Weather

Government officials in Tonga said tsunami waves nearly 50 feet high rushed inland, destroying everything in their path on the western coasts of the Tongatapu Islands, 'Eua and Ha'apai Islands. At least three people died.

The Northern Plains will start the week out 20-30 degrees above average before dropping into single digits.

The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the Amazon warehouse in central Illinois where he worked has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

Six members of the Haywood County Search and Rescue had to leave their 4WD truck and put on snowshoes to find a stranded hiker who decided to go camping during a winter storm.

Four confirmed tornadoes were reported in Florida on Sunday, causing damage to different parts of the state -- including in Fort Myers and Naples.

A storm brought snow to South and Mid-Atlantic states over the weekend. The Great Lakes, Upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire could still see 1-2 feet of snow through Monday.

Weather forecasters say more than an inch of snow fell per hour in some parts of the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia.

The owner can be heard saying: “There’s my snow dog, refusing to come outside…she’s not having it.”

The driver was taken to a local hospital for treatment, according to local reports.

The tsunami threat throughout the Pacific from a huge underwater volcanic eruption has begun to recede, though the massive ash cloud covering Tonga is preventing surveillance flights from New Zealand to assess the extent of damage.