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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at some statistics from Hurricane Katrina. August 29, 2005 Katrina makes landfall near Grand Isle,…

By Judson Jones, Monica Garrett, Steve Almasy and Amir Vera, CNN Dozens of residents at a nursing home in the Mississippi town of Brandon had to be…

By Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist After heavy rain and flash floods in parts of the Southwest this weekend, more than 14 million people across the…

By Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist Nearly 10 million people across Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas are under flood watches Saturday, including…

By Brandon Miller and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Worsening heat and humidity as a result of climate change will bring extremely dangerous heat indices to…

By Haley Brink and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A flood watch is in place from Arizona to Wyoming, covering more than 7 million people, with afternoon and…

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two people are dead after heavy rain poured into Las Vegas casinos and flooded streets Thursday night in the wettest monsoon…

By Payton Major and Monica Garrett, CNN Nearly 80 million people, primarily in cities along the East Coast, are under heat advisories on Thursday,…

By Caroll Alvarado and Christina Maxouris, CNN Gabriel Hensley, a father of five who stopped to help an injured driver and was later swept away by…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Two rounds of excessive heat will grip a large part of the country this week, impacting people from the Plains to…

By Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Last week’s flooding has killed more than three dozen people in eastern Kentucky, the governor says…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist We’ve now entered month three of hurricane season, which is more than 30% of the way through, and it seems…

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Dakin Andone, CNN The death toll in flood-stricken Kentucky has risen to 37, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday afternoon, as…

By Nouran Salahieh and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A wildfire in Northern California that exploded in size over the weekend has killed at least two…

By Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN At least 28 people have died in last week’s flooding in Kentucky as rescuers continue to search for…

By Paradise Afshar and Claire Colbert, CNN A wildfire raging in Northern California was exacerbated by winds from thunderstorms this weekend, causing…

By Aya Elamroussi, Andy Rose and Ray Sanchez, CNN The death toll in flood-stricken parts of eastern Kentucky climbed to at least 25 and will almost…

By Payton Major and Judson Jones, CNN Extreme heat or flooding could affect your weekend. Heat alerts are extended through Sunday in the Pacific…

By Angela Fritz, CNN Senior Climate Editor There is no more dangerous time for severe weather than after dark. You can’t see the storm coming.…

By Aya Elamroussi and Amanda Jackson, CNN Amid record-breaking rainfall, St. Louis resident Margaret Shellert is facing the full brunt of devastating…

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least 16 people are dead, including children, and the toll is “going to get a lot higher”…

By Steve Almasy, Jason Hanna and Michelle Watson, CNN At least eight people have died in widespread flooding in eastern Kentucky following heavy…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN An unrelenting heat wave will continue scorching the Northwest and parts of the South Thursday as millions endure yet another…

By Payton Major and Monica Garrett, CNN Heat warnings and advisories are coating the Pacific Northwest as daily temperatures soar to record-breaking…

By Nouran Salahieh, Elizabeth Wolfe and Raja Razek, CNN By just 7 a.m. Tuesday, St. Louis residents found themselves experiencing the wettest day in…

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…