Residents of Moore began returning to their homes a day after the tornado smashed some neighborhoods into jagged wood scraps and gnarled pieces of metal. In place of their houses, many families found only empty lots.

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At least six people were killed Wednesday as a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people.

Police reported a tornado hit the Rancho Brazos subdivision and adjoining areas along Lake Granbury in the North Texas town of Granbury Wednesday night.

Strong winds push melting ice onto lakeshore in Minnesota. Twenty homes also destroyed or damaged in Canada, report says. Ice as high as 30 feet on Canadian shore.

An official disaster designation announced Friday makes federal funding available to supplement state and local recovery efforts. It covers the period of Feb. 20-23, when back-to-back storm systems dumped record amounts of snow in parts of Kansas.

Residents in Missouri and Arkansas are grappling with the aftermath of a series of storms that spawned at least two tornadoes.

Authorities say a lightning strike from Tuesday's storm may have caused some damage to a home in Southwest Topeka.

The latest government snapshot of the Kansas winter wheat crop is still portraying a grim picture.

A worker spreads salt on the sidewalk across the street from the Sprint Center this morning in Kansas City. The man was preparing for the third round of the NCAA college basketball tournament at the arena after the region received 6-10 inches of snow overnight. (AP Photo from Charlie Riedel)

Another strong storm with heavy snow and high winds is bearing down on much of Kansas.

Icy roads Thursday night sparked multi-vehicle accidents on the K4 Oakland Expressway and Hwy. 75 Westgate bridges and I-70. All roads were closed while emergency crews respond, but have since reopened.

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Harveyville will hold a ceremony to mark the one-year anniversary of a devastating tornado at 5 pm Thursday at the town's fire station.

Even though the snow stopped falling in Topeka by Wednesday morning, several accidents spurred the Topeka Police Department to enter into Phase III accident reporting just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

With temperatures in the upper 30's, the snow in Shawnee County did not add up to expected totals, but residents in emporia and osage city were not as lucky.

Winds associated with the storm will die down as the system moves east. Emergency crews in Oklahoma get stuck on their way to fire call. Whiteout conditions force plows from Texas highways. Amarillo, Texas gets 19 inches of snow in one day.

We've got heavy snow and dangerously slick roads on the horizon Tuesday. But once you make it home, your problems may not be over.

Climatologist Mark Svoboda says it takes roughly a foot of snow to make an inch of water. That means Kansas would need two to four feet of snow just to erase precipitation deficits since October.

A dance studio in Gladstone, MO and an apartment building in KCK saw roofs collapse under the weight of heavy snow.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment encourages Kansans to be safe and exercise caution during and after the recent winter storm.

Across Kansas, authorities were calling on people to "just stay home today." This SUV is one of dozens of vehicles that slid off I-135. Wichita set a record for daily snowfall Wednesday, with 6.2 inches. Topeka may log twice that much. (Photo from Larry W. Smith.)

Weather conditions across America may give a good many of us an excuse to stay indoors until Friday. About 800,000 square miles in 18 states were under some form of watch or warning today.

Additional snowfall is expected through the evening hours Thursday. Kansas Adjutant and Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli says National Guard teams are patrolling closed highways to rescue stranded motorists.