Before the days of snowmobiles, dogs were the best way to navigate the rugged Alaska terrain. Tom Skilling shares his adventures with dog mushing on his travels around Alaska.

While Chicago gets about 38 inches of snow in an average winter, in the southern Alaska mountains, that much snow can fall in a day. Tom Skilling shares an account of where winters truly are winters.

Ice hotels are nothing new in Sweden or Canada, but no American city has ever taken on such a project until now. Learn about the first and only ice hotel in the United States located in interior Alaska.

Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather crew explore the largest tsunami on record: The Lituya Bay tsunami that hit Alaska's shores in 1958.

One of man's largest and sturdiest structures takes on one of the world's most powerful forces: Mother Nature. How does the battle unfold?

Tornadoes produce a powerful punch that can churn any area into a pile of debris. But these furious twisters also stir up plenty of fascination for dedicated storm chasers.

From wind chill to heat index maps, this page has every weather map you can imagine. Check it out.

Want to see all the weather webcams in the U.S.? How about where all the weather stations are? Check out this national weather maps' interactive fun.

Watch today's weather in 10 seconds! Check out the skies through our time-lapse cameras around Chicago.

Jim Angel is Illinois' state climatologist. Read about recent news in Illinois weather and other seasonal information.

CoCoRaHS stands for Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. Whew! Check out why "every drop counts."

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration strives to enrich life through science.

This movable panorama shows the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike across the Bolivar Peninsula.