The striking image from the International Space Station captures the rain shadow effect, where a part of a mountain range is ...

Jacque Schrag/Axios As winter storms bring snow and ice to wide swaths of the U.S. this week, it's worth a look back to see when your area set its all-time snowfall record. How it works: NOAA captures ...

Meanwhile, high elevation areas above 5,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada mountains are expecting up to 4 feet of snow during the same time period. A map from ... heavy rainfall over parts of coastal ...