Posted: 8:26 PM Officials declare states of emergency in New Orleans and Biloxi, Mississippi. About half of oil production in the Gulf has been shut down

Posted: 10:45 PM A local restaurant owner in Pittsfield cooked hamburgers and hot dogs for hundreds in flood-ravaged town.

Posted: 7:07 PM The final day of August could bring the arrival of the newest hurricane, Katia, tonight a tropical storm with winds of about 60 miles per hour.

Updated: 10:19 PM Irene's death toll hit 44 Monday night, which towns continue to battle epic flooding.

Posted: 12:58 PM Employees of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service call center in Topeka were sent home after storm damaged the building.

Posted: 10:14 PM This year is the peak of an 11-year solar cycle, and here's why more GPS disturbances are expected.

Posted: 9:31 PM Missouri has reported 13 other possible heat-related deaths, with the youngest victim being a woman in her mid-30s, according to the Kansas City Health Department.

Updated: 6:11 PM For firefighters, the danger of the job heightens with the outside temperatures.

Updated: 5:43 PM Waste Management offers critical heat warning signs for workers.

Posted: 4:50 PM Here's the full list of "must do's" to help keep your auto running in the heat wave. As seen on 13 News at 4:00 with Jim Hanni on Thursday.

Posted: 11:41 PM Almost half of all Americans are sweating it out and trying to find relief from the oppressive heat wave, now making it way to the East, and reaching into Maine.

Posted: 11:31 PM Check all four of your tires, and the air pressure in them.. just two of the excellent tips on the heat that's beating up your tires this summer.

Posted: 1:41 PM More than 200 people treated for heat emergencies in Oklahoma since June. Oklahoma City will endure its 14th straight day over 100 degrees.

Posted: 5:49 PM Topeka's Cyrus Holliday Building is the place to apply Friday morning for help in paying your power bill, if not paying it would put you out in the street.

Posted: 5:51 PM Barton, Hamilton, Kearney, Morton, Rush and Stanton Counties were added to an emergency declaration.

Posted: 7:10 PM A 12-year-old electrocuted is youngest victim. Death toll expected to rise as other incidents are investigated.

Posted: 10:43 PM Continued dry conditions ahve three more counties moving to emergency drought status.

Posted: 9:37 PM 32 Kansas Army National Guardsmen from the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery remain on duty in Doniphan County this holiday weekend.

Posted: 11:11 PM Larry Grady says the microburst hit his property near Jetmore, as a powerful storm died down, then powered up again last night.

Posted: 7:37 PM Chase, Coffey, Graham, Kiowa, Ness, Wallace and Wyandotte counties are now included in a disaster declaration stemming from June storms.

Posted: 8:14 PM Two dozen soldiers of the National Guard are on duty in Elwood this week. K-7 Highway from Sparks to the Nebraska state line is already shut down from high waters.

Posted: 3:49 PM The state's Emergency Operation Center in Topeka will go to partial activation level Tuesday, staffed on a 24-hour basis to monitor levels along the Missouri River.

Posted: 3:22 PM Four northeast Kansas counties have been declared federal emergencies because of flooding in the Missouri River system.

Posted: 7:11 PM Nearly 50 counties are covered by Friday's declaration for Kansas, from USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Posted: 12:06 AM Police and emergency responders are examining the damage at the home of the Kentucky Derby, to see if it might have been hit by a tornado last night.