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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Samantha Beech, Rob Shackelford and Benjamin Schiller, CNN After searing heat suffocated large swaths of the US this weekend, the…

By Aya Elamroussi and Samantha Beech, CNN The deadly heat wave scorching much of the US will continue Sunday, when the Northeast and mid-South…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Relentless, oppressive heat will grip much of the US this weekend, with the Northeast region expected to bear the brunt amid…

By Aya Elamroussi and Steve Almasy, CNN Scorching heat compounded by suffocating humidity is expected to persist through the end of the month in many…

By Amir Vera, CNN It’s so hot across the globe, roads and roofs are melting. The deadly heat waves of the last week have sparked strange…

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist New satellite images released by NASA Wednesday reveal the dramatic loss of water at Lake Mead due to the ongoing…

By Aya Elamroussi, Dakin Andone and Amir Vera, CNN More than 85% of Americans are bracing for temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit through the…

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN When Jane Gilbert was appointed last summer as Miami-Dade County’s first “chief heat officer” — and the…

By Robert Shackelford, Mike Saenz and Dave Alsup, CNN Some daily record high temperatures were set Tuesday and Wednesday across multiple states as…

By Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN A dangerous heat wave that has wilted the south-central US spread across the country Wednesday, with about…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Every year, hundreds of bold adventurers spend days or weeks in some of the harshest, most unforgiving conditions…

By Joseph Ataman, Jimmy Hutcheon, Xiaofei Xu, Zahid Mahmood, Sana Noor Haq, and Jorge Engels, CNN Extreme heat has engulfed parts of western Europe,…

Story by Reuters Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with…

By Hannah Sarisohn Arizona’s governor has deployed the state’s National Guard to assist with flooding relief and mitigation over the…

By Amarachi Orie, Taylor Ward, Niamh Kennedy, Mia Alberti, Al Goodman, Camille Knight and Amandine Hess, CNN New records have been set as…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Hot, dry weather conditions are making it harder for firefighting crews battling a wildfire in Yosemite National Park in…

By Aya Elamroussi, Michelle Watson and Alaa Elassar, CNN Everyone has been found after reports of more than 40 people missing in a rural Virginia…

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With giant sequoias under threat from a wildfire spreading at Yosemite National Park in California, firefighters are in a…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist While it seems strange to say this is a hot summer in Texas — because let’s face it, EVERY summer in…

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Watts and Dakin Andone, CNN Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park’s…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist The focus across the US on this Independence Day will be on barbecues, celebrating, and being outdoors. However,…

By Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist A serious warning has been posted by the National Weather Service office in Fairbanks, Alaska, this weekend,…

By Haley Brink Tropical Storm Colin dissipated over eastern North Carolina early Sunday, just 24 hours after becoming a named storm. Gusty winds,…

Story by Reuters Fresh evacuation orders were issued for thousands of Sydney residents on Monday after relentless rains flooded several suburbs in…

By Jason Hanna and Haley Brink, CNN Tropical Storm Colin was blustering through coastal South Carolina on its way to North Carolina’s shores…

By Payton Major and Haley Brink, CNN As severe drought persists in the Southwest, cities are making tough decisions about their traditional firework…

By Payton Major and Judson Jones, CNN It’s been a concerning hot and dry start to summer in southern Alaska. Anchorage is experiencing its…

By Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologist The Atlantic hurricane season is becoming more active with a disturbance set to drench coastal Texas this week,…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist We are nearly a month into the Atlantic hurricane season and the tropics are finally coming alive, as we suddenly…

By Dave Hennen, Theresa Waldrop and Christina Maxouris, CNN More than 20 million Americans across 16 states were under heat alerts Wednesday as…

By Melissa Alonso, CNN A wildfire in southern New Jersey has grown to more than 13,500 acres in size, but is now 85% contained, the New Jersey Forest…

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Theresa Waldrop, CNN It’s only the first day of summer, but almost 35 million people are under heat…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist It’s hot. The official start to summer happens tomorrow, but it already feels like we are in the middle of…

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The persistent heat dome which imposed oppressively high temperatures on the northern…

By Michelle Watson and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A wildfire in southern New Jersey grew to at least 12,000 acres in size on Monday and is 70%…

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist More than 25 million people in over a dozen states are under heat alerts Saturday. From the northern Plains to…

By Judson Jones and Paul Murphy, CNN A vital bridge and road along the Yellowstone River and its tributary, the Gardner River, were destroyed by…

By Allison Chinchar and Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologists More than 65 million people in over a dozen states are under heat alerts Thursday. From…

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Jason Hanna and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Yellowstone National Park could partially reopen as early as Monday as officials continue…

By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN Several homes were damaged Wednesday by a tornado in central Wisconsin, officials said. The tornado was reported…

By Travis Caldwell, Joe Sutton and Steve Almasy, CNN At least 16 US cities set or tied records for their highest temperature for the date, with…

By Jason Hanna, Amir Vera, Elizabeth Wolfe, David Williams and Paradise Afshar, CNN While all entrances of Yellowstone National Park are temporarily…

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Daily high temperature records were set across several cities Monday afternoon. Here are a few: — Columbia,…

By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN In a matter of hours Monday, the iconic landmarks of Yellowstone National Park were shuttered to the public and its roads…

By Joe Sutton, CNN As Arizona’s Pipeline Fire has scorched nearly 23,000 acres, officials are discussing the possibility of closing the…

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Joe Sutton, Ella Nilsen and Brandon Miller, CNN A wildfire burning just six miles north of Flagstaff, Arizona, has prompted…

By Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Mandatory evacuations are in place after a wildfire expanded steadily in Southern California’s…

By Haley Brink and Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologists More than 65 million people from California to Tennessee are under some type of heat alert…

By Haley Brink and Allison Chinchar, CNN The official start of summer is 10 days away but more than 60 million Americans are under heat alerts…

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Over 35 million people are under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings from California to Texas, as the…

By Stephanie Elam, CNN As the extended drought has left vegetation dry, brittle and ripe for burning, fire officials in Southern California are…

By Pedram Javaheri and Allison Chinchar, CNN meteorologists The two largest fires in New Mexico history are happening simultaneously and are only…

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Intense summer heat will build as the week rolls on, peaking with potentially deadly heat in the drought-stricken…

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Before hitting Florida on Saturday, a broad swath of showers and thunderstorms over the Yucatán Peninsula could…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN As Wednesday marks the beginning of hurricane season, the tropics have seemed to get the memo as well. The first real sign of…

By Taylor Ward and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists Agatha was downgraded to a tropical storm late Monday after making landfall in southern Mexico as…

By Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist Tropical Storm Agatha has formed to become the first storm of the 2022 eastern Pacific hurricane season. Agatha has…

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Many see Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start of summer. But, if you are planning outdoor events, you may…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The official start to hurricane season is just a week away and forecasters are predicting another busy one. The…