A storm like this is rare for October, forecasters said.

A powerful "microburst and thunderstorm" pushed through Tempe, Arizona, leaving more than 130 people displaced Monday afternoon, officials said. Several apartment buildings were "severely" damaged during the storm, according to the City of Tempe.

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help the more than 1,000 people displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote,

A cold, early-season storm will move through Northern California this afternoon, bringing as much as an inch or rain or more to the Sacramento Valley and snow to the Sierra Nevada through early Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures are predicted to be around 15 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year, the National Weather Service said.