Posted: 6:25 PM Harrisburg, Illinois, is among the hardest hit, with at least six deaths. The storm damage in Branson is in the tens of millions of dollars, according to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.

Posted: 12:39 PM A SUNNY AND COOL START WAS NOTED OVER EASTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING. MORNING LOWS WERE GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND 30S...ALTHOUGH NORTH WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH PRODUCED WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE TEENS. BY LATE MORNING...A FEW CLOUDS WERE SPREADING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHILE CLEAR CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES AT 11 AM RANGED FROM 35 AT CONCORDIA AND SALINA...TO 49 AT COFFEYVILLE.

Posted: 12:20 PM Weather throughout northeast Kansas.

Posted: 10:33 PM Aw Muhammad, a resident of a refugee camp in western Kabul, pulls back a shade as one of his six surviving children looks out on the snow. Afghanistan is suffering one of its harshest winters in many years. (Photo by Quil Lawrence.)

Posted: 8:19 PM Crews arrived early on Monday, to prepare for a long day of responding to motorists having trouble on the roadways in the first snow of the winter season.

Posted: 10:52 PM Russia says its scientists have reached the lake under 2 miles of ice. The lake has been buried beneath a thick sheet of ice for millions of years, and scientists hope it can yield some clues about early Earth history. (This photo was taken in January 2009.)

Posted: 4:42 PM The death toll rises to at least 39 in Romania, where snow keeps falling. Poland reports 53 deaths, while Russia suffers 64. And Ukraine is hit hard by winter, with at least 122 people dead, according to their state media.

Posted: 11:18 AM As a winter storm hits western Kansas, the Adjutant General's Office is reminding Kansans to take precautions and get ready for winter weather.

Posted: 3:32 PM Residents of an east-central Kansas town hit hard by a tornado last year are seeing more signs of recovery.

Posted: 9:40 PM Mount Cleveland is on the Aleutian Islands, southwest of mainland Alaska. A satellite recently detected "eruptive activity" and a lava dome there.

Posted: 9:32 PM The mammals have at times washed up in groups of as many as 10. Activists say they are transporting the living dolphins by trailers, after tagging them.

Posted: 12:26 AM As many as 10,000 people found themselves fleeing their homes, as winds gusting to 82 mph pushed a fire toward them, destroying almost 30 homes.

Posted: 6:47 PM The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is encouraging all Kansans to be safe when temperatures drop.

Posted: 3:48 PM With more snow on the way, the 15-feet that's already fallen has Cordova, Alaska experiencing a shortage of shovels.

Posted: 11:04 PM Houston has conducted 20 to 30 high-water rescues, so says an official at the scene. The National Weather Service to investigate possible tornado touchdowns. (Photo taken by iReporter Sunny Shores.)

Posted: 10:24 PM More than 18 feet of snow has fallen in the past weeks in parts of Alaska.

Posted: 11:55 AM Costly 2011 National Weather

Posted: 11:28 AM Weather in Topeka 2011

Updated: 9:02 AM 2011 in Review

Updated: 2:02 PM Winter weather greeted southerners as they returned to work Tuesday following the New Year's holiday weekend, with freezing temperatures replacing the surprisingly warm weather of recent days.

Posted: 8:05 AM Dozens of weather experts are planning to gather in Salina this spring to study thunderstorms.

Posted: 9:43 PM Proper winter tires make a great holiday gift. Tires are not cheap, but they are necessary. If you give the gift of tires, you’ll be the bearer of a valuable present.

Posted: 10:45 PM Hotels were filling up quickly along major roads from eastern New Mexico to Kansas, and nearly 100 rescue calls came in from drivers in the Texas Panhandle as blizzard conditions closed part of Interstate 40 Monday night.

Posted: 9:45 PM The latest count listed 957 dead, and nearly 50 missing; set to climb further as additional bodies are being recovered from the sea and mud in two of the island nation's cities.

Posted: 3:15 PM Here's why Safe Kids Kansas recommends Home CO detectors to save your life, and the lives of everyone in your family.