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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist and Madison Richardson, CNN The strength of tornadoes is rated on the Enhanced Fujita, or EF, Scale. The scale…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist and Madison Richardson, CNN The strength of tornadoes is rated on the Enhanced Fujita, or EF, Scale. The scale…
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist More than 20 million people in the Southeast have the potential for severe storms this weekend, including…
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist More than 20 million people in the Southeast have the potential for severe storms this weekend, including…
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist More than 20 million people in the Southeast have the potential for severe storms this weekend, including…
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By Aya Elamroussi and Dave Hennen, CNN Parts of the South are yet again at risk of facing severe storms Friday that could bring damaging winds, large…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The potential for severe weather in the South will continue through the rest of the week, as nearly 50 million…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Tornadoes are among the most destructive forces in nature. They can level well-built structures, uproot trees,…
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By Jennifer Gray and Nouran Salahieh, CNN After parts of Texas and Florida were pounded with tennis ball-sized hail and damaging winds, the same…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist and Madison Richardson, CNN Thunderstorms can bring dangerous lightning, heavy rain, strong winds and sometimes…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Nearly 30 river gauges are in major flood stage across the Midwest, with more potentially damaging flooding…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist If you follow seasons by the meteorological calendar, we are halfway through spring, but if you look at the…
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By Aya Elamroussi and Jennifer Gray, CNN The same weather system that spawned tornadoes, deadly storms and water rescues in the central US continues…
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By Jennifer Gray, Aya Elamroussi, Robert Shackleford and Tina Burnside, CNN More severe storms are threatening some 50 million people from Texas to…
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By Jennifer Gray, Aya Elamroussi, Robert Shackleford and Tina Burnside, CNN More severe storms are threatening some 50 million people from Texas to…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. Past coverage of the 2022 and 2021 hurricane season and the latest…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist In 10 days, Twitter may begin limiting the number of automated tweets sent from Twitter accounts — a move…
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist More than 50 million people are under the threat of severe storms Saturday from the Gulf Coast to the Great…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Leyla Santiago and Denise Royal, CNN Fort Lauderdale and other communities across southeast Florida are working to get life back…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Leyla Santiago and Denise Royal, CNN Fort Lauderdale and other communities across southeast Florida are working to get life back…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Summerlike heat will continue to build across the Midwest and Northeast through Friday, as temperatures soar to…
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By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist The Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t officially begin for another seven weeks, but early signs indicate…
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By Joe Sutton, Taylor Ward and Travis Caldwell, CNN More rain is in the forecast after substantial downpours inundated Fort Lauderdale and parts of…
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Joe Sutton, Travis Caldwell and Jennifer Gray, CNN Fort Lauderdale experienced the rainiest day in its history Wednesday —…
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By Aya Elamroussi and Tina Burnside, CNN The wildfire in New Jersey that has burned nearly 4,000 acres in is 75% contained are to reopen, the New…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist This week will be draining in a literal sense, due to rapid snowmelt. A great thaw is set to begin, which will…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist This week will be draining in a literal sense, due to rapid snowmelt. A great thaw is set to begin, which will…
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By Jennifer Gray and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists The last few weeks have consisted of a steady string of violent storms, dozens of deaths and…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris, Haley Brink and Andi Babineau, CNN A destructive storm system that spawned at least 11 tornado…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris, Haley Brink and Andi Babineau, CNN A destructive storm system that spawned at least 11 tornado…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Christina Zdanowicz, Dave Hennen and Haley Brink, CNN A storm system on Tuesday evening was bringing severe weather…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist The weather pattern has been relentless in recent weeks. There have been more than 160 tornado reports since…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Jay Croft and Christina Maxouris, CNN At least 22 people died in the devastating storms and violent tornadoes that leveled entire…
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By Christina Maxouris and Gene Norman, CNN At least three people are dead and dozens of others were hospitalized after a series of brutal tornadoes…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The same storm system that brought so much rain and snow to the western US is moving east and intensifying,…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist A powerful Pacific storm isn’t finished battering California, as the state entered day two of heavy…
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By Madison Richardson and CNN meteorologists Allison Chinchar and Monica Garrett A powerful Pacific storm continues to bring more rain, snow and…
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By Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist It has been an extremely active year in terms of severe weather, with well above normal numbers in terms of…
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By Madison Richardson, Allison Chinchar, and Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologists A powerful winter storm system will strengthen over the Pacific,…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The same storm system that brought so much rain and snow to the western US is moving east and intensifying,…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Another round of violent weather is battering the Southeast on Monday after a spate of…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Haley Brink, Holly Yan and Melissa Alonso, CNN After a rash of violent storms killed 26 people in the South, some of the same…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Haley Brink, Holly Yan and Melissa Alonso, CNN After a rash of violent storms killed 26 people in the South, some of the same…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Joe Sutton, Rebekah Riess, Sharif Paget, Mallika Kallingal and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Joe Sutton, Rebekah Riess, Sharif Paget, Mallika Kallingal and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Flash flooding is weather’s No. 2 killer, claiming more lives than anything but heat, so it’s…
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By Jennifer Gray, Aya Elamroussi, Robert Shackelford, Mallika Kallingal and Taylor Ward, CNN A strong storm system Friday will bring the potential…
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By Jennifer Gray, Aya Elamroussi, Robert Shackelford, Mallika Kallingal and Taylor Ward, CNN A strong storm system Friday will bring the potential…
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By Taylor Romine, Brandon Miller and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least one person was injured after a rare tornado hit a city just southeast of Los…
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By Taylor Romine, Brandon Miller and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least one person was injured after a rare tornado hit a city just southeast of Los…
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By Taylor Romine, Brandon Miller and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least one person was injured after a rare tornado hit a city just southeast of Los…
