EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Trash and recycling bins could move from the curb to an alley if the City of El Paso moves forward with proposed changes. Friday, the City of El Paso said the Environmental Services Department invited residents to a series of public meetings to provide feedback on the proposed changes. The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A three-day gem and mineral show kicked off Friday at the Tobin Park neighborhood. A local pastor organized the show to combine his love of rocks with his faith. Pastor Jackson Mills from Tobin Park United Methodist Church’ enthusiasm for rocks and minerals started when he was 3 years old.
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By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, and Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — The first significant rainfall in weeks is falling along parts of the Northeast coast on Friday from the same storm that produced historic and catastrophic flooding on the Georgia and Tennessee border Wednesday into Thursday morning.⛈️☔️Get your forecast and track the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water said it received more than 100 calls to extract water during this year’s monsoon season. Hurricane Polo brought heavy rain and a longer monsoon season than usual, keeping EPWater busy before and after downpours. Water flooded streets, blocked access and approached homes across El Paso. EPWater’s Stormwater
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By Jack Guy London (CNN) — Astonishing photographs of rainbows, lightning strikes and incredible cloud formations are among the finalists in the Weather Photographer of the Year 2026 competition.This year’s edition attracted 5,500 entries, and a judging panel whittled them down to 30 finalists, according to a statement from the UK’s Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS),
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By Meteorologists Tyler Ory, Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Widespread rain draped across the central United States on Election Day from the same storm that caused deadly and historic flooding in the Southwest over the past few days.The destructive storm briefly shut down voting sites near Phoenix, sparking disinformation,
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By Meteorologist Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — A storm headed for the central United States on Election Day could affect voter turnout in key races across the region.The beginnings of our storm are just off the West Coast and will cross into the US Saturday night. It will funnel in abundant moisture from the tropical
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By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A soggy storm will track through the central United States on Election Day and could influence voter turnout for key races in the region.Rain will fall on a widespread area from the Great Lakes, Plains and Upper Midwest to the western Gulf Coast Tuesday. Wet conditions are possible
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego signed a local disaster declaration on Tuesday in response to severe weather and flooding. In a news release, the county said rainfall on Oct. 23-25 resulted in severe flooding, property damage and evacuations. With additional rainfall expected this week, concerns remain about more flooding
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By Andrew Freedman and Julian Quinones, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Tuesday to protect the iconic Pacific Coast Highway from the impacts of El Niño-related storms as a potentially stormy winter approaches.This action comes on the heels of the Democratic governor’s state of emergency declaration issued on Sept. 21,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Severe weekend storms damaged homes and displaced some West El Paso families. The El Paso Office of Emergency Management said the El Paso Community Foundation is accepting donations for affected families. OEM El Paso said families in the community along Bluff Creek Street, Dawnlight Lane and Crest Creek Lane saw
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Thousands of miles away, the Pacific Ocean is heating up, and the effects could reach all the way to the Borderland this winter. The phenomenon, known as El Niño, could become one of the strongest on record since 1950, raising hopes for increased precipitation in a region struggling with years
Continue ReadingBy Meteorologist Tyler Ory and Sam Hart (CNN) — This year’s potentially record-setting El Niño is expected to shape winter weather and snowfall across the US. A new CNN Weather analysis shows how snowfall has changed during El Niño winters, offering clues as to what to expect this season.El Niño is a natural climate pattern
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The city and county of El Paso will update its Hazard Mitigation Action Plan, and it’s asking for residents’ input. The El Paso Office of Emergency Management said the goal of the plan is to reduce or eliminate long-term risks to people and property from known hazards through mitigation strategies.
Continue ReadingBy Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Subtropical Storm Josephine is starting to accelerate away from the Eastern Seaboard where it continues be a nuisance along the coast.The storm is 195 miles southeast of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, and has 65 mph sustained winds as of Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.Some strengthening
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas State Senator César Blanco, who represents El Paso in District 29, has announced a community meeting focused on presenting solutions to emergency preparedness at El Paso’s Marathon Refinery in South-Central El Paso.This meeting comes just two weeks after Marathon held a town hall at Riverside High School discussing the
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s cuts to weather satellites will set the country back nearly a decade, experts say. The loss of data used to observe, forecast and research extreme weather could prevent the country from making major advances in weather prediction in the coming years.This finding comes from a new
Continue ReadingBy Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — Strong winds, pounding seas and coastal flood threats will be near-constant companions for parts of North Carolina up through the Chesapeake Bay area this weekend as a nor’easter that’s expected to linger well into next week starts to take shape.This budding storm will not follow in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Destructive gusts blew through the Borderland Thursday evening and will continue through Friday, according to ABC-7’s StormTrack Weather team. Friday morning, winds were estimated to peak at 65 miles per hour. In addition to a dramatic drop in temperatures, the wind gusts knocked down trees across El Paso neighborhoods, caused
Continue ReadingBy Eduardo Cuevas and Meteorologist Tyler Ory (CNN) — A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California quickly consumed hundreds of acres and burned multiple homes after sparking in Orange County Friday, county officials said.The Norte Fire began around noon near a neighborhood in the San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano areas and by Friday evening had
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Wind gusts reaching nearly 70 miles per hour woke some Borderland residents in the middle of the night. Some homes in Canutillo, Texas, near Country Club Road sustained severe damage. One West El Paso resident woke up to a tree weighing about three to four tons collapsed in his backyard.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Freedman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — This winter is set to feature numerous strong storms affecting the West Coast and southern half of the country, according to the official winter outlook released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The outlook is dominated by the influence of the near-record strong El Niño
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FORT STOCKTON, Texas (KVIA) — A tornado touched down in Fort Stockton, Texas, on Wednesday. ABC-7 viewer Tracy Novak shared photos of the tornado. Novak saw the tornado around 2:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — The atmosphere’s attempts to make it feel actually like fall across much of the United States have been repeatedly thwarted in recent weeks, but that’s about to change in a major way.Temperatures will plummet to their lowest levels since spring for many east of the Rockies later this
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — University of Texas at El Paso’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering team is working on a two-year research project that combines satellite imagery, Earth observation data and artificial intelligence to map areas affected by flooding in El Paso. After heavy rainfall left extensive damage across parts of El
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — From the time Hurricane Isaias first formed, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center made a big bet. They shaped their predictions to closely match an AI hurricane model developed by Google DeepMind, rather than leaning on the classic physics-based models many Americans are more familiar with, such as the
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ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. (KVIA) – “I have to sacrifice something to stay alive,” said Joseph Carey, owner of Lake Shore Boat Storage. He’s one of many business owners in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, seeing fewer tourists visit every year. Elephant Butte Lake is at 3.9% capacity, according to state park officials. That number increased from
Continue ReadingBy Sam Hart and Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A potentially record-shattering El Niño is underway, and we’re already seeing its effects. From wildfires in Indonesia to an unusually active tropical cyclone season in the Pacific, the phenomenon has a cascading effect on global weather patterns that will peak during the upcoming winter. On Thursday
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CNN, WALA, WPMI, ACCUWEATHER, INC. By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The global energy system is already being pushed to the brink. A hurricane barreling down on America’s refining nerve center is the last thing that’s needed. Isaias, the Atlantic season’s first hurricane, is arriving at a time when there is almost no
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After two months of waiting, El Paso residents were invited by the Marathon Refinery in South-Central El Paso to a meet-and-greet presentation and forum organized at Riverside High School in the Lower Valley on Tuesday night.Elected officials at the city and state level from Mayor Renard Johnson to State Rep.
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