their homes on Tuesday after four days of storms sent rivers to record levels, killing at least 13 people, closing hundreds of roads and halting shipping on the swollen Mississippi river.

Storms hit the US South, Southwest and Midwest over the Christmas holiday weekend, unleashing floods and tornadoes that killed at least 43 people, flattened buildings and snarled transportation for millions during a busy travel time.

Millions of residents in the southern United States struggled today to recover from the deadly storms and floods that struck the region over the past days.

Southern US states began digging out on Thursday after severe storms including some 20 tornadoes killed at least 10 people, and Mississippi declared a state of emergency in areas pounded by twisters.

At least 34 people were killed in tornadoes unleashed by a ferocious storm system that razed neighborhoods in the southern United States over the last three days and threatened more destruction in heavily populated parts of the South on Tuesday.

A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, killing at least 31 and forcing frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark on Tuesday.

On a second day of ferocious storms that have claimed at least 21 lives in the southern United States, a tornado tore through the Mississippi town of Tupelo on Monday destroying homes and businesses, according to witnesses and emergency officials.

Severe thunderstorms crawled across the US southeast on Monday, dumping heavy rains and causing flash flooding in central Alabama, where crews in small boats and military trucks had to rescue more than two dozen people from their homes and cars.

A search for a missing cat in Mississippi led to a far scarier discovery -- an alligator in a storm drain.

Oil and gas producers pulled staff from offshore platforms while Alabama, Florida and Mississippi declared states of emergency as Tropical Storm Nate twisted towards the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday after killing at least 25 people in Central America.

It was during a lightning storm that Janis Melton of Baldwyn, Mississippi, captured the striking photograph.

A powerful storm system plowed up the US Eastern seaboard with torrential showers and high winds on Monday, hindering airline and rail travel, after killing at least 21 people in the South, many in mobile homes demolished by tornadoes.

A powerful weather system swept up the US East Coast on Monday with pounding rain and high winds, potentially snarling travel for millions after tornados killed at least 18 people in Georgia and Mississippi over the weekend.

A severe storm system that spun off apparent tornadoes and left scattered destruction around the Southeast has claimed at least 18 lives on a two-day sweep across the region, authorities said.

A six-hour standoff at a rural Mississippi house ended early on Saturday when authorities stormed the house and the gunman inside opened fire, authorities said. One law enforcement officer was killed and three others were wounded, and the man suspected of firing on officers was also killed.

Floods in Missouri forced hundreds of residents out of their homes on Tuesday after four days of storms sent rivers to record levels, killing at least 13 people, closing hundreds of roads and halting shipping on the swollen Mississippi river.

Storms hit the US South, Southwest and Midwest over the Christmas holiday weekend, unleashing floods and tornadoes that killed at least 43 people, flattened buildings and snarled transportation for millions during a busy travel time.

Millions of residents in the southern United States struggled today to recover from the deadly storms and floods that struck the region over the past days.

Southern US states began digging out on Thursday after severe storms including some 20 tornadoes killed at least 10 people, and Mississippi declared a state of emergency in areas pounded by twisters.

At least 34 people were killed in tornadoes unleashed by a ferocious storm system that razed neighborhoods in the southern United States over the last three days and threatened more destruction in heavily populated parts of the South on Tuesday.

A dangerous storm system that spawned a chain of deadly tornadoes over three days flattened homes and businesses, killing at least 31 and forcing frightened residents in more than half a dozen states to take cover and left tens of thousands in the dark on Tuesday.

On a second day of ferocious storms that have claimed at least 21 lives in the southern United States, a tornado tore through the Mississippi town of Tupelo on Monday destroying homes and businesses, according to witnesses and emergency officials.

Severe thunderstorms crawled across the US southeast on Monday, dumping heavy rains and causing flash flooding in central Alabama, where crews in small boats and military trucks had to rescue more than two dozen people from their homes and cars.