Tracking the potentially historic US winter storm in maps and charts
By Matt Stiles, Curt Merrill, Sam Hart, Tal Yellin, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A major winter storm is spreading heavy snow and damaging ice…
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A massive winter storm is coming. Don’t make these mistakes as you prepare
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — There’s a winter storm brewing that promises to blanket Texas to Washington, DC, in heavy snow and…
Continue ReadingPotentially historic winter storm to slam much of the US with destructive ice and heavy snow
By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — More than half of the United States is about to face one of the most sprawling and menacing winter…
Continue ReadingOne of the most extreme winter storms in years is set to deliver damaging ice and heavy snow to nearly half the US
By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A major winter storm — among the most extreme and widespread in years — is set to lash more than…
Continue ReadingCalifornia is stuck in storminess, with flood threats continuing into next week
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — A storm that brought more soaking rain to Southern California on Thursday is on the way…
Continue ReadingPowerful storm disrupts travel with blizzard conditions and tornadoes as winter returns to the US with a vengeance
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — A powerful winter storm swept across the central and eastern United States, knocking…
Continue ReadingFlight delays and cancellations pile up at JFK and LaGuardia as snowstorm jams post-Christmas travel in the Northeast
By Rebekah Riess, Randi Kaye, Michelle Watson New York (CNN) — A winter storm dumped heavy snow and treacherous ice onto parts of the Great…
Continue ReadingFinal push of rain threatens to cause more flooding and debris flows in California
By Andrew Freedman, Hanna Park, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — A final round of heavy rain is drenching California Friday and threatening to bring…
Continue Reading‘Dangerous scenario unfolding’ in Southern California from potent storm lashing the entire state
By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Andrew Freedman, Alaa Elassar, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm carrying a strong…
Continue ReadingRare ‘high risk’ for flooding spurs evacuations in Southern California after deadly floods in Northern California
By Karina Tsui, Chris Dolce, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — An even more potent atmospheric river-fueled storm is on a collision course with…
Continue ReadingForecasters warn of ‘particularly dangerous’ fire threat in Colorado and Wyoming with 100 mph wind gusts possible
By Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Dangerous fire weather conditions were underway in Colorado and Wyoming’s foothills that had…
Continue ReadingWhite Christmas hopes could be dashed by a big weather pattern change in December’s second half
By Meteorologist Chris Dolce Cold and snowy weather has gripped much of the northern tier of the United States since Thanksgiving, but a pattern…
Continue ReadingSecond levee fails in Washington, forcing more evacuations, as atmospheric river renews flood threat
By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce (CNN) — A second levee failed just outside of Seattle as rivers once again surge from more…
Continue ReadingMore atmospheric rivers coming for flooded Washington and the West Coast
By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Rain has finally come to an end in flooded Washington and the Pacific Northwest, but…
Continue ReadingTrump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The National Weather Service is working to hire back hundreds of positions laid off or otherwise cut by the…
Continue ReadingMillions wake up to extreme cold that’s breaking records as it spreads east
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce and CNN’s Andrew Freedman (CNN) — An arctic air mass has descended into the US, and a…
Continue ReadingBomb cyclone to bring first widespread snow to parts of Northeast after tracking through already hard-hit Midwest
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and Chris Dolce (CNN) — A new, quick-hitting winter storm is piling onto travel woes and shoveling duties…
Continue ReadingCross-country winter storm disrupts post-Thanksgiving travel in the Midwest, and another system is behind it
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Emerging from their holiday food comas and shuffling toward the nation’s airports and highways,…
Continue ReadingPost-Thanksgiving cross-country winter storm could wreck travel as it brings the most widespread snow of the season
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Holiday travelers in the United States avoiding widespread disruptive weather ahead of…
Continue ReadingBig temperature drop and snow on the menu this Thanksgiving for millions across the US
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman and Chris Dolce (CNN) — A blast of Arctic cold air is set to sweep across the country just as family and…
Continue ReadingHere’s where the weather could mess with your Thanksgiving travel plans
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Thanksgiving is a week away and more than 80 million Americans are planning to travel at least 50…
Continue ReadingFlood threat for soaked Dallas and Texas Hill Country persists overnight as storms keep firing
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Significant flooding is underway in Texas Hill Country as storms crawl across the…
Continue ReadingA strong Pacific storm is increasing the risk of life-threatening flooding in Southern California
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Taylor Ward, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — A strong Pacific storm is bringing soaking rain to Southern California,…
Continue ReadingNorthern lights just dazzled night skies as far south as Florida. Here’s who has the best chance to see them tonight
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman and Chris Dolce (CNN) — A powerful burst of energy from the sun streaming past Earth painted the night sky…
Continue ReadingRecord-breaking cold settles in across the southern US, but another big change is coming
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Record cold temperatures have pushed as far south as Florida this morning as…
Continue ReadingDeep freeze to cause major temperature swings, with lows that could break records in the South
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — The calendar still says fall, but the atmosphere is skipping ahead to winter as a rush of Arctic air…
Continue ReadingMelissa was one of the strongest storms on record. NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters flew into it without pay
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Tossed and battered by violent wind and severe turbulence, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Continue ReadingCuba is staring down a direct hit from Melissa. Here’s what to expect
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — After Melissa moves away from Jamaica, Cuba is next in line for the powerful hurricane’s fury.…
Continue ReadingHurricane Melissa is now a rare Category 5 storm as it closes in on a historic, catastrophic landfall in Jamaica
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — Melissa rapidly intensified over the weekend and is now a rare Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph…
Continue ReadingJamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could…
Continue ReadingMelissa is forecast to become a major hurricane. It could be a worst-case scenario for Jamaica
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Tropical Storm Melissa is barely moving through the Caribbean, and that’s exactly…
Continue ReadingMelissa is now forecast to become a major hurricane as it trends toward a concerning track
By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Tropical Storm Melissa is crawling through the Caribbean Sea, threatening to…
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Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to become a hurricane. Its track is unclear, but it’s bringing a dangerous threat
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean Sea, proving this year’s Atlantic hurricane…
Continue ReadingSevere thunderstorms with dangerous winds, isolated tornadoes threaten South and Midwest this weekend
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Thunderstorms erupting in the South and Midwest to kick off the weekend could turn severe and…
Continue ReadingPredictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the…
Continue Reading1 killed, dozens rescued after storm slams western Alaska leaving thousands displaced
By CNN’s Hanna Park, CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Emergency responders in western Alaska are working to help more than a…
Continue ReadingAt least 3 dead as dayslong nor’easter brings final surge of coastal flooding to Jersey Shore
By CNN’s Dakin Andone, CNN Meteorologists Linda Lam, Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce Coastal flooding and wind-whipped rain hit the mid-Atlantic and…
Continue ReadingStrengthening nor’easter threatens major coastal flooding and damaging winds along East Coast
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A nasty coastal storm, known as a nor’easter, is organizing and strengthening off the…
Continue ReadingPotent nor’easter will slam the East Coast with fierce wind, major coastal flooding and rain this weekend
By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful nor’easter is about to bring nasty weather to millions along the East Coast, with…
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‘Numerous flash floods’ are about to unfold in the Southwest from a double dose of tropically-fueled rain
By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — A serious multi-day flood threat is underway in the Southwest as two former tropical systems turn the…
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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…
Continue ReadingOver 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…
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