What is El Niño?
By Brandon Miller, Nick Thompson and Jennifer Gray, CNN (CNN) — El Niño is a climate pattern that originates in the Pacific Ocean along the…
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A ‘perfect storm’ is unfolding this summer and it’s ‘supercharging’ the weather, scientist says
By Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A “perfect storm” is unfolding this summer, one climate scientist told CNN, as atmospheric ingredients combine…
Continue ReadingTrapped drivers swam out of their cars. A woman died after being swept away by floodwaters. What to know about the heavy rainfall hitting the Northeast
By Lauren Mascarenhas and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Intense rain and flash flooding that left at least one dead in southeastern New York…
Continue ReadingA new dangerous long-lasting heat wave could set dozens of heat records, even in notoriously hot places
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — Phoenix is supposed to be hot, but the severity of the upcoming heat wave will bring a level of…
Continue ReadingVermont faces a rare high risk for flooding. Here’s why these days are so deadly and devastating
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — A dire and potentially catastrophic situation is unfolding across parts of New England and New…
Continue ReadingVermont faces a rare high risk for flooding. Here’s why these days are so deadly and devastating
CNN By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — A dire and potentially catastrophic situation is unfolding across parts of New England and New…
Continue ReadingA windstorm at Yellowstone National Park downed hundreds of trees and damaged multiple buildings and cars
By Dave Alsup, CNN (CNN) — Clean-up efforts are underway at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming after a major windstorm blew across the…
Continue ReadingWhere storms could disrupt Fourth of July fireworks and festivities
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — Severe storms and record heat pose serious risks for the Fourth of July holiday, so don’t be…
Continue ReadingMore than 200,000 without power across Midwest and Southeast after severe storms barrel through
By Joe Sutton, Gene Norman, Zoe Sottile and Rob Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Over 80 million people are under severe storm threat from northern…
Continue ReadingStorms, smoke and heat threaten Fourth of July travel and holiday weekend plans
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Mother Nature will threaten Fourth of July travel and holiday plans as severe storms, record…
Continue ReadingWhy nighttime heat can be so dangerous – and why it’s getting worse
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Summers are getting hotter than ever, shattering all-time high temperature records, straining the energy grid…
Continue ReadingHow storms will help bring an end to one heat wave, as another builds in the West
By Taylor Ward and Monica Garrett, CNN (CNN) — A heat wave in parts of the South and Mississippi Valley is peaking and a new one is building in…
Continue ReadingSmoke from Canadian wildfires is still wafting south. Conditions for some are expected to improve soon
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN and Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — More than 100 million people are under air quality alerts Friday morning from…
Continue ReadingA massive storm is plowing through the Midwest, clearing out smoke with hurricane-force wind gusts
By Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A powerful thunderstorm complex was racing across the Midwest Thursday afternoon, blowing through the harmful…
Continue ReadingWhen will the heat wave end? Relief arrives for some. For others, the danger has just begun
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — A deadly heat wave will worsen in parts of the South today, but relief from the most extreme,…
Continue Reading11 deaths attributed to unprecedented heat in Texas county, medical examiner says
By Jennifer Gray, Lauren Mascarenhas and Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Eleven people have died due to heat-related illnesses in Webb County, Texas,…
Continue ReadingTexas’s nighttime temperatures are a symptom of a new, more dangerous kind of heat wave
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — A brutal heat wave is expanding across Texas and the South this week, impacting millions of Americans with…
Continue ReadingA dangerous heat wave is intensifying in the South with more than 55 million people under heat alerts
By Nouran Salahieh and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — More than 55 million people from southern Arizona to the Florida coast are sweltering under a…
Continue ReadingDeadly Texas heat is spreading, and it will only get hotter
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — Parts of Texas have been roasting for more than two weeks and flirting with the state’s record…
Continue ReadingHow a heat dome can push temperatures to dangerous highs
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Summer is notorious for producing punishing heat waves, often referred to as heat domes. A heat…
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