‘Extremely high’ rates of heat-related ER visits, CDC says, with more coming Saturday
By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — The deadly, multiday heat wave tightened its grip on the…
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Energy Dept. directs data centers to use backup generators during heat wave, freeing up power for AC
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As a dangerous heat wave bakes major East Coast cities, Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed data centers in the…
Continue ReadingHow record heat and monumental fireworks could spark miserable air quality for July Fourth
By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, firework celebrations are expected to bring more pomp and…
Continue ReadingHow record heat and monumental fireworks could spark miserable air quality for July Fourth
CNN, WABC, POOL, X, @NYCMAYOR, KYW By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, firework celebrations are…
Continue ReadingHeat records broken from DC to Boston, more to come Friday
By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and Dakota Smith, with Kate Petersen reporting (CNN) — A dangerous heat wave is tightening its…
Continue ReadingFast-moving wildfires scorch thousands of acres across the West, and there’s more danger ahead
By Kate Petersen, Alaa Elassar, Karina Tsui, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of wildfires are raging across the western United States, burning…
Continue ReadingHottest temperatures in over a decade threatened in parts of eastern US as dangerous heat dome expands and intensifies
By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Half of all Americans are facing prolonged, dangerously hot temperatures from an intense…
Continue ReadingConditions improve after widespread flooding and heavy rain kill at least 4 in Kentucky
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead and prompted dozens of rescues after heavy rains…
Continue ReadingA widespread, searing heat dome settles over the US this week
By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A heat dome will bring dangerously hot and humid conditions to the eastern half of the United States…
Continue ReadingVenezuela’s deadly ‘doublet’ earthquakes may have been a single big one. Here’s why it matters
By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century. It toppled buildings and…
Continue ReadingTornadoes kill 3 in the Midwest, Plains as storm threat shifts east
CNN By Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Hanna Park, Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — An outbreak of tornadoes killed at least two people and…
Continue ReadingTornadoes kill 3 in the Midwest, Plains as storm threat shifts east
By Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Hanna Park, Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — An outbreak of tornadoes killed at least two people and…
Continue ReadingThe ‘earthquake gate’ stopping a San Andreas disaster is under its highest stress in 1,000 years
By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — It’s like a scene from a Hollywood movie: A major earthquake along the San Andreas fault ripples through Los…
Continue ReadingParts of the Gulf Coast are under water and more rain is on the way
CNN, WVUE, WLOX, WXXV, WDSU, WDAM By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More…
Continue ReadingArthur is fueling tornadoes and a rare high flood risk for the Gulf Coast
WAFB By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Arthur has weakened to a…
Continue ReadingArthur’s ghost haunts the Gulf Coast with relentless flooding
CNN, WAFB, KFDM, @STORMCHASERHTX, WAND, JENNIFER DEWEESE, WQAD, WOI-DT, WISC, WTVY By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and…
Continue ReadingNOAA’s Hurricane Hunter fleet is aging. Senators want to make it bigger and newer
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan group of senators are trying to triple the size of the Hurricane Hunter fleet – the three…
Continue ReadingTornado outbreak rakes Midwest amid unusually strong June storm
By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman (CNN) — A tornado outbreak with several destructive twisters tore through the Midwest Wednesday…
Continue ReadingParts of the Gulf Coast are under water and more rain is on the way
By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More rain is on the way for parts of the…
Continue ReadingTropical storm chances increase for major Gulf flood threat that has killed 1 in Texas
By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — What could become the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane…
Continue ReadingThe biggest brawl at Trump’s UFC night may be with the weather
Forecast by Brandon Miller, Lead Meteorologist (CNN) — There could be rumbles outside the ring on Sunday at the widely anticipated UFC fight…
Continue ReadingStorm threat shifts into the East after tornadoes, winds kill multiple people and level homes in the central US
CNN, NETWORK VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, WBBM, @JACKTHECHASER, X, CAYLYN CASS, KIM HASSEN, KCCI By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s…
Continue ReadingEl Niño is here and rapidly strengthening. Here’s what it means for your weather
CNN By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño…
Continue ReadingHere’s how we find out how strong tornadoes were
By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Around 1,200 tornadoes occur on average in the United States each year and every one of them gets its own…
Continue ReadingEl Niño is officially here, and it could get historically “super”
By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño with…
Continue ReadingStorm threat shifts into the East after tornadoes, winds kill multiple people and level homes in the central US
By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A destructive and deadly weeklong stretch of storms and…
Continue Reading1 dead as tornadoes and severe storms again batter central US
CNN, WISN, STEPHANIE BATTLE, WMTV, WTMJ, @JACKTHECHASER , X, PARKER FREYERMUTH, KWCH-DT, KAKE, KARE, WBBM, @JackTheChaser / X By Meteorologists Mary…
Continue ReadingTo travel far on cloudy days, pigeons listen to their gut
By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — When an American battalion was trapped behind enemy lines in World War I, a pigeon delivered the coordinates that…
Continue ReadingAtlanta metro downpour leads to massive fish kill on the Chattahoochee River
Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A massive fish kill on the Chattahoochee River west of Atlanta was reported Friday by environmental protection…
Continue ReadingAtlanta metro downpour leads to massive fish kill on the Chattahoochee River
WSB Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A massive fish kill on the Chattahoochee River west of Atlanta was reported Friday by environmental protection…
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