This image provided by the Virginia department of Transportation shows a closed section of Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg, Va., on Monday. AP hide caption
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Drivers wait for the traffic to be cleared as cars and trucks are stranded on sections of Interstate 95 on mid-day Tuesday in Carmel Church, Va. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign in Feb. 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
A snowman sits on the Mall near the U.S. Capitol building after a winter storm over the capital region on Monday. Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Bonnie Abbott (left) embraces her husband George as they watch flames engulf homes as the Marshall Fire spreads through a neighborhood in the town of Superior in Boulder County, Colorado on Thursday. Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Stuck motorists are seen along Brunswick Road as heavy snow continues to fall early Monday, in Grass Valley, Calif. Elias Funez/AP hide caption
In this image taken from video from a Caltrans remote video traffic camera, vehicles are backed up on a snow-covered Interstate 80 at Donner Summit, Calif., on Thursday. Snow continued over the Christmas weekend in the area. Caltrans via AP hide caption
An Afghan farmer uses a donkey to carry water canisters across the dried-out river near Sang-e-Atash, Afghanistan. A severe drought has dramatically worsened the already desperate situation in the country. Mstyslav Chernov/AP hide caption
President Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, part of Biden's climate plans, in November on the South Lawn at the White House. Kenny Holston/Getty Images hide caption
People walk their dogs along a narrow road as the first winter frost blankets the fields in Oudeland van Strijen in the Netherlands on Tuesday. It's the shortest day of the year and official start of winter. Jeffrey Groeneweg/ANP/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Loren Grable searches in the rain for mementos in rubble that was once her grandparent's home before it was destroyed the tornado on Dec. 10 in Dawson Springs, Ky. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Dena Ausdorn stands at the remains of her home on Sunday after a tornado in Dawson Springs, Ky. Michael Clubb/AP hide caption
After an unprecedented year in natural disasters, cities like Hoboken and New York City, pictured here after Hurricane Ida, say better weather forecast can save lives. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption
After a year of deadly weather, cities look to private forecasters to save lives
Residents clear fallen trees Thursday, after a strong storm swept through Hartland, Minn. A powerful storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest, bringing hurricane-force wind gusts and spawning reported tornadoes in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota. Christian Monterrosa/AP hide caption
Worksafe Tasmania officers inspect a bouncy castle at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, on Thursday. A strong gust of wind lifted the castle some 30 feet into the air at an event celebrating the end of the school year. Grant Wells/Reuters hide caption
In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a rescuer assists a girl as they wade through flooding caused by Typhoon Rai in Cagayan de Oro City, southern Philippines. AP hide caption
An electronic overhead sign warns motorists headed westbound on Interstate 70 at Ward Road as high winds strafed the Denver metropolitan area Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in Arvada, Colo. A wind storm ripped through communities along Colorado's Front Range Wednesday, leaving a trail of property damage in its wake. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Beatriz and Luis Valero, and their 8-year-old granddaughter Alayah Pacheco, stand in front of what's left of their home. The family says they lost everything in last week's tornado and hope to rebuild, but they had no homeowner's insurance. David Schaper/NPR hide caption
In Kentucky towns slammed by tornadoes, weary residents are picking up the pieces
Dayton Hall, left, and Jackson Mountjoy use calipers to measure a baby oyster at the school's oyster garden in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The school is among more than 50 locations in Mississippi and more than 1,000 nationwide where people raise oysters to help build reefs off their states' coasts. Janet McConnaughey/AP hide caption
An Elmo doll is seen atop a community memorial in a decimated field on Tuesday in Mayfield, Ky. Images and video showed the town was devastated by tornadoes. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Chief Geoffrey Deibler and dispatchers Meghan Collier (center) and Bobbie Brown of the Morganfield Police Department traveled to nearby Dawson Springs, Ky., to help look for survivors. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption
Kentucky crews search painstakingly for 109 people missing after deadly tornadoes
Marty James and a neighbor stand in front of his house in Mayfield, Ky., on Sunday after it was destroyed by a tornado. Cyril Julien/AFP via Getty Images hide caption