Weather

The latest tropical system rapidly intensified over the last 24 hours into a hurricane as the storm is now forecast to approach Bermuda on Thursday.

Vast areas of national forest from areas west of Denver all the way to the Wyoming border are closed Wednesday as Colorado faces historic wildfires that may get worse due to windy weather. 

An early-season snowstorm dumped a record-breaking amount of snow across Minnesota on Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands and leading to hundreds of accidents.

Winter weather has arrived early across the northern tier of the country on Tuesday, bringing treacherous travel conditions across the Upper Midwest. 

The latest tropical storm is expected to become a hurricane by the time it gets closer to Bermuda later this week, with forecasters saying the island could feel some impacts.

Firefighters in Colorado were able to gain ground Monday against the state's largest wildfire on record, as the damage from another blaze has totaled among the most costly in state history. 

Parts of southern Alaska are under a tsunami warning after a reported magnitude 7.5 earthquake off Sand Point in the Alaska Peninsula coastline. 

An area of disturbed weather out over the Atlantic Ocean now has a high chance of developing into the next tropical storm during sometime this week, according to forecasters.

The first big shot of winter weather is moving across the Northern Plains on Monday, bringing the chance of several inches of snow.