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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Millions woke up this morning with a weather whiplash like no other. After ringing in the new year in shorts and…

By Judson Jones and John Keefe, CNN An expansive winter storm is set to impact much of the central and eastern US this week. The storm is expected to…

By Amir Vera and Derrick Hinds, CNN The nation’s capital and surrounding regions received record-breaking snow Monday as a strong storm system…

By Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist The first snow of the winter season is forecast for some areas across the South and Mid-Atlantic on Sunday and…

By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN meteorologists Rare “low precipitation” (LP) supercells spawned tornadoes across at least two…

By Allison Chinchar and Alaa Elassar, CNN As we ring in the new year, severe storms and flooding will be hitting some of the same areas ravaged by…

By Raja Razek, Steve Almasy and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Hundreds of homes have been lost after two wildfires started and grew quickly Thursday as high…

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As we ring in the New Year, severe storms could be hitting some of the same areas ravaged by tornadoes just…

By Robert Shackelford, CNN Christmas Day doesn’t feel much like winter for much of the South and Southeast. More than 200 records may be broken…

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which struck on January 12, 2010. The earthquake had a 7.0 magnitude. The…

Jack Frost is taking over the northern US for the holiday weekend, delivering heavy snowfall, plummeting temperatures, and a white Christmas to the…

By Tyler Mauldin, Judson Jones and Hannah Gard, CNN This holiday weekend is a tale of two Christmases: Heavy snow, rain and wind are forecast for the…

By Tyler Mauldin and Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologists Santa is bringing the gift of another atmospheric river event to the parched US West Coast this…

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist It is supposed to be the Christmas we all get back together with our families, and if you are one of the estimated…

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Thanks to multiple atmospheric river events, average snowpack in California has gone from 18% to 98% in just…

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Driving in a snow storm is difficult. Add in blowing wind and poor visibility, and travel can become downright…

By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Brandon Miller, CNN Intense storms delivered a destructive and record-setting spate of winds Wednesday from the…

By Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist Typhoon Rai is rapidly strengthening east of the southern Philippines and may be on the verge of becoming a super…

By Pedram Javaheri and Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologists The first tornado watch of the day has been issued for parts of the Midwest as record…

By Travis Caldwell and Jennifer Henderson, CNN As thousands of people without homes or utilities try to recover from the deadliest day of tornadoes…

By Kelly McCleary, Holly Yan and Theresa Waldrop, CNN The destruction was instantaneous as many homes and businesses were tossed in the air in last…

By Kelly McCleary, Holly Yan, Elizabeth Joseph and Claudia Dominguez, CNN At least 74 people in Kentucky have died after a weekend tornado outbreak…

By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph, Claudia Dominguez, Susannah Cullinane, Eric Levenson and Amir Vera, CNN More than 100 people are feared dead after…

By Jason Hanna, Elizabeth Joseph, Claudia Dominguez and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Storms unleashed devastating tornadoes late Friday and early Saturday…

By Derek Van Dam and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A powerful storm raced across the central US late Friday, unleashing at least 19 tornadoes in…

By Pedram Javaheri and Judson Jones, CNN The earthquake swarm off the Oregon coast continues — with almost 100 quakes in the past 48 hours…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Six unmanned Saildrones are heading out on a six-month voyage to face some of Earth’s most hostile ocean…

CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. On December 26, 2004, an earthquake with an estimated…

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at tsunamis. Tsunamis are formed by a displacement of water – a landslide, earthquake, volcanic eruption,…

By Pedram Javaheri One of North America’s most active fault lines sprung to life on Tuesday after a swarm of more than 40 earthquakes —…

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Snow is in the forecast. It’s entirely possible this week for a couple of major cities that are waiting to…

By Rob Shackelford and Taylor Ward, CNN Power has been restored to parts of downtown Honolulu after heavy rain flooded the area, but many residents…

By Joe Sutton, Andy Rose and Haley Brink, CNN The Hawaiian Islands could experience “catastrophic flooding” from a storm system lasting…

By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, just like the 2020 season, was one for the record books…

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Another atmospheric river will be streaming into western Washington and parts of British Columbia, Canada, this…

By Hannah Ryan, CNN At least two people are reported to have died as Britain was battered by severe weather with winds reaching speeds of over 90 mph…

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More than 70,000 homes and businesses in Southern California lost power on Thanksgiving as the region battles dangerously dry…

By Joe Sutton and Kelly McCleary, CNN Blustery and dry Santa Ana winds are whipping up a wildfire threat in Southern California this week,…

By Angela Dewan, CNN Australians are bracing for a wet and windy summer for a second year in a row as meteorologists said Tuesday that a La Niña…

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As millions of Americans gear up to travel this Thanksgiving holiday week, forecast models continue to show a…

By Tyler Mauldin, CNN Several regions of the United States are at risk of widespread power outages if extreme weather hits this winter, according to…

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Thanksgiving holiday travel could be a messy one, as forecast models continue to show the potential for…

By Aya Elamroussi, Amy Simonson and Paul P. Murphy, CNN There are significant delays for railways and trucks using the Canadian port city of…

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Holiday travel was reduced by the pandemic last year, but this time round it’s expected to look more like…