Powerful back-to-back storms have ravaged dozens of mostly Alaska Native communities in western Alaska: Approximately 2,000 people were displaced, and at least one village was entirely torn apart.

Portions of south central, southwest and west central Illinois could see subfreezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees Fahrenheit, according to an alert for the area in force from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. CST ...