In a story that has "Canada" written all over it, a 28-year-old Nova Scotia man took his snowmobile for a spin near the oh-so-charmingly-named Poison Lake, only to crash into a snowbank and then get hit by a fire truck which was there to "help" him.
The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek higher ground now" was sent at 4:03 a.m. local time....
Young campers and a dad saving his family were among the dozens killed in the historic flash floods that tore through central Texas over the holiday weekend....