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By Nouran Salahieh and Christina Maxouris, CNN More than 120,000 California homes and businesses were without power Wednesday morning after another…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist This winter season has truly been remarkable to see snowfall of epic proportions blanket upstate New York, the…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford and Holly Yan, CNN Swaths of California still saturated by ruthless storms will get walloped by another…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton and Holly Yan, CNN The storm system that’s hammered California this week is heading east — but not before…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Shackelford, CNN Parts of a nor’easter that buried portions of the Northeast under feet of snow and left hundreds of…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton and Holly Yan, CNN The storm system that’s hammered California this week is heading east — but not before…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN Another atmospheric river is walloping storm-ravaged California, inundating cities already flooded…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dakin Andone, Monica Garrett and Christina Maxouris, CNN The season’s first nor’easter has dropped nearly 3 feet of…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Much of the Northeast and New England so far has experienced an unusually quiet winter season (aside from areas…
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By Jennifer Gray and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologists A nor’easter is a storm that travels along the US East Coast and typically has coastal…
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Forceful flooding that washed away roads and sent residents across parts of northern and central California fleeing their…
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By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford and Holly Yan, CNN Swaths of California still saturated by ruthless storms will get walloped by another…
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By Alaa Elassar, Aya Elamroussi, Joe Sutton and Cheri Mossburg, CNN At least two people have died as the result of the ongoing storms inundating…
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By Allison Chinchar and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologists After three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn pattern, La Niña has officially…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist An atmospheric river is a plume of moisture that helps carry saturated air from the tropics to higher latitudes,…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Ward, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN Millions of Californians already hammered by ferocious snowfall were hit Thursday by…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Ward, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN Millions of Californians already hammered by ferocious snowfall were hit Thursday by…
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Officials in California are imploring residents to prepare for a powerful storm set to lash the region with torrential rain…
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By Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist The threat of flooding later this week continues to increase across much of California. The Weather Prediction…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist For the last several weeks, high temperatures have been breaking records. Many of you may have kissed winter…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN After back-to-back winter storms overwhelmed many of California’s…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN After back-to-back winter storms overwhelmed many of California’s…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least 13 people have died in multiple states due to severe weather across the country as…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least 13 people have died in multiple states due to severe weather across the country as…
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By Joe Sutton, Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Alaa Elassar, CNN A wide range of extreme weather is stretching across the US as storms threaten heavy…
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By Madison Richardson and Monica Garrett An outbreak of intense severe weather packing damaging winds and strong tornadoes looms over the Southern…
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More snow and rain are expected in California as many across the state work to recover from back-to-back bouts of winter…
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By Robert Shackelford and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A string of back-to-back winter storms have lashed the West this week, delivering blizzard conditions…
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By Nouran Salahieh and Joe Sutton, CNN Communities on the West Coast and in the Northeast are dealing with heavy snowfall, strong winds, power…
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By Claire Colbert and Kelly McCleary, CNN A winter storm moving across the Northeast has dropped 1.8 inches of snow on New York’s Central Park,…
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By Claire Colbert and Kelly McCleary, CNN A winter storm moving across the Northeast has dropped 1.8 inches of snow on New York’s Central Park,…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist If you are waking up across the south-central US, chances are you didn’t get much sleep. Insanely strong…
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By Emma Tucker, CNN A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived,…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford, Joe Sutton and Claire Colbert, CNN As severe storms prompted at least nine tornado reports in parts of the…
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By Haley Brink and Eric Levenson, CNN A winter storm dumped massive amounts of precipitation across southern California this weekend, including more…
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By Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist The storm system that brought blizzard warnings to Southern California on Friday and Saturday will produce a…
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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A rare blizzard warning remains in effect for parts of Southern California — including the Los Angeles region —…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Rob Shackelford, Ralph Ellis and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A slow-moving winter storm has struck the West Coast, flooding highways in…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Rob Shackelford, Ralph Ellis and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A slow-moving winter storm has struck the West Coast, flooding highways in…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms brought significant icing, strong wind gusts and heavy snow across…
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms are expected to deliver snow, blizzard conditions or icing across strips…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Eric Levenson and Taylor Ward, CNN A powerful winter storm set record low temperatures in the northern Plains of the US, while a…
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By Aya Elamroussi, Eric Levenson and Taylor Ward, CNN A powerful winter storm set record low temperatures in the northern Plains of the US, while a…
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By Aya Elamroussi and Rob Shackelford, CNN A massive winter storm bringing a mix of heavy snow, rain and gusty winds is poised to lash much of the US…
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By Aya Elamroussi and Rob Shackelford, CNN A massive winter storm bringing a mix of heavy snow, rain and gusty winds is poised to lash much of the US…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Despite the fact spring is showing up early this year, we must remember winter isn’t over yet. A major…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March of 2011. March 11, 2011 – At 2:46 p.m., a…
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By Aya Elamroussi and Rob Shackelford, CNN Severe storms, including possible strong tornadoes, will sweep across parts of the South and central US…
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By Monica Garrett, CNN A two-day severe weather threat across the South begins Wednesday with more than 20 million people under the threat of…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist This year might be another strike in the “loss column” for Punxsutawney Phil, which isn’t much…
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