What is a derecho and why is it so destructive?
By Emma Tucker, CNN A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived,…
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Snowfall tops 6.5 feet and rainfall tops 5 inches across southern California
By Haley Brink and Eric Levenson, CNN A winter storm dumped massive amounts of precipitation across southern California this weekend, including more…
Continue ReadingA derecho is forecast to bring damaging hurricane-force winds to the central US today
By Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist The storm system that brought blizzard warnings to Southern California on Friday and Saturday will produce a…
Continue ReadingParts of metro Los Angeles are still under a historic blizzard warning as heavy snow and rain pummel region
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A rare blizzard warning remains in effect for parts of Southern California — including the Los Angeles region —…
Continue ReadingWinter storm slams the West Coast, prompting rare blizzard warnings in Southern California
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Continue ReadingNearly 1 million power outages reported in cross-country winter storms, with more snow, icing and blizzard conditions ahead
CNN, WLUK, WCCO, KARE, KCRA, KGO By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms are expected to deliver snow, blizzard…
Continue ReadingNearly 1 million power outages reported in cross-country winter storms, with more snow, icing and blizzard conditions ahead
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms brought significant icing, strong wind gusts and heavy snow across…
Continue ReadingWinter storm in the North and heat wave in the South creates 100-degree difference across US
By Aya Elamroussi, Eric Levenson and Taylor Ward, CNN A powerful winter storm set record low temperatures in the northern Plains of the US, while a…
Continue ReadingWinter storm set to impact millions stretching from the West Coast all the way to Maine this week
By Aya Elamroussi and Rob Shackelford, CNN A massive winter storm bringing a mix of heavy snow, rain and gusty winds is poised to lash much of the US…
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Millions brace for major coast-to-coast winter storm
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Despite the fact spring is showing up early this year, we must remember winter isn’t over yet. A major…
Continue Reading2011 Japan Earthquake – Tsunami Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March of 2011. March 11, 2011 – At 2:46 p.m., a…
Continue ReadingSevere storms and possible strong tornadoes threaten the South today
By Aya Elamroussi and Rob Shackelford, CNN Severe storms, including possible strong tornadoes, will sweep across parts of the South and central US…
Continue ReadingMore than 20 million people face the threat of severe storms across the South today. The threat expands tomorrow
By Monica Garrett, CNN A two-day severe weather threat across the South begins Wednesday with more than 20 million people under the threat of…
Continue ReadingFlowers and trees blooming up to 3 weeks earlier than normal in the Eastern US
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist This year might be another strike in the “loss column” for Punxsutawney Phil, which isn’t much…
Continue ReadingLake Champlain ice fishing tournament canceled after 3 fishermen die due to thin lake ice
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN An annual ice fishing tournament on Vermont’s Lake Champlain has been canceled after the deaths of three fisherman on…
Continue ReadingLake Champlain ice fishing tournament canceled after 3 fishermen die due to thin lake ice
WPTZ By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN An annual ice fishing tournament on Vermont’s Lake Champlain has been canceled after the deaths of three fisherman…
Continue ReadingHeavy rain, strong winds and snow are possible this weekend across the Southeast
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Heavy rain and severe storms could lead to damaging winds and flooding this weekend as a rapidly developing…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand braces for its most intense tropical cyclone since the 1990s
By Taylor Ward, Rob Shackelford and Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologists New Zealand is bracing for its most intense tropical cyclone since the…
Continue ReadingTornadoes Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about tornadoes, rotating columns of air that often, but not always, are visible as…
Continue ReadingHere’s what it was like to spend the night on Mount Washington during some of the wildest weather ever recorded
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire is known to have some of the wildest weather on the planet, and…
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