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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Two wildfires that combined in New Mexico have prompted the evacuation of thousands of people — and much of the state is expected to be under a critical fire threat Tuesday. The Calf Canyon fire started on April 19 and joined with the Hermits Peak fire, which started April 6. The

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Two separate weather systems will bring severe storms to more than a dozen states this weekend, some of the same ones that were hit Friday night. The system that brought over 150 severe storm reports to the central Plains on Friday will now push east on Saturday. All severe weather

By Aya Elamroussi and Michelle Watson, CNN A powerful tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area Friday night, leveling dozens of structures in the city of Andover, according to officials. The twister touched down in Sedgewick County before traveling to Andover in Butler County, the city’s fire chief Chad Russell said during a news conference.

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. Facts The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration defines a hurricane as “an intense tropical weather system with well-defined circulation and sustained winds of 74 mph (64 knots) or higher.” In the western North Pacific Ocean, hurricanes

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Mount St. Helens, the most active volcano in the Cascade Mountains in Washington. Facts Mount St. Helens is located in Washington, about 55 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 95 miles south of Seattle. It is administered by the National Forest Service, not the National Park Service. Over

By Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologist New Mexico has seen wildfires burn more acres so far this year (over 173,000) than in seven of the last eight years, according to statistics from the Southwest Coordination Center, which coordinates the mobilization of resources between the twelve Federal and State Dispatch Centers of the Southwest Area. And fire

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist When a sudden, violent and cold gust of wind sweeps down from the mountains, you know the williwaws have arrived. And if bora winds are in the forecast, make sure to set your clothes out to dry along with your prosciutto. Haven’t heard of williwaw and bora winds before? Maybe

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist The official start of Atlantic Hurricane Season is less than six weeks away, and forecasters will be getting an essential upgrade just in time for the season to begin. New technology from the University of Wisconsin will help with preparation of more detailed forecasts and provide more reliable information to

By Judson Jones, Monica Garrett, Chad Myers and Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologists Fierce winds across drought-stricken areas will bring the highest fire danger Friday to the Southwest and High Plains, while the same system triggers severe storms with possible isolated tornadoes in the central and southern Plains and a snowstorm across the northern Rockies and

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Storm systems will make for a messy holiday weekend across most of the United States, with a soggy start to Passover for many in the Southeast and Northeast — including a risk of isolated tornadoes — while Easter eggs could possibly be covered in snow from Montana to Michigan. So

By Paradise Afshar, CNN Residents in New Mexico are being urged to be mindful of air quality safety because of the spread of wildfires throughout the state. There are five large wildfires burning in New Mexico, which have resulted in evacuations throughout the impacted areas. The McBride Fire in southern New Mexico had consumed 6,167

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After a tornado packing 165 mph winds rolled through Bell County, Texas, Tuesday, JudyLynn Hughes began sifting through what was left of her belongings. “We have found my stuff everywhere. I still have a dress in a tree,” Hughes told CNN affiliate KWTX. Nearly everything she owned was packed up in

By Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette, CNN Two people have died in the McBride Fire raging in southern New Mexico that has scorched more than 5,000 acres and forced evacuations in the Sierra Blanco mountain range, police said. Police found their remains Wednesday in a home that burned a day earlier in Ruidoso, a village

By Aya Elamroussi, Caitlin Kaiser and Amir Vera, CNN The National Weather Service confirmed Wednesday the tornado that injured 23 in Bell County, Texas, was an EF-3 with 165 mph winds. The EF-3 was one of two tornadoes that struck the county in central Texas Tuesday, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) said. The tornado’s damage

By Caitlin Kaiser and Judson Jones, CNN Following an explosive month of dangerous fire conditions, the Southern Plains are under extreme fire risk again beginning today. Critically dry conditions, wind gusts of 50+ miles per hour, and highly-receptive fuels across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandle and into southern Kansas are “setting the stage for exceptionally volatile fire

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. Past coverage of the 2021 and 2020 hurricane season and the latest weather news can also be found on CNN. Follow the storm tracker for the path and forecasts of the latest storm. Facts The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After dozens of tornadoes rolled through the South, another storm system is threatening to deliver powerful winds and possibly more tornadoes Thursday to the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia along with parts of Florida. About 6.3 million people in eastern North Carolina and southeast Virginia are under a tornado watch

By Jason Hanna and Dave Hennen, CNN The Southeast is again seeing severe weather Wednesday, including heavy rain and tornadoes — even as the South copes with the aftermath of storms that left at least two dead and swaths of home and tree damage earlier this week. Two tornadoes were observed around Valdosta, Georgia, on

By Jason Hanna and Kelly McCleary, CNN Strong storms sweeping through the South have left at least two people dead as the severe weather dropped trees and spawned dozens of tornadoes from Mississippi to South Carolina. In Georgia, there were reports of two tornadoes and one person killed Tuesday as the storms blew through. Bryan

By Jennifer Gray, CNN As we enter our third week in a row with the potential for severe weather, it’s starting to feel a bit like a broken record. It’s not only the third week in a row with the potential for severe weather, but it’s also happening in the same places over and over.

