Lake Champlain ice fishing tournament canceled after 3 fishermen die due to thin lake ice
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN An annual ice fishing tournament on Vermont’s Lake Champlain has been canceled after the deaths of three fisherman on…
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Lake Champlain ice fishing tournament canceled after 3 fishermen die due to thin lake ice
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN An annual ice fishing tournament on Vermont’s Lake Champlain has been canceled after the deaths of three fisherman on…
Continue Reading Heavy rain, strong winds and snow are possible this weekend across the Southeast
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Heavy rain and severe storms could lead to damaging winds and flooding this weekend as a rapidly developing…
Continue Reading New Zealand braces for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s
By Taylor Ward, Rob Shackelford and Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologists New Zealand is bracing for its most intense tropical cyclone since the…
Continue Reading Tornadoes Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about tornadoes, rotating columns of air that often, but not always, are visible as…
Continue Reading Here’s what it was like to spend the night on Mount Washington during some of the wildest weather ever recorded
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire is known to have some of the wildest weather on the planet, and…
Continue Reading Here’s what it was like to spend the night on Mount Washington during some of the wildest weather ever recorded
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire is known to have some of the wildest weather on the planet, and…
Continue Reading National windchill record set in New Hampshire as cold weather begins to ease up across the Northeast
By Ralph Ellis and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A life-threatening cold spell began to ease its grip on the northeastern United States on Saturday, but only…
Continue Reading Emergency measures enacted as ‘epic’ blast of cold air moves into the Northeast
By Aya Elamroussi, Joe Sutton and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A brutal blast of dangerously cold winds is expected to sweep across the Northeast and New…
Continue Reading Emergency measures enacted as ‘epic’ blast of cold air moves into the Northeast
By Aya Elamroussi, Joe Sutton and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A brutal blast of dangerously cold winds is expected to sweep across the Northeast and New…
Continue Reading The coldest wind chills in decades will thrash New England as 8 deaths are now linked to an ice storm in the South
By Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal and Joe Sutton, CNN Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero…
Continue Reading The coldest wind chills in decades will thrash New England as 8 deaths are now linked to an ice storm in the South
By Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Aya Elamroussi, Mallika Kallingal and Joe Sutton, CNN Dangerous wind chills as cold as 50 degrees Fahrenheit below zero…
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The deadly ice storm crippling much of the South leaves more than 300,000 Texans without power in the frigid cold
By Aya Elamroussi, Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado and Joe Sutton, CNN Treacherous road conditions are now linked to three deaths in Texas as a wave of…
Continue Reading The deadly ice storm crippling much of the South leaves more than 300,000 Texans without power in the frigid cold
By Aya Elamroussi, Holly Yan, Caroll Alvarado and Joe Sutton, CNN Treacherous road conditions are now linked to three deaths in Texas as a wave of…
Continue Reading More rounds of freezing rain and ice expected across the South after already deadly road conditions
By Christina Maxouris, Taylor Ward and Dakin Andone, CNN Authorities in Texas responded to hundreds of accident-related calls Tuesday as an ice storm…
Continue Reading Tornadoes ravage the South in month of extremes
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist January 2023 will be remembered more for its tornadoes and severe weather than for more traditional winter…
Continue Reading More than 40 million people are under winter weather alerts from Texas to West Virginia, with significant icing likely
By Rob Shackelford and Derek Van Dam, CNN More than 40 million people from Texas to West Virginia are under winter weather alerts Monday as a system…
Continue Reading ‘Dangerous’ arctic air returns this weekend after a month-long hiatus
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist What has been a mild start to 2023 will come crashing to a halt this weekend as winter makes a roaring…
Continue Reading Thousands are without power after storm spawns tornadoes in the South and brings snow to Midwest and Northeast
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Tens of thousands of people were in the dark early Thursday morning after a storm system spawned tornadoes in the South and…
Continue Reading Tornadoes ravage the South in month of extremes
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist January 2023 will be remembered more for its tornadoes and severe weather than for more traditional winter…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands without power in Northeast as another storm threatens the US from New Mexico to Maine
