On Monday and Tuesday, massive hailstones fell on several eastern Colorado communities. The hailstones could be the largest ever recorded in the state.

California is the world’s fourth largest wine producer in volume. The regions of Napa and Sonoma are world-famous and are known for producing some of the most highly prized — and priced — wines.

Frontier and Alaska Airlines both had planes damaged by the hailstorm that battered much of the region Sunday evening.

Two local women pleaded guilty on Friday on insurance fraud charges. Tracie Lee Grice, 48, of Tabor City pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree arson and one count of making false insurance claim to obtain benefits for fire loss.

It’s important to consider the communication preferences of five different generations when building a better claims process. In any given year, approximately 5% to 7% of U.S. auto and homeowners will file an insurance claim.

While cleanup was under way in several parts of Central Oregon from two days of thunder, lightning, hail and flash flooding, a new group of storms rumbled through the region Saturday afternoon and evening, knocking out power to about 2,000 on Bend’s north end for several hours

Some 3,800 workers at a Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) meat-processing plant in Kansas will be out of work after a Friday night fire that caused significant damage, but the company on Sunday said it will provide them “some guaranteed pay.”

After a timid start to the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters are advising that conditions have changed to allow for "above-normal" activity as the peak months of the season have arrived.

A Florida couple was having a relaxing Sunday morning listening to the storms, until MaryLou Ward heard a loud bang. "It was the loudest noise I’ve ever heard," she said.

Lightning sparked a house fire in Volusia County for the second time in four days. The Edgewater family made it out of the home safely, but the house is a complete loss.

Mike Karbo’s neighbor woke him up about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, asking for his help rescuing two people from a collapsed garage. But Karbo, information director for the town of Burke, South Dakota, said that was only the beginning of the damage from a tornado that rolled in overnight.

Tennis-ball sized hail and even one report of baseball-size hail pelted parts of the Twin Cities on Monday as thunderstorms rolled through the state. "That’s scary-sized hail," said Brent Hewett, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Chanhassen. "It doesn’t happen often."

Technology is a tool, like fire or gin. It can be used for good or for ill. Most workers on a construction site or in a warehouse are willing to wear a sensor if it will keep them from getting run over by a forklift or knocked off a ledge by a crane.

Hurricanes come and go, but the threat of flooding is here to stay. For example, Hurricane Barry’s projected damage will land somewhere between $500 million and $900 million in flood and wind losses, according to CoreLogic.

A large Holladay home was ravaged in a blaze late Saturday, firefighters said. Crews were called to 6085 S. Tolcate Woods Lane (2930 East) at 8:20 p.m. where the fire had started in the basement, Unified Fire Authority officials said.