More than 4,500 cold-stunned sea turtles rescued from frigid Texas waters

Volunteers in South Texas raced to save roughly 4,500 cold-stunned sea turtles this week threatened by severe winter weather, and SpaceX stepped in to help in the rescue effort.

Wintry mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain hit DC region Thursday

A messy mix of winter weather moved across the D.C. area Thursday bringing snow, freezing rain and sleet to different parts of the region. Download the FOX 5 Weather App

Texas mayor tells residents it's 'sink or swim', resigns amid winter power outages

A Texas mayor has resigned over controversial social media posts that called his constituents lazy for complaining about power outages, according to a report.

Bald eagle live cam shows bird nesting amid winter snow storm

The Pennsylvania Game Commission's popular Eagle Cam, a 24/7 livestream at the Hanover, Pa. nest, is showing that not even Mother Nature can stop a bald eagle from nesting duty.

Winter storm to bring snow, ice to DC region Thursday

Here we go again! Another storm system is expected to overspread the D.C. region with snow, sleet, and freezing rain all in the forecast for the region on Thursday.

Dallas-area family details their brush with record-breaking storm

Glenn and Ezell Holley grew up in Texas and they've never experienced the kind of winter storm that has left millions of people without power and dozens dead – until now.

Wednesday Night Weather Forecast
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FOX 5's Sue Palka is here with your Wednesday night weather update and shares the latest on tomorrow's winter storm.

Texas power outages seen from space in stunning before-and-after photos

Images from the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite compared before-and-after photos of the lights in Houston, Texas during a record-breaking winter storm.

Wednesday Evening Weather Forecast
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FOX 5's Caitlin Roth is here with your Wednesday evening weather update and has more on the winter storm that could potentially hit the region tomorrow.

'Snownado': Large waterspout swirls over Texas lake amid record cold

Some are calling this a “snownado” - but here’s the science behind these large waterspouts seen swirling over some lakes in Texas amid record cold temperatures.

Animals at primate sanctuary freeze to death amid Texas power outage

A chimpanzee, several monkeys, some lemurs and an uncounted number of birds died when a nonprofit San Antonio-area wildlife sanctuary lost power this week.

Nearly three-quarters of contiguous US covered in snow amid polar vortex

More than 73% of the lower 48 U.S. states were covered in snow this week, causing power outages and even impacting COVID-19 vaccine shipments.