These noises are known as frost quakes or cryoseisms, a cold-weather phenomenon that occurs when rain or melted snow in the ...

Overnight on Jan. 26, many people online reported hearing loud booms, mistakenly assuming they were tremors or earthquakes ...

Yes, that sound came from underground.

Reporters from across the NPR Network are covering the storm in each state — the impact and how officials are responding.

A mother and her six children have been killed in eastern Afghanistan after heavy rain caused their home to collapse as they slept at night.

A massive winter storm has dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S., halting air and road traffic and ...

Bonito Lake, N.M., received 31 inches, the most in the United States this weekend, the agency said. East of the Mississippi, the highest totals were recorded in western Pennsylvania, where 20 inches ...

Deaths and power outages were reported across numerous states due to a monster storm across much of the country.

At least 22 deaths were attributed to the weekend’s snowstorm. More than 700,000 homes and businesses, particularly in the South, remained without power on Monday, and officials said it could take ...

The monster winter storm that New York City and the Tri-State Area have been bracing for is here, as heavy snow and sleet ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - There's an Extreme Cold Warning for the Mid-South until noon Tuesday. Limit your outside time and stay warm. It's a cold start to the day under a mostly clear sky. Temperatures this ...