Weather

The firestorm swarm in Los Angeles may be an omen of what's to come even before and after the traditional warm weather peak fire season of what's now the fire year.

Metro New Orleans has received more snowfall since the start of meteorological winter than many cold-weather cities across the country, including Philadelphia, New York and Anchorage, Alaska.

As the historic winter storm that traveled across the southern U.S. heads east, it's leaving snowfall from Texas to North Carolina. This image was captured by a NOAA satellite showing several inches of snow left on the ground. 

Firefighters in Southern California are once again battling a wildfire, this time in Castaic in Los Angeles County, north of Los Angeles itself. Evacuation orders have been issued for the surrounding areas.

The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5-12 inches through Tuesday evening.

The Red Cross was forced to cancel several blood drives due to the fires, resulting in a shortage of blood, plasma and platelets.

Record-breaking snow accumulation was reported across the Florida Panhandle and prompted the Florida Highway Patrol to shut down some major roadways by early Tuesday evening.

Residents in San Diego are evacuating their communities as two wildfires occurred in the area on Tuesday.

Bay Area musicians played their hearts out in San Francisco to help fellow artists impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.

Insurers, who have reportedly agreed to phase in selling new policies even in fire risk areas, are confronted with massive new claims from clients who lost homes to the L.A. firestorms. But, different insurers pay claims in different and sometimes lesser ways. 

President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration will mark the coldest presidential ceremony in more than 40 years.

Santa Ana winds return to Southern California from Monday to Tuesday, once again raising fire danger concerns.