Severe storms brought flooding to the Pacific Northwest and South and freezing rain and snow to a broad band from the Great Lakes into New England on Wednesday.

More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has left Spokane residents frustrated. Tempers are so frayed that a man was arrested for shooting at a snow plow operator.

Wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, destroying at least four structures and prompting police to go door-to-door ordering residents to flee one neighborhood.

Freezing temperatures and exceptional snowfall caused travel delays Wednesday across Europe and were blamed for at least 12 deaths.

The green thumbs who keep lawns lush and flora flourishing in Los Angeles have found a new foe among the aphids, white flies and other yard pests ? the water police.

At least 55 people have died over the past four days in northern and eastern India as a spell of cold weather swept the region, officials said on Monday.