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As March came to an end, so, too, did Hector. At least until warmer, more favorable weather returns. Nearly every afternoon from September to March, a thunderstorm develops over the Tiwi Islands in northern Australia. In fact, it happens so regularly, the Bureau of Meteorology actually refers to it by

By Caitlin Kaiser and Brandon Miller, CNN This month has seen more tornadoes in the US than any March on record following this week’s severe weather outbreak. It’s the second year in a row the country has endured a record number of tornadoes in March, solidifying a trend toward more severe weather earlier in the

By Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN A wildfire burning near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Sevier County, Tennessee, has grown to more than 3,700 acres and impacted more than 100 structures, County Mayor Larry Waters said at a news conference Thursday. About 11,000 homes have been evacuated since the Hatcher Mountain Road/Indigo

By Jason Hanna and Melissa Alonso, CNN Two people are dead and two others are hurt after a tornado struck in the Florida Panhandle on Thursday morning, authorities said — part of a series of storms that have laid waste to buildings around the South since Wednesday. A tornado struck Washington County, north of Panama

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Exactly one week after the Deep South faced a deadly tornado outbreak, another round of severe weather is taking shape in the same areas Tuesday and Wednesday for over 50 million people at risk. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are all under a level 4 out of 5

By Jamiel Lynch and Emma Tucker, CNN An evacuation order has been lifted for people living near the site of an avalanche in Alaska, but officials warn conditions are still dangerous. Residents in the Eagle River area were asked to evacuate after the massive avalanche cut off 100 homes without power Thursday night. Mayor Dave

By Sara Smart and Amanda Watts, CNN An avalanche measuring between 60 to 80 feet deep and 300 to 400 feet wide has cut off nearly 100 houses in Anchorage, Alaska, according to public officials. Officers with the Anchorage Police Department (APD) responded in the early hours of Friday to reports of an avalanche that

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Three bodies were found Thursday in a submerged vehicle, authorities said, after a powerful storm dumped record rain amounts in Alabama. The bodies of a 72-year-old man along with two women ages 53 and 42 were recovered from an SUV in Holt, Alabama, after stormwater receded, the Tuscaloosa Police Department said

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After a tornado roared through Arabi, Louisiana, Tuesday with 136 mph winds, the walls and roof of Angel Hahn’s house were gone and as the wind calmed, she grabbed her phone. “I called my mama, and I said, ‘My house is gone,’” she told CNN affiliate WDSU. “She said, ‘So is

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a plan Wednesday to ensure every single person on the planet has access to early warning systems for extreme weather and climate disasters within the next five years. Early warning systems inform people that dangerous weather is on the way. They have been crucial in

By Kelly McCleary, CNN The storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes across Texas and Louisiana this week will continue to push east Wednesday, leaving a large swath of the country under the threat of more severe weather. About 50 million people from Florida to Michigan and east to the Virginia coast are at risk of

By Steve Almasy, Holly Yan and Taylor Ward, CNN A storm system that on Monday brought 25 tornadoes to Texas, including two that may have damaged about 1,000 homes, was spawning more twisters Tuesday as it pushed east. A “large and extremely dangerous tornado” hit the New Orleans area Tuesday night, the National Weather Service

By Joe Sutton and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A severe storm that slammed a Texas city caused significant damage to two schools on Monday. “I’ve been in the district for 30 years and this is the most catastrophic damage I’ve witnessed,” Jacksboro Independent School District Superintendent Brad Burnett told CNN affiliate WFAA. Both Jacksboro High School

By Caitlin Kaiser and Allison Chinchar, CNN Earlier this year an underwater volcano erupted in Tonga, triggering a widespread tsunami. While advisories were issued, there was confusion at the time because the event wasn’t triggered by an earthquake, which tsunami forecasting models don’t take into account. And last week a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist A “substantial severe weather event — including potential for significant tornadoes — remains evident over the Lower Mississippi Valley/central Gulf Coast” this week, the Storm Prediction Center said Sunday. A potent low pressure system sweeping across the Intermountain West Sunday will become the catalyst for a multiday severe weather outbreak

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist The same damaging storm system that rolled across the Southeast on Friday will continue this weekend, impacting over 50 million people along the East Coast. “We have potential wind damage and the possibility of very large hail all the way from upstate New York down along the East Coast to

By Aya Elamroussi, Monica Garrett and Judson Jones, CNN Severe storms across the Southeast are causing injuries and damage with strong winds, hail and possible tornadoes. In Escambia County, Alabama, not far from the Gulf Coast, six people from a mobile home park have been treated at a hospital for injuries sustained during a possible

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm will continue to deliver strong winds and blistering freezing temperatures as it exits the eastern region Sunday after dumping heavy snow across parts of New England. More than 30 million people across mid-Atlantic and New England regions were under wind advisories early Sunday. In the South, more than

By Jason Hanna, Taylor Ward and Derrick Hinds, CNN A powerful winter storm is bringing heavy and blustery snow to the Northeast and hammering the nation’s eastern third with strong winds, and will usher freezing temperatures, which could trouble crops in the South. Roughly 42 million Americans across the eastern US are under some kind

By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm passing through the central US is expected to become a more powerful bomb cyclone, threatening parts of the East with heavy snow and strong winds that could cause dangerous travel conditions Friday night into Saturday. Elsewhere, severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Gulf Coast

By Pedram Javaheri, CNN Meteorologist Tropical Cyclone Gombe is expected to rapidly intensify over the next 24 hours, growing to the equivalent of a major hurricane before making landfall Friday in northern Mozambique. Gombe is forecast to soak northern Mozambique from Friday through Sunday with as much as 250 to 350 mm (10 to 14

By Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Ward, CNN A strong winter storm is expected to impact a large swath of the US, bringing snow Thursday to the central region before forming into a bomb cyclone on its way east over the weekend. More than 50 million people were under winter weather alerts, stretching from Arizona to

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Firefighters on Wednesday welcomed much-needed rain as a wildfire burning in the Florida Panhandle is threatening areas that were battered by Hurricane Michael in 2018, officials said. The Bertha Swamp Road Fire swelled to more than 33,000 acres and was only 20% contained as of the evening, fire officials said. There

By Kelly McCleary, CNN About 75,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast were without power early Tuesday after a line of strong storms brought soaking rain and damaging winds to the region. More than 65 million people from the mountains of North Carolina to Cape Cod, Massachusetts — including Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New