A series of strong aftershocks followed just minutes after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake Monday morning. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake followed hours later.
Bands of sleet and snow brought traffic to a standstill across the nation's midsection, canceled thousands of flights, left hundreds of thousands without power and were blamed for six deaths.
Winter weather brought ice to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, causing the cancellation of more than 1,600 flights nationwide, bringing traffic to a standstill on an interstate through Arkansas and knocking out power to thousands of Texans.