Severe Weather

The National Weather Service is warning of a record-breaking March heat wave with temperatures hitting 102 degrees, posing significant health risks.

Rattlesnake encounters are increasing across Southern California as warmer-than-normal weather brings more snakes to the surface, according to a local snake removal expert.

Southern California faces an early-season heat wave with temperatures 25 degrees above normal, prompting NWS heat advisories and Cal/OSHA worker safety warnings.

Southern California faces high wind warnings and a heatwave this weekend as Santa Ana winds gust up to 70 mph and temperatures climb more than a dozen degrees above normal.

Spring will arrive on March 20. Here’s a look at how much warmer spring has gotten in your area since 1970.

A group of 15 skiers were on the final leg of a backcountry trip to Castle Peak near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada when they were caught in the avalanche.

Authorities say 15 people were on a three-day skiing trip. Here's what we know so far about the victims and survivors of the avalanche.

California safety officials are launching an investigation into the tour company at the center of Tuesday's catastrophic avalanche near Lake Tahoe's Castle Peak.

This is considered the deadliest avalanche in California history.

At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo confirmed that one of the deceased victims was married to a member of the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team.

"I literally walk out our bedroom door and look and there's a tree branch sitting in the middle of our stairwell," said homeowner Sean Thomas.

Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said in addition to those who died, there were six people rescued, whose ages range from 30 to 55.

The body of a stranded driver who was swept away by floodwaters in the Cajon Pass was discovered on Wednesday, officials said.

The second storm of the week brought powerful winds, heavy rain and mountain snow to Southern California.

Six backcountry skiers were located during an avalanche in the Northern California mountains, but at least nine skiers remain missing.

The National Weather Service said Monday's storm was expected to produce about 1 to 3 inches in coastal and valley areas and 2 to 5 inches in the mountains.