The storms could be accompanied by hail or damaging winds and have the highest chance of forming on Tuesday evening.

Severe storms were expected to rip across parts of the northern U.S. on Monday, bringing numerous hazards to multiple states.

One of the wettest Mays in the last 1 ½ centuries has eliminated extreme drought in western North Dakota, though the region remains mired in lesser forms of dryness.

A wildfire burns in the Turtle Mountain area of North Dakota on Sunday, May 4, 2025. Credit: AP/Wanda Parisien Seventy-five to 100 firefighters responded on Sunday, the busiest day, Parisien said.

North Dakota officials were ordered by federal Judge Peter Welte to adopt the map, but an appeals court has reversed that ruling, and Sec. of State Michael Howe says the state will be returning to ...

Much of the state is in some level of drought, including a swath of western North Dakota in severe or extreme drought, according to a recent map by the U.S. Drought Monitor.