In the case of snow, rain, ice, wind, sleet and other harsh winter weather, here are ways to prepare and places to get emergency alerts for Howard, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties.
As the California wildfires ripped through buildings, displacing more than 180,000 people and killing at least five, the impact of the devastation across the country was felt in Baltimore.
Firefighters battled early Thursday to control major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands frantically fleeing their homes.
Manuel Valdes, Hallie Golden and Julie Watson, Associated Press
Thousands of firefighters were battling at least three separate blazes, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena, that have left at least two dead and more than 1,000 structures damaged.
Last year, 72 Marylanders died from reported cold-related illness; 51 the season before. Cold weather illness includes hypothermia and frostbite. Exercising in cold weather, including shoveling snow, can also cause cardiac health issues.