What the Pacific ‘blob’ + La Niña means for winter in the US
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A marine heat wave spanning much of the North Pacific Ocean is already influencing the weather in North America…
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Over a month’s-worth of rain could fall in the Desert Southwest and cause widespread and significant flooding
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — A serious flood threat is on tap for some of the driest areas of the United States as an ailing former…
Continue ReadingSignificant nor’easter will lash the East Coast this weekend with rain, wind and coastal flooding
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A nor’easter is about to develop off the Southeast coast and this coastal storm will bring…
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Jerry is zipping across the Atlantic at breakneck speed. Here’s where the future hurricane is headed
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Tropical Storm Jerry is rushing across the central Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and is…
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First EF5 tornado to strike the US in over a decade just confirmed by experts
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A rare, monstrous EF5 tornado that struck the United States more than three months ago was the…
Continue ReadingA new tropical storm could form in the Atlantic this week as hurricane season shows no signs of stopping
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — A new tropical storm could form in the Atlantic this week and continue the 2025 hurricane season’s…
Continue Reading6.9 magnitude earthquake kills more than 60 in central Philippines
By Brandon Miller, Eve Brennan, Yasmin Coles, CNN (CNN) — A powerful earthquake struck the central Philippines late Tuesday, killing at least…
Continue ReadingImelda batters Bermuda, continues churning up powerful waves along the US East Coast
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Imelda’s core passed over Bermuda overnight Wednesday and knocked out power to…
Continue ReadingWhat happens if a hurricane makes landfall while the government is shut down
By Andrew Freedman, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The two massive tropical systems swirling off the Southeast coast are a stark reminder that the…
Continue ReadingImelda and Humberto deliver double threat — dangerous surf and coastal flooding for US, back-to-back hurricanes for Bermuda
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Tropical Storm Imelda is strengthening and is expected to become a hurricane by Tuesday as it moves…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Imelda has formed, and there’s been a big change in the forecasted path — here’s what to know
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — Tropical Storm Imelda formed over the Bahamas Sunday afternoon and is expected to intensify into a…
Continue ReadingHurricane Humberto strengthened into a rare Cat 5, but there’s another storm the US needs to watch
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Humberto rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm Friday and…
Continue ReadingHere’s what can happen when two hurricanes get too close together
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Hurricanes and other systems don’t often find themselves in a tropical traffic jam in…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Humberto could tangle with another developing storm, with high stakes for the US East Coast
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman and Chris Dolce (CNN) — Tropical Storm Humberto is spinning in the west-central Atlantic, but the bigger…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Humberto is here and another storm is likely. These areas should pay attention
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce Tropical Storm Humberto has sprung to life in the Atlantic, and there could be a double dose of tropical trouble in…
Continue ReadingHurricane Gabrielle isn’t alone. Two more Atlantic systems could develop this week
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — The Atlantic is suddenly buzzing with tropical activity. Hurricane Gabrielle is a strong Category 3…
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Gabrielle rapidly intensifies into a major hurricane in the Atlantic and it could have company this week
By CNN Meteorologists Derek Van Dam, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Gabrielle rapidly intensified in warm water in the central…
Continue ReadingMudslides damage homes, bury roads and cars in Southern California
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce Deep mudslides and flash flooding hit Southern California Thursday after drenching thunderstorms fed by the moisture…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Gabrielle has run into an atmospheric road block, but it’s still forecast to strengthen
By CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, CNN Tropical Storm Gabrielle is struggling to organize after it formed Wednesday in the central…
Continue ReadingWhen signs of winter typically arrive where you live and how they’re changing
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce, Matt Stiles, CNN Hand in hand with brilliant foliage, fall delivers the first signs of winter to much of the United…
Continue ReadingNo, Mount St. Helens isn’t erupting again. It’s just stirring up leftover ash 45 years after ‘the big one’
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — For a moment, it seemed like a blast from the past: a plume over Mount St. Helens on Tuesday looked…
Continue ReadingYou thought it was fall? A major pattern shift starts today
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Anyone who’s drinking hot pumpkin spice lattes in a chunky sweater may need to rein it in for a…
Continue ReadingWhy Atlantic hurricane season has gone silent
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce Atlantic hurricane season has hit a September speed bump. The season’s peak will pass this week with no active…
Continue ReadingIt could be a La Niña winter. Here’s what your region might see
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — As a taste of fall gives much of the United States a break from a hot, humid summer, some…
Continue ReadingHaboob slams Phoenix with a towering wall of dust, causing damage, airport delays and power outages
CNN By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and CNN’s Sarah Dewberry, Taylor Romine, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A towering wall of dust, known…
Continue ReadingHaboob slams Phoenix with a towering wall of dust, causing damage, airport delays and power outages
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and CNN’s Sarah Dewberry, Taylor Romine, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A towering wall of dust, known…
Continue ReadingFall-like weather is coming. Will it last?
