Francine is expected to lash parts of the Gulf Coast with powerful winds and heavy rain as it heads for a Sept. 11 landfall as a full-blown hurricane.

STEELE, N.D. — Strong winds knocked nearly four dozen train cars off a track in North Dakota, part of a storm system that spurred reports of five tornadoes across the Dakotas.

PAVILION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two reported tornadoes struck a Michigan city and the surrounding area May 7, destroying homes and commercial buildings, including a FedEx facility.

Freight trains, unlike passenger trains, have resumed running across the tracks beneath a San Clemente, Calif., landslide that continues to threaten San Diego County’s only rail link with the rest of the United States.

The recent freeze across Texas and Louisiana disrupted scheduled exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas, temporarily tightening some supply of the heating and power-plant fuel.

Wyoming transportation officials are deploying a new roadway messaging system to help truckers avoid dangerous blow-over crashes on interstates as winter's peak accident season nears.

Hurricane Idalia made landfall Aug. 30 in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast.

Florida and four other states issued emergency waivers for commercial motor vehicles that remain in effect for varying periods up to a month to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia.

Chicago is in the crosshairs of a powerful winter storm that could become a “bomb cyclone” — with deep snow, searing winds and an Arctic chill.

A winter storm that killed three people earlier this week has knocked out power in seven states and unleashed tornadoes near New Orleans.