Significant flooding threatens the Gulf Coast as tropical threat looms next week
By Jackson Dill, CNN Weather A developing tropical disturbance near the southern Gulf of Mexico could become the Atlantic basin’s next named…
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King Tides are coming to parts of flood-prone South Florida
By Claire Colbert, CNN Parts of South Florida will experience higher than normal seasonal tides, potentially causing coastal flooding periodically…
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Over 1,000 lightning strikes occurred overnight in California, igniting new wildfires
By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist A wave of thunderstorms moved through California overnight, igniting the night sky as well as more wildfires…
Continue ReadingHurricane Larry will produce category 1 winds and… feet of snow
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Friday is the statistical peak of hurricane season, yet a monster named Larry is forecast to transform into a…
Continue ReadingThis summer tied the Dust Bowl for the hottest on record in US
By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist The summer of 2021, which produced numerous extreme weather and climate disasters, was also the hottest on…
Continue ReadingTropical Depression Mindy dropping heavy rain in parts of Georgia and South Carolina
By Jason Hanna, CNN Tropical Depression Mindy was dropping heavy rain on southern Georgia and parts of South Carolina on Thursday morning and could…
Continue Reading2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Past coverage of the 2020 and 2019 hurricane season and the latest…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Mindy makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle and is forecast to quickly lose intensity
By Dave Hennen, CNN Senior Meteorologist Tropical Storm Mindy, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday afternoon, has made landfall over St.…
Continue ReadingTropical Depression Mindy dropping heavy rain in parts of Georgia and South Carolina
By Jason Hanna, CNN Tropical Depression Mindy was dropping heavy rain on southern Georgia and parts of South Carolina on Thursday morning and could…
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California’s wildfire season is ‘far from over’ as multiple massive blazes rage, official warns
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN California could be dealing with massive wildfires until the end of the year, a top fire official said, warning people to keep…
Continue Reading California’s wildfire season is ‘far from over’ as multiple massive blazes rage, official warns
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN California could be dealing with massive wildfires until the end of the year, a top fire official said, warning people to keep…
Continue ReadingFlash flood watches are in effect in the Northeast for some of the same areas hit by Ida
By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The first storms since Ida will move through the Northeast into Thursday, bringing the chance for severe weather…
Continue ReadingFlash flood watches are in effect in the Northeast for some of the same areas hit by Ida
By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The first storms since Ida will move through the Northeast into Thursday, bringing the chance for severe weather…
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Some areas with ground still soaked from Ida’s remnants will be under flash flood watch Wednesday
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Some areas of the Northeast hit last week by the immense rains of the remnants of Hurricane Ida will be under a flash flood…
Continue ReadingLarry to bring dangerous surf to the East Coast and maybe a hurricane to Bermuda and Canada
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Hurricane Larry may be well out in the Atlantic, but the dangerous Category 3 hurricane will have impacts in the…
Continue ReadingDixie Fire is blazing its way to becoming California’s biggest ever
By Kelly McCleary and Alta Spells, CNN The Dixie Fire in northern California is on its way to becoming the largest wildfire in the state’s…
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About 14,000 people displaced when Ida battered one Louisiana parish, official says
By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Jenn Selva, CNN About 14,000 people in one Louisiana parish are without homes after Hurricane Ida damaged or…
Continue ReadingThe flooding in New York left weather experts with a dreadful feeling in the pit of their stomachs
By Jennifer Gray and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists As meteorologists, we are still stunned by what happened in the Northeast last week. The…
Continue ReadingWhile Caldor Fire slows and evacuation orders are lifted, three new wildfires erupt in California
By Kelly McCleary and Alta Spells, CNN Firefighters in California made significant progress against the Caldor Fire over the weekend, allowing for…
Continue ReadingIt could be weeks before some parts of Louisiana have power restored
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Some of the areas in Louisiana that were hit hardest by Hurricane Ida could be looking at more than three weeks before power…
Continue ReadingHurricane Larry becomes a Category 3 storm — this season’s third major cyclone in the Atlantic
By Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologist As millions pick up the pieces after Hurricane Ida ravaged the eastern United States from the Gulf Coast to the…
Continue ReadingHurricane Larry becomes a Category 3 storm — this season’s third major cyclone in the Atlantic
By Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologist As millions pick up the pieces after Hurricane Ida ravaged the eastern United States from the Gulf Coast to the…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans is transporting some residents to shelters as hundreds of thousands remain without power after Hurricane Ida
By Jason Hanna and Travis Caldwell, CNN As hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents struggle in sweltering conditions and without power six days…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans is transporting some residents to shelters as hundreds of thousands remain without power after Hurricane Ida
By Jason Hanna and Travis Caldwell, CNN As hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents struggle in sweltering conditions and without power six days…
Continue ReadingMayor describes ‘grief in limbo’ as search continues for 2 friends who were swept away when Ida’s remains unleashed deadly flooding in Northeast
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Crews continued their search Saturday for two missing childhood friends whom witnesses say were swept into a New Jersey storm…
Continue ReadingA mother, father and son drowned after more than a dozen feet of water drenched their apartment
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A mother, father and son died by drowning when the remnants of Hurricane Ida poured catastrophic amounts of rain across the…
Continue ReadingIda recovery could be slowed by rain this holiday weekend
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Labor Day is usually the signal that summer is coming to an end, and this summer has been one for the record…
Continue ReadingAfter Ida’s remnants kill dozens in the East, NYC mayor says cities need to prepare differently for increasingly intense storms
By Madeline Holcombe and Jason Hanna, CNN After Ida’s remnants swept through the East Coast and left at least 50 people dead, New York…
Continue ReadingLouisiana residents grapple with power outages, fuel shortage in Hurricane Ida’s aftermath
By Dakin Andone and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Many Louisiana residents are still struggling days after Hurricane Ida slammed the state, as they try to…
Continue ReadingFirefighters battle wildfires, fatigue and Covid-19 as California braces for an extended fire season
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Firefighters battling a devastating wildfire season in California are exhausted as they face the state’s massive Caldor…
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At least 46 people have died after floodwaters from Ida’s remnants swamp cities from Virginia to New England
By Steve Almasy, Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The death toll from flooding after the remnants of Hurricane Ida pummeled cities in the East…
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Fuel is in short supply in Louisiana, which is a critical problem for the Hurricane Ida recovery effort, governor says
By Madeline Holcombe and Dakin Andone, CNN Dwindling fuel supplies are hampering relief efforts in Louisiana, where many residents are relying on…
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Lighter winds could bring relief to firefighters battling the Caldor Fire as it threatens the Lake Tahoe region
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The winds fueling the massive Caldor Fire in California may subside in the coming days, bringing the possibility of lighter…
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The West’s historic drought in 3 maps
By John Keefe, Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The Western US experienced extreme drought this year that severely strained water resources and…
Continue ReadingNew York declares a state of emergency as the Northeast is slammed by flooding from Ida’s remnants
By Jennifer Gray, Brandon Miller and Taylor Ward, CNN New York declared a state of emergency early Thursday morning as the Northeast region was…
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With Ida leaving nearly 1 million power outages, Louisiana residents now face gas shortages and dwindling supplies
By Madeline Holcombe and Jason Hanna, CNN Hardships are compounding for southeast Louisiana residents days after Hurricane Ida crushed the area: With…
Continue ReadingEarthquakes Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at earthquakes worldwide. The US Geological Survey describes an earthquake as “the ground shaking…
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