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A blast of fall-like weather is coming for much of the United States, and unlike the last brief…
Continue ReadingHurricane Erin moves away from the East Coast, but it remains a coastal threat
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Erin is moving away from the United States but don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet: The…
Continue ReadingTrump admin strips ocean and air pollution monitoring from next-gen weather satellites
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is narrowing the capabilities and reducing the number of…
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Hurricane Erin threatens dangerous surf for much of the East Coast as a new tropical system brews in its wake
CNN, WITN, U.S. AIR FORCE, AIRCREW MEMBER, U.S. Air Force/aircrew member By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane…
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Hurricane Erin threatens dangerous surf for much of the East Coast as a new tropical system brews in its wake
CNN, WITN, WRAL, KYW, SEE PREFONTS By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip…
Continue ReadingHurricane Erin threatens dangerous surf for much of the East Coast as a new tropical system brews in its wake
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along…
Continue ReadingTropical storm watch issued for North Carolina coast, as Hurricane Erin brings life-threatening rip currents to Outer Banks
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Much of North Carolina’s Outer Banks region is under a tropical…
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Tropical storm watch issued for North Carolina coast, as Hurricane Erin brings life-threatening rip currents to Outer Banks
CNN By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Much of North Carolina’s Outer Banks region is under a tropical…
Continue ReadingHurricane Erin is one of the fastest rapidly intensifying storms in Atlantic history
By Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, Andrew Freedman, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Erin is a Category 4 hurricane again, the…
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Hurricane Erin is one of the fastest rapidly intensifying storms in Atlantic history
CNN By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone a…
Continue ReadingHurricane Erin is now a rare Category 5. Next week, the storm is forecast to at least double or triple in size
CNN By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is rapidly intensifying as it tracks above…
Continue ReadingHurricane Erin is one of the fastest rapidly intensifying storms in Atlantic history
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone a period…
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Erin becomes the Atlantic season’s first hurricane. It’s set to rapidly intensify this weekend
CNN By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Fifth time’s the charm? After much speculation and many rounds of…
Continue ReadingErin becomes the Atlantic season’s first hurricane. It’s set to rapidly intensify this weekend
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Fifth time’s the charm? After much speculation and many rounds of overhyped…
Continue ReadingA glacier outburst sent a surge of water downstream into Juneau. Flood barriers protected the city from disaster
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Erin is expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season
By CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, CNN (CNN) — Tropical Storm Erin is tracking west over the open Atlantic Ocean and…
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Flash flooding hits Milwaukee as heavy rain pummels millions across the Midwest
CNN By Briana Waxman, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Heavy thunderstorms and gushing rain pummeled parts of the Midwest and Plains over the weekend,…
Continue ReadingFlash flooding hits Milwaukee as heavy rain pummels millions across the Midwest
By Briana Waxman, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Heavy thunderstorms and gushing rain pummeled parts of the Midwest and Plains over the weekend,…
Continue ReadingA wildfire continues to burn through the mountains north of LA, with thousands under evacuation orders
By CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Brandon Miller, Briana Waxman, and CNN’s Joe Sutton A wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles…
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One-two punch of wildfire smoke is wrecking air quality in the US
CNN, WLUK, ALERTCALIFORNIA , UC SAN DIEGO, KABC, KSBY, CATHEDRAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALERTCalifornia / UC San Diego By CNN Meteorologist Mary…
Continue ReadingOne-two punch of wildfire smoke is wrecking air quality in the US
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Air quality has taken a serious hit across the United States as a twofold blow of wildfires in…
Continue Reading2.7-magnitude earthquake felt in New Jersey, New York area
By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — A relatively weak, 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Hillsdale in northern New Jersey on Tuesday at 12:11 p.m.…
Continue ReadingWeather Service is now hiring back hundreds of positions that got cut in the DOGE chaos
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The National Weather Service has received permission to hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists and radar…
Continue ReadingPrimetime hurricane season is here, and the Atlantic is a powder keg
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Atlantic hurricane season is about to hit its stride. August through mid-September is historically…
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