By Artemis Moshtaghian, Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Robert Shackelford, CNN Tens of thousands of homes and businesses across multiple states in the…
Continue Reading Winter is more than halfway over, and many Northeast cities still await their first snow day
By Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist While the western US has been piling up snowfall over the past several weeks, it has been the complete opposite…
Continue Reading More than 8 inches of snow reported in portions of New England on Friday
By Taylor Ward and Steve Almasy, CNN A winter storm that dumped up to a foot of snow across parts of the Midwest this week coated the northeastern US…
Continue Reading Rains taper off and clean-up continues in California after an onslaught of storms ravaged the state and left at least 20 dead
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN A reprieve from the rain is finally in sight for storm-beaten California, where an onslaught of back-to-back atmospheric…
Continue Reading Watch out for falling iguanas over your head
By Holly Yan and Allison Chinchar, CNN Iguanas are coldblooded animals. And when they get super cold, they have a tendency to topple over from trees…
Continue Reading Unrelenting rain in the West and nearly 100 tornado reports in the South: Experts say it’s all linked
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Sunday marked the halfway point for meteorological winter (which runs from December 1 to February 28) and we have…
Continue Reading Rains taper off and clean-up continues in California after an onslaught of storms ravaged the state and left at least 20 dead
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN A reprieve from the rain is finally in sight for storm-beaten California, where an onslaught of back-to-back atmospheric…
Continue Reading Another storm lashes California after a barrage of brutal weather kills 19. But a break is finally on the horizon
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Monica Garrett, CNN Storm-ravaged California must endure one more round of ferocious winds, torrential rain and…
Continue Reading More rain is on the way for weather-beaten California, where storms have flooded communities and left at least 19 dead
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN Storm-battered California — still reeling from weeks of deadly flooding, mudslides and rescues — is being hit…
Continue Reading ‘The floor disappeared under my feet’: Trapped tornado survivors waited hours for rescue, hoping ceiling wouldn’t collapse
By Jason Hanna and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Randall McCloud saw trees fall and the porch get pulled apart as he watched from the entrance of his…
Continue Reading California cleans up from one storm as it prepares for another
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Days after California was hit by “the most impressive storm in nearly 20 years,” the state —…
Continue Reading Searches for victims continue a day after tornadoes and storms strike the South, killing at least 9
By Aya Elamroussi, Jason Hanna and Joe Sutton, CNN Recovery and search efforts continued in the South on Friday, a day after severe storms and…
Continue Reading Searches for victims continue a day after tornadoes and storms strike the South, killing at least 9
By Aya Elamroussi, Jason Hanna and Joe Sutton, CNN Recovery and search efforts continued in the South on Friday, a day after severe storms and…
Continue Reading Search for 5-year-old who was swept away by floodwaters continues as California braces for more days of storms
By Christina Maxouris and Haley Brink, CNN The search for 5-year-old Kyle Doan, who was pulled from his mother’s hands by rushing floodwater on…
Continue Reading Monterey Peninsula could become an island as epic flooding engulfs California cities. And more rain is on the way
By Nouran Salahieh and Holly Yan, CNN Monterey Peninsula residents could soon be living on an island as mammoth flooding threatens to cut them off…
Continue Reading Extreme weather has cost the US more than $1 trillion in the past seven years, feds report
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The United States was lashed by 18 catastrophic extreme weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion each last…
Continue Reading ‘A very significant emergency’: California’s deadly, record-setting storms are about to get an encore
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Monica Garrett, CNN The historic storms devastating much of California have turned entire neighborhoods into lakes,…
Continue Reading Another storm lashes California after a barrage of brutal weather kills 19. But a break is finally on the horizon
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Monica Garrett, CNN Storm-ravaged California must endure one more round of ferocious winds, torrential rain and…
Continue Reading ‘A very significant emergency’: California’s deadly, record-setting storms are about to get an encore
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Monica Garrett, CNN The historic storms devastating much of California have turned entire neighborhoods into lakes,…
Continue Reading Extreme weather has cost the US more than $1 trillion in the past seven years, feds report
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The United States was lashed by 18 catastrophic extreme weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion each last…
Continue Reading Thousands of Californians under evacuation orders as flood threats continue and death toll of recent storms climbs to 17
By Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna, Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN Thousands of Californians remained under evacuation orders as heavy rainfall…
Continue Reading Thousands of Californians under evacuation orders as flood threats continue and death toll of recent storms climbs to 17
By Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna, Joe Sutton and Christina Maxouris, CNN Thousands of Californians remained under evacuation orders as heavy rainfall…
Continue Reading NOAA’s hurricane hunters are now targeting the West Coast’s atmospheric rivers
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist NOAA’s hurricane hunters might be just as busy now as they were during hurricane season. However,…
Continue Reading Most of California could experience significant flooding this week
By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Significant widespread flooding is possible across much of California on Monday as more heavy rain hits the…
Continue Reading Lightning in the ‘cataclysmic’ Tonga volcano eruption shattered ‘all records’
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in January 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. Not only did it…
Continue Reading More extreme weather on tap for California as series of atmospheric river events arrive
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist California has been battered by heavy snow, damaging winds and flooding this week — and now another…
Continue Reading Another storm threatens more heavy rain in California and West Coast areas already reeling from flooding
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More storms are set to slam Northern California and other parts of the West Coast this weekend, threatening heavy rain late…
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The cyclone that killed a child in California is battering the state with ferocious winds, mudslides and even more flooding
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Allison Chinchar and Amir Vera, CNN A deadly storm that lashed coastal California with hurricane-force winds and…
Continue Reading Hurricane-force wind gusts blow through California as part of the ‘bomb cyclone’ hitting the coast
By Amir Vera, Taylor Ward, Rob Shackelford and Jennifer Gray, CNN Wind gusts in central California have reached hurricane-force as the heaviest rain…
Continue Reading As a storm system barrels across Central US with tornadoes, flooding and snow, another threatens West Coast with more floods
By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford, Jennifer Gray and Taylor Ward, CNN Two major storm systems are threatening the US this week. A massive,…
Continue Reading As a storm system barrels across Central US with tornadoes, flooding and snow, another threatens West Coast with more floods
By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford, Jennifer Gray and Taylor Ward, CNN Two major storm systems are threatening the US this week. A massive,…
Continue Reading Millions are at risk of tornadoes in the South as a winter storm threatens intense snow and dangerously icy conditions in the Midwest
By Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Derek Van Dam, Joe Sutton and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A potent winter storm that turned deadly in California is now…
Continue Reading What will the weather be like on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day?
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The year 2022 is finally coming to a close — but not before some rainy weather arrives on both the West and East coasts.…
Continue Reading New Year’s Eve will be wet on both coasts and an ‘atmospheric river’ will target California
By Jay Croft, Monica Garrett and Allison Chinchar, CNN Another significant storm system will plow into the West Coast on Friday, bringing heavy rain,…
Continue Reading New Year’s Eve will be wet on both coasts and an ‘atmospheric river’ will target California
By Jay Croft, Monica Garrett and Allison Chinchar, CNN Another significant storm system will plow into the West Coast on Friday, bringing heavy rain,…
Continue Reading As temperatures warm in Buffalo following a deadly winter storm, melting snow and rain could cause minor flooding
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN After tremendous efforts to recover from a deadly winter storm, officials in Buffalo, New York, are…
Continue Reading I-70 reopens in Colorado after 9-hour closure that stranded drivers as heavy snow and rain inundate Western and Central US
By Rob Shackelford, Elizabeth Wolfe and Monica Garrett, CNN An eastbound stretch of Interstate-70 in Colorado has reopened, the state Transportation…
Continue Reading Officials in Buffalo, New York, face questions about storm planning and response as harrowing accounts emerge of death and survival
By Michelle Krupa, Nouran Salahieh and Alaa Elassar, CNN As authorities in Buffalo, New York, continue following up on some of the hundreds of calls…
Continue Reading With more storms on the way, thousands on the West Coast have no power after strong winds, heavy rain and snow push through
By Mike Saenz, Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Shackelford, CNN A strong storm system bringing heavy rain, mountain snow and hurricane-force wind gusts to…
Continue Reading Winter storm death toll rises to 37 in Buffalo as criticism arises over handling of storm and cleanup
