A powerful storm blows through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first day of spring, bringing heavy snow and strong winds a day after temperatures reached into the 70s.

They passed out cigars in Fargo, N.D., on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city prepared to celebrate what appears to be a successful defense against the swollen Red River.

As the Red River swells again, Fargo, N.D., residents are weighing the National Weather Service forecasts. They are well aware that predicting what happens on the river is not an exact science.

China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”