Updated: 9:29 AM AUSTIN, Texas — The mighty Central Texas oak trees that help shade homes and beautify neighborhoods are falling prey to an incurable and deadly disease.

Updated: 10:38 PM April, May, and June are typically referred to as Severe Weather Season. As the winter chill begins to thaw and warmer spring air moves in from the south, severe thunderstorms are not uncommon across tornado alley, the southern United States and the Brazos Valley.

Updated: 7:57 PM More rain on Tuesday was the last thing flood fighters across the Midwest wanted to see, adding more water to swollen rivers now expected to remain high into next month.

Posted: 5:40 PM A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard rains, high winds and severe thunderstorms to the East by the weekend.

Updated: 9:08 AM Forecasters say Oklahoma is at a moderate risk for severe weather as a storm system moves through the state.

Posted: 8:54 AM A spring storm is bringing much-needed moisture to parts of the Rockies and the Plains but winds are raising the wildfire danger to the south.

Updated: 10:23 AM The weekend forecast isn't looking too shabby for Parent's Weekend.

Posted: 10:35 AM A powerful spring storm that brought tornadoes, hail and high winds to the Deep South after socking the Midwest is making its way toward the Carolinas early Friday, with three deaths blamed on the rough weather and thousands of people without power.

Updated: 7:30 AM Storms continue to rake the Midwest with rain, snow and dangerous winds.

Posted: 1:09 PM Want to see what happens when the impacts of climate change are felt? Well, just look at Texas, some scientists say.

Updated: 11:17 PM Thunderstorms dumped quite a bit of rain in some parts of the Brazos Valley Tuesday night & early Wednesday. A few more rounds of showers will be possible Wednesday afternoon & evening.

Updated: 5:42 PM An upper-level low, and associated cold front, moving out of the Desert Southwest towards Texas will bring a widespread chance for showers and thunderstorms to the Brazos Valley Tuesday afternoon through Thursday morning.

Updated: 7:16 AM Forecaster William Gray says he expects a very active hurricane season, but he's not yet giving likely numbers of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes.

Updated: 8:06 AM KBTX News 3 thanks you for the thousands of inquiries asking about Chief Meteorologist Bob French. As has been addressed in various segments during First News at Four, Bob continues on extended leave to attend to family matters.

Posted: 10:35 PM Winter storm warnings and advisories have been issued as far east as Pennsylvania as a storm system moves across the country after dumping up to 15 inches of snow on parts of Colorado and Kansas.

Updated: 1:59 PM Interested in becoming a Trained Storm Spotter before the upcoming severe weather season? The National Weather Service will be in Bryan to conduct SKYWARN training at the EOC in Downtown Bryan.

Updated: 10:34 AM Heads up from Texas A&M University astronomers regarding Comet PanSTARRS, which will be visible to the naked eye as it zips through the skies over Bryan-College Station and the northern hemisphere starting this week.

Posted: 8:23 AM The Illinois Department of Transportation has a fleet of 600 trucks to plow roadways today in Northern Illinois.

Posted: 9:18 PM Nearly 2 feet of snow should offer some relief for the parched states in the Great Plains - but it's no drought-buster.

Updated: 11:16 AM Airports in the Texas Panhandle are closed and National Guard units are mobilizing to assist stranded motorists as a winter storm blankets the region with a foot of snow in some places.

Posted: 6:36 AM A winter storm hitting the central Plains is leaving several inches of snow in much of West Texas and the Panhandle.

Posted: 11:19 PM A second major winter storm is bearing down on the central Plains, forcing cancellations and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand supplies less than a week after another system dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region.

Posted: 8:32 PM Four deaths are now blamed on the winter storm that's moved from the Plains states over the Great Lakes.

Updated: 11:28 AM Thunderstorms are expected across the Brazos Valley Thursday morning. Some storms could become strong to severe between 5am and noon.

Posted: 6:08 PM Hundreds of snow plows and salt spreaders are hitting roads and highways across the nation's heartland, preparing for a winter storm that could dump up to a foot of snow in some areas and bring dangerous freezing rain and sleet to others.