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By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Miami tied its all-time high temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, amid a sprawling heat wave that is affecting areas from Texas to the Southeast. The heat wave, caused by a stalled-out heat dome, continues on Wednesday.Yes, it’s significant that Miami tied its all-time record. It’s another example

By Dalia Faheid, Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette and Kate S. Petersen, and Meteorologists Tyler Ory and Dakota Smith (CNN) — At least one person has died in Hawaii after Hurricane Lala swept south of the state over the weekend, bringing torrential rain that touched off destructive flooding.In the wake of the storm, officials discovered the

By Dalia Faheid, Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette, Meteorologists Dakota Smith and Tyler Ory (CNN) — One person is dead and tens of thousands have lost power after Hurricane Lala moved past parts of Hawaii overnight, before weakening slightly Sunday morning to a tropical storm with 70 mph sustained winds and heavy rain.Nearly 130,000 customers are

CNN By Dalia Faheid, Sarah Dewberry and Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Drenching storms rolled over the flood-ravaged Midwest for a sixth day early Friday, bringing more rain to areas where severe flooding has already forced hundreds of people from their homes and left more than 300,000 without power. After parts of Indiana saw 1-in-1,000

By Dalia Faheid, Sarah Dewberry, Rebekah Riess, Kate S. Petersen, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Tyler Ory, Maria Aguilar Prieto, , (CNN) — Following disastrous flooding across the Midwest that left at least seven dead in Indiana, conditions have begun to improve across the region. As officials turn to recovery efforts, more storms are expected further

By Meteorologists Tyler Ory, Briana Waxman (CNN) — Hawaii is bracing for a potential hurricane strike this weekend after Tropical Storm Lala’s forecast track shifted north, bringing the strengthening storm — and its heavy rain, damaging winds and dangerous surf — close to the Big Island.A hurricane warning is in effect for Hawaii County, meaning

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — An unusually long and far-reaching communications outage hobbled the National Weather Service just as deadly severe thunderstorms were tearing across the Midwest and Ohio Valley on Tuesday evening.The outage is more evidence of the long-running IT infrastructure challenges facing the agency, which is part of the National Oceanic and

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More heavy rain is headed to flood-ravaged Indiana, where water rescues and evacuations are still underway following historic rainfall this week.Parts of the state experienced a 1-in-1,000 year rainfall event on Wednesday that sent floodwater rushing into homes and left

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — El Niño has been hitting the snooze button on Atlantic hurricane season for weeks, largely preventing the basin from waking up and churning up storms, but now it’s been shaken out of its slumber.🌀 Storm scenarios: Meteorologist Chris Warren explains what to expect from the two potential systems,

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Wednesday’s total solar eclipse will alter weather conditions along its path from the Arctic to western Europe.🌕 ☀️ The eclipse’s timing will produce a rare sight – learn more in the CNN Weather app 🌕 ☀️Changes to temperature, wind speed and humidity occur as the moon

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce and CNN’s Hanna Park (CNN) — Fire danger continued in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada over the weekend, posing challenging conditions for crews battling to keep destructive blazes from spreading across the region with at least four fire-related deaths reported.In British Columbia, Canada, fast-moving flames burning along Okanagan

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A new round of flame-fueling winds and low humidity is escalating wildfire danger once again in the Pacific Northwest as fire crews work tirelessly to contain destructive blazes in Spokane, Washington, and across the region.A short-lived reprieve from adverse weather over the past several days gave crews a

By Andrew Freedman, Dalia Faheid, Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — An unusually intense heat dome is bringing dangerous temperatures to parts of the West on Sunday, where about 45 million people are under heat alerts. Most of those people are in portions of California, Nevada and Arizona, although heat alerts stretch north to the Canadian

By Meteorologist Tyler Ory and Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — An unusually strong heat dome will scorch much of the western United States this weekend, bringing the hottest temperatures so far this year to tens of millions from California to Canada.Dozens of record highs are expected to fall in at least 12 states in the

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — Dangerous flooding unfolded in eastern New York Wednesday as slow-moving downpours soaked parts of the state and much of New England after drenching New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Tuesday.The flooding prompted water rescues and road closures in eastern New York, where rainfall

CNN By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — Dangerous flooding unfolded in eastern New York Wednesday as slow-moving downpours soaked parts of the state and much of New England after drenching New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. The flooding prompted water rescues and road closures in eastern New York,

By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Dakota Smith and Briana Waxman (CNN) — The Northeast — including New York City and Philadelphia — is at risk of significant and life-threatening flash flooding through Tuesday night from an unusually strong storm. It could drop more than a month’s worth of rain in parts of the region.More than 36

By Meteorologist Dakota Smith, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A tornado carved a path of destruction through parts of Menasha and Appleton, Wisconsin, with little advanced warning on Monday afternoon, damaging homes, uprooting trees and knocking out power to thousands.⛈️ Track the storms in the CNN Weather appThe tornado had estimated peak winds of 140

By Will Lanzoni and Brett Roegiers | Photographs by Sarah Silbