The threat of strong tornadoes, damaging hail and high winds is highest in the upper Midwest through Monday night. Severe weather and heavy rain will then stretch from the Great Lakes to the Southern Plains on Tuesday.

Here's what we know so far about this widespread blackout.

Dramatic video shows how severe storms spawned a huge tornado in northwest Nebraska on Sunday. The twister derailed a train near Ashby, knocking over as many as 130 railcars.

Trail cam footage from the Chaney Trail Corridor Project shows a mountain lion and other wild animals repopulating an area devastated by the Eaton Fire in California earlier this year. The deadly wildfires burned thousands of acres of wilderness, but signs of life are reappearing.

Here's your latest monthly temperature and precipitaiton forecast for May.