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A son's birthday present for his father turns a wilderness adventure into a life-or-death struggle against freezing weather and prowling grizzlies; a casual walk before work plunges a woman into a nightmare of raging rapids and swarms of insects.

An ATV accident pins an experienced outdoorsman in the Canadian badlands, helpless and immobile as freezing temperatures and coyotes close in; a young woman out for a quick walk in Yosemite National Park takes a bad fall.

After a young mother is killed in a snowmobile crash, the investigation reveals it was no accident.

After Hurricane Ivan wreaks havoc in Alabama, a woman's charred remains are discovered.

The weather-related crash of Air Florida Flight 90 on Jan. 13, 1982, leads to changes in air-travel safety.

A violent weather phenomenon causes the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 191 on Aug. 2, 1985.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

Starting the day by opening a window into weather, looking out at the stories and science behind the forecast.

A midday look at up-to-the-minute forecasts and weather stories from around the country.

A midday look at up-to-the-minute forecasts and weather stories from around the country.

A midday look at up-to-the-minute forecasts and weather stories from around the country.

A midday look at up-to-the-minute forecasts and weather stories from around the country.

Uncensored take on weather and storms from an expert trio as unpredictable as nature itself.

Uncensored take on weather and storms from an expert trio as unpredictable as nature itself.

Uncensored take on weather and storms from an expert trio as unpredictable as nature itself.

Uncensored take on weather and storms from an expert trio as unpredictable as nature itself.

When the dead center of extreme weather rolls in and there's no time to get out of its way.

A typhoon, one epic mudslide and an invasion of polar bears; weather's fury is unleashed in a variety of ways; once it gets going it's unstoppable.

Hurricane Irene carves a path of destruction along the East Coast; rivers reach hundred-year-flood levels or higher, washing whole towns and villages off the map.