First nor’easter of the season set to hit the Northeast and New England
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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What is a nor’easter?
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…
Continue Reading California faces persistent flooding over the weekend after rounds of deadly storms
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Forceful flooding that washed away roads and sent residents across parts of northern and central California fleeing their…
Continue Reading Another atmospheric river will thrash storm-ravaged California, threatening more flooding and hurricane-force wind gusts
By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford and Holly Yan, CNN Swaths of California still saturated by ruthless storms will get walloped by another…
Continue Reading 2 dead, nearly 10,000 under evacuation orders as California floods intensify
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…
Continue Reading La Niña has ended and El Niño will form during hurricane season, forecasters say
By Allison Chinchar and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologists After three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn pattern, La Niña has officially…
Continue Reading What is an atmospheric river?
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist An atmospheric river is a plume of moisture that helps carry saturated air from the tropics to higher latitudes,…
Continue Reading Rain rates in California during newest storm may reach 1 inch per hour
By Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Ward, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN Millions of Californians already hammered by ferocious snowfall were hit Thursday by…
Continue Reading Rain rates in California during newest storm may reach 1 inch per hour
By Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Ward, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN Millions of Californians already hammered by ferocious snowfall were hit Thursday by…
Continue Reading Some California residents are urged to prepare 2 weeks of essentials ahead of expected flooding
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Officials in California are imploring residents to prepare for a powerful storm set to lash the region with torrential rain…
Continue Reading Threat of late-week flooding across much of California increases
By Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist The threat of flooding later this week continues to increase across much of California. The Weather Prediction…
Continue Reading After a record warm February, winter cold is returning
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist For the last several weeks, high temperatures have been breaking records. Many of you may have kissed winter…
Continue Reading Residents in Southern California remain trapped by snow as another round of winter weather hits the northern region of the state
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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Residents in Southern California remain trapped by snow as another round of winter weather hits the northern region of the state
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford, Camila Bernal and Sarah Moon, CNN After back-to-back winter storms overwhelmed many of California’s…
Continue Reading At least 13 people are dead as severe storms bring tornadoes and flooding to South, now sweeps across Northeast
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…
Continue Reading At least 13 people are dead as severe storms bring tornadoes and flooding to South, now sweeps across Northeast
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…
Continue Reading Tornadoes strike Texas and Louisiana as storms pummel the South
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…
Continue Reading A severe thunderstorm outbreak threatens 45 million across the South Thursday, packing damaging winds and possible strong tornadoes
By Madison Richardson and Monica Garrett An outbreak of intense severe weather packing damaging winds and strong tornadoes looms over the Southern…
Continue Reading California to see more snow today as it recovers from back-to-back winter storms
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…
Continue Reading Here are the places that received some of the most snow in California
By Robert Shackelford and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A string of back-to-back winter storms have lashed the West this week, delivering blizzard conditions…
Continue Reading West Coast and Northeast brace for snow and dangerous road conditions as more storms lash US
By Nouran Salahieh and Joe Sutton, CNN Communities on the West Coast and in the Northeast are dealing with heavy snowfall, strong winds, power…
Continue Reading New York City received its biggest snow of the season — and it’s not even that much
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,…
Continue Reading New York City received its biggest snow of the season — and it’s not even that much
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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Another active weather week forecast after storms bring more than 100 mph wind gusts and tornadoes to the central US
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…
Continue Reading What is a derecho and why is it so destructive?
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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Tornadoes and severe winds strike central US as another round of rain and snow is set to pummel the West and North
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford, Joe Sutton and Claire Colbert, CNN As severe storms prompted at least nine tornado reports in parts of the…
Continue Reading Snowfall tops 6.5 feet and rainfall tops 5 inches across southern California
By Haley Brink and Eric Levenson, CNN A winter storm dumped massive amounts of precipitation across southern California this weekend, including more…
Continue Reading A derecho is forecast to bring damaging hurricane-force winds to the central US today
By Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist The storm system that brought blizzard warnings to Southern California on Friday and Saturday will produce a…
Continue Reading Parts of metro Los Angeles are still under a historic blizzard warning as heavy snow and rain pummel region
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A rare blizzard warning remains in effect for parts of Southern California — including the Los Angeles region —…
Continue Reading Winter storm slams the West Coast, prompting rare blizzard warnings in Southern California
By Aya Elamroussi, Rob Shackelford, Ralph Ellis and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A slow-moving winter storm has struck the West Coast, flooding highways in…
Continue Reading Winter storm slams the West Coast, prompting rare blizzard warnings in Southern California
By Aya Elamroussi, Rob Shackelford, Ralph Ellis and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A slow-moving winter storm has struck the West Coast, flooding highways in…
Continue Reading Nearly 1 million power outages reported in cross-country winter storms, with more snow, icing and blizzard conditions ahead
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms brought significant icing, strong wind gusts and heavy snow across…
Continue Reading Nearly 1 million power outages reported in cross-country winter storms, with more snow, icing and blizzard conditions ahead
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms are expected to deliver snow, blizzard conditions or icing across strips…
Continue Reading Winter storm in the North and heat wave in the South creates 100-degree difference across US
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…
Continue Reading Winter storm in the North and heat wave in the South creates 100-degree difference across US
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…
Continue Reading Winter storm set to impact millions stretching from the West Coast all the way to Maine this week
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…
Continue Reading Winter storm set to impact millions stretching from the West Coast all the way to Maine this week
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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Millions brace for major coast-to-coast winter storm
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…
Continue Reading 2011 Japan Earthquake – Tsunami Fast Facts
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…
Continue Reading Severe storms and possible strong tornadoes threaten the South today
By Aya Elamroussi and Rob Shackelford, CNN Severe storms, including possible strong tornadoes, will sweep across parts of the South and central US…
Continue Reading More than 20 million people face the threat of severe storms across the South today. The threat expands tomorrow
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…
Continue Reading Flowers and trees blooming up to 3 weeks earlier than normal in the Eastern US
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist This year might be another strike in the “loss column” for Punxsutawney Phil, which isn’t much…
Continue Reading 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 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…
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