Video: Small Arizona towns feel wildfire heat

Wildfires closed in on several small mining towns in central Arizona as hundreds of residents pondered evacuation. NBC’s Lester Holt has more. (Nightly News)

Tropical Storm Alberto hovers off SC coast

Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, a day after becoming an early first storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Year after tornado, Obama to address Joplin grads

President Barack Obama will dliver the commencement address s commencement address on Monday will come one year after the deadliest tornado in the United States in six decades killed 161 people.

1st tropical storm strengthens off Carolinas

A tropical storm watch was issued for the South Carolina coast after Alberto formed, bringing an early start to the Atlantic hurricane season.

1st tropical storm strengthens off Carolinas

Tropical Storm Alberto formed off the South Carolina coast on Saturday, bringing an early start to the Atlantic hurricane season.

Wildfires pop up in more western states

Firefighters at a wildfire burning about 12 square miles in northern Colorado expect warm stormy weather will make their work more difficult Friday.

Katrina levees as historic sites?

Sites where levee failures led to the catastrophic flooding after Hurricane Katrina would join a federal list of the nation's historic icons if an activist has her way.

'Yucky' year for maple syrup tied to mild winter

Historic warmth in March slashed this year's U.S. maple syrup output as much as 40 percent as sugar maple trees, which need freezing temperatures at night to sustain sap production, dried up early or largely produced bad-tasting syrup.

Insurer: Car-wildlife collisions rose in mild winter

The mild winter led to at least one unexpected consequence: many more costly collisions between cars and wildlife on American roads.

New Mexico makes drought official

There's no question it's dry in New Mexico. Many argue that's an understatement, including Gov. Susana Martinez.

April was 5th warmest month globally on record

Meteorologists say unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide.

Most mammals won't flee climate change fast enough

As the climate changes over the next century, the ranges of nearly 90 percent of mammal species will shrink — in many cases because animals won't be able to get to areas where the climate is going to become suitable for them, says new research.

Dakotas farmers rebound after historic flood

Customers are tossing back more beer this spring than last at Drinks Inc. on Main Street in Mohall, and it has a lot to do with the barley farmers are once again planting in the fields around the town of about 1,000 people.

Video: Rain storms expected in South, warm on coasts

NBC's Bill Karins looks at the nation's weekend forecast. (msnbc tv)

Two kids die in hot cars as risk rises

Two young children have died this month in Texas and Missouri after their parents accidentally left them in hot vehicles. The tragedies underscore what experts say is typically a seasonal spike in fatalities from hyperthermia, or heat stroke, among kids left in cars and trucks.