severe weather

Severe storms swept through North Texas on Sunday night, leaving over 47,000 residents without power and raising concerns about flash flooding. The storms, which began overnight, initially knocked out power to more than 90,000 customers, with outages peaking early Monday morning. Dallas and Tarrant counties were hit hardest.

A man died early Wednesday after severe flooding trapped two vehicles beneath a bridge in North Dallas, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue.

The school district has canceled classes at its only campus through the end of the week because of damage from Sunday's storm and tornado.

Classes are canceled today at Gordon Independent School District's only school following storms Sunday night.

"Wind is unlike many other hazards because you really can't see it," says AAA's Bill Van Tassel.

Hailstorms seem to be happening more frequently and the hail appears to be getting bigger. But the reasons for this might not be as obvious as you think.

The Smokehouse Creek fire tore through the Texas Panhandle early last year, burning over a million acres in just weeks. In the small town of Canadian, where the devastation was severe, residents say the heartbreak lingers and a full recovery could take years.

North Texas saw severe weather earlier this month that left widespread damage and power outages.

A storm system crossing the U.S. threatens to unleash tornadoes Friday in the Mississippi Valley, blizzards in the northern Plains and dry conditions in Texas and Oklahoma that pose a wildfire risk.

Strong thunderstorms with gusts over 70 mph damaged apartments, schools and RVs.

North Texas was under a tornado watch while thunderstorms, straight-line winds and rain snarled traffic during the morning commute.

From hurricane season to ice storms, the way the state gets its alerts might change after scientists at NOAA and the National Weather Service were fired.