By Dakin Andone, Nouran Salahieh and Christina Maxouris, CNN The winter storm death toll has risen to 37 in Erie County, New York, as crews continue…
Continue Reading Heavy rain and snow, strong winds hitting the West this week
By Robert Shackelford, Mike Saenz and Ralph Ellis, CNN Heavy coastal rain and mountain snow from a potent atmospheric river are falling across the…
Continue Reading Heavy rain and snow, strong winds hitting the West this week
By Robert Shackelford, Mike Saenz and Ralph Ellis, CNN Heavy coastal rain and mountain snow from a potent atmospheric river are falling across the…
Continue Reading Snow-inundated Buffalo faces more challenges in the aftermath of storm that left 31 dead in area
By Dakin Andone, Christina Maxouris, Artemis Moshtaghian and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Days into the deadly winter storm that bedeviled much of the…
Continue Reading Here are the places that received some of the most snow in the winter storm
By Mike Saenz and Nouran Salahieh, CNN A perilous and prolonged winter storm that barreled across the nation over the past week brought heavy snow…
Continue Reading Winter storm death toll rises to 27 in the Buffalo, New York, area but officials fear it will continue to climb
By Steve Almasy, Nouran Salahieh and Dakin Andone, CNN Dozens of Americans have died have died as a winter storm brought frigid temperatures and…
Continue Reading Winter storm death toll rises to 27 in the Buffalo, New York, area but officials fear it will continue to climb
By Steve Almasy, Nouran Salahieh and Dakin Andone, CNN Dozens of Americans have died have died as a winter storm brought frigid temperatures and…
Continue Reading Prolonged winter storm causes at least 37 deaths and leaves thousands without power
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN The prolonged winter storm that brought heavy snow, high winds and brutal cold to most of the US this past week has killed at…
Continue Reading Prolonged winter storm causes at least 37 deaths and leaves thousands without power
By Nouran Salahieh, CNN The prolonged winter storm that brought heavy snow, high winds and brutal cold to most of the US this past week has killed at…
Continue Reading A powerful winter storm claims at least 22 lives across the US as temperatures plunge, winds howl and power lines fall
By Aya Elamroussi, Jason Hanna and Ray Sanchez, CNN More than 315,000 homes and businesses nationwide were without power Christmas Eve, thanks to an…
Continue Reading ‘Can I go back to my regular job?’: Iowa sports reporter goes viral after complaining about covering blizzard
By Zoe Sottile, CNN An Iowa sports reporter has gone viral for his vocal complaints after being asked to fill in for a weather reporter —…
Continue Reading At least 9 dead as massive winter storm leaves more than a million without power and bitter cold across much of US
By Aya Elamroussi, Ray Sanchez and Eric Levenson, CNN A massive winter storm battered the US on Friday with frigid temperatures, high winds and heavy…
Continue Reading At least 9 dead as massive winter storm leaves more than a million without power and bitter cold across much of US
By Aya Elamroussi, Ray Sanchez and Eric Levenson, CNN A massive winter storm battered the US on Friday with frigid temperatures, high winds and heavy…
Continue Reading A 47-degree drop in Denver in 2 hours. Here are some of the other dramatic temperature changes
By Haley Brink and Allison Chinchar, CNN The major winter storm crossing the nation is causing dramatic declines in temperatures across the central…
Continue Reading A 47-degree drop in Denver in 2 hours. Here are some of the other dramatic temperature changes
By Haley Brink and Allison Chinchar, CNN The major winter storm crossing the nation is causing dramatic declines in temperatures across the central…
Continue Reading More than half the US population awaits Christmas weekend under wind chill alerts. The snowiest part of a perilous winter storm is yet to come
By Jason Hanna, Ray Sanchez and Dave Hennen, CNN Nearly 177 million Americans — or more than half the US population — will await…
Continue Reading More than half the US population awaits Christmas weekend under wind chill alerts. The snowiest part of a perilous winter storm is yet to come
By Jason Hanna, Ray Sanchez and Dave Hennen, CNN Nearly 177 million Americans — or more than half the US population — will await…
Continue Reading What to know about the polar plunge and bomb cyclone
By Dave Hennen, CNN The developing bomb cyclone could cripple travel in the Midwest on some of the busiest travel days of the year. Welcome to…
Continue Reading A ‘once in a generation’ winter storm will impact nearly every state and cripple Christmas travel
By Aya Elamroussi and Jennifer Gray, CNN A major winter storm and cold blast will impact nearly every state and bring what the National Weather…
Continue Reading A ‘once in a generation’ winter storm will impact nearly every state and cripple Christmas travel
By Aya Elamroussi and Jennifer Gray, CNN A major winter storm and cold blast will impact nearly every state and bring what the National Weather…
Continue Reading Snow, strong winds and bitterly cold temps grip much of the US during Christmas week
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A sprawling storm threatens to deliver a triple whammy of heavy snow and strong winds combined with bitterly cold temperatures…
Continue Reading A ‘once in a generation’ winter storm will impact nearly every state and cripple Christmas travel
