The Latest Breaking News from Plains

A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over an area. The heat dome can stretch over several states and linger for days to weeks, leaving the people, crops and animals below to suffer through stagnant, hot air that can feel like an oven.

The National Weather Service is warning of dangerous temperatures across the plains and deep south through Father’s Day weekend.

North Lanarkshire leader Jordan Linden visited the development on the site of the former Plains Primary.

Denver may go from about 90 degrees on Thursday to 35 degrees and snow by Saturday morning.

There has been a directional change in tornadoes. While the Great Plains is routinely hit, so are other parts of the U.S.

Fire crews took advantage of a break in the weather in their battle to contain large fires in the West and Plains states, but fear the return of stronger winds could spread the flames further

Shaun Paul was last seen about 9:30pm on Thursday in the Plains area. It is believed he may frequent the areas of Clydebank, Glasgow and Dunbartonshire.

A long-running groundwater leak from open space on the Plains street is causing hazardous underfoot conditions.

Wildfires fueled by dry, windy conditions have destroyed dozens of homes in Texas and threatened hundreds of others there and in Oklahoma and Florida this March. They’re a sharp reminder to be prepared for what forecasters warn is likely to be a risky spring for wildfires, particularly in the southern…

The storm system will cover nearly the entire country with a variety of hazardous impacts.

A rainstorm is likely to end with accumulating snow across a narrow corridor of the Plains and Midwest.