By Aya Elamroussi and Jennifer Gray, CNN A major winter storm and cold blast will impact nearly every state and bring what the National Weather…
Continue Reading Polar air and a powerful winter storm put millions under winter alerts this holiday week
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN For millions of Americans across a large swath of the country, the holiday week is beginning with unrelenting below-freezing…
Continue Reading How earthquakes are measured
By Emily Smith, CNN Earthquakes are measured using seismographs, which monitor the seismic waves that travel through the Earth after an earthquake…
Continue Reading When it comes to earthquakes, size matters but so does the terrain
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Earthquakes can be like Jell-O. A simple, yet often used analogy is that if you’re sitting in a valley…
Continue Reading Arctic blast this week brings the coldest Christmas in nearly 40 years for millions
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist The coldest air of the season — by far — will dive down from Canada, bringing dangerously cold…
Continue Reading Polar air and a powerful winter storm put millions under winter alerts this holiday week
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN For millions of Americans across a large swath of the country, the holiday week is beginning with unrelenting below-freezing…
Continue Reading Get ready for a ‘polar plunge.’ The first week of winter brings snow and bitterly cold temperatures
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Astronomical winter officially begins this Wednesday and Jack Frost will arrive in full force. Temperatures…
Continue Reading More heavy snow blankets the Northeast the weekend before Christmas as officials urge cautious travel
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After a nor’easter dropped more than a foot of snow across many parts of interior New England, more is on its way…
Continue Reading Heavy snow to bombard millions in Northeast this weekend as South recovers from deadly tornadoes
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The monstrous storm that walloped much of the US this week has now brought nor’easter conditions as it moves across New…
Continue Reading Heavy snow to bombard millions in Northeast this weekend as South recovers from deadly tornadoes
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The monstrous storm that walloped much of the US this week has now brought nor’easter conditions as it moves across New…
Continue Reading Heavy snow to bombard millions in Northeast this weekend as South recovers from deadly tornadoes
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The monstrous storm that walloped much of the US this week has now brought nor’easter conditions as it moves across New…
Continue Reading Ice and snow will hammer East Coast states after same deadly storm system proved ‘more devastating’ than expected in the South
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Brandon Miller, CNN The massive storm system that pulverized homes, killed three people in…
Continue Reading Ice and snow start hammering East Coast states after same deadly storm system proved ‘more devastating’ than expected in the South
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Amanda Watts, CNN The massive storm system that pulverized homes, killed three people in Louisiana…
Continue Reading Ice and snow start hammering East Coast states after same deadly storm system proved ‘more devastating’ than expected in the South
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Amanda Watts, CNN The massive storm system that pulverized homes, killed three people in Louisiana…
Continue Reading Fierce snow and dangerous travel conditions will impact millions as a massive, deadly storm that spawned tornadoes plows east
By Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Robert Shackelford, CNN The deadly storm system that destroyed homes in the South was producing more tornadoes,…
Continue Reading Fierce snow and dangerous travel conditions will impact millions as a massive, deadly storm that spawned tornadoes plows east
By Holly Yan, Monica Garrett and Robert Shackelford, CNN The deadly storm system that destroyed homes in the South was producing more tornadoes,…
Continue Reading At least 5 tornadoes confirmed in Texas as storms roll through southwestern US and blizzard conditions mount in the northern Plains
By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Monica Garrett, CNN At least five tornadoes were confirmed in Texas during a storm outbreak Tuesday, according to the…
Continue Reading At least 5 tornadoes confirmed in Texas as storms roll through southwestern US and blizzard conditions mount in the northern Plains
By Amir Vera, Jason Hanna and Monica Garrett, CNN At least five tornadoes were confirmed in Texas during a storm outbreak Tuesday, according to the…
Continue Reading Nationwide winter storm set to bring everything from blizzard conditions to tornadoes
By Jennifer Gray and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A large winter storm slammed into the western US over the weekend, blanketing mountain areas…
Continue Reading Winter storm pummels western US with snow before taking aim at the South, bringing a multiday severe storm threat
By Nouran Salahieh and Rob Shackelford, CNN A large winter storm system slammed into the western US over the weekend, blanketing mountain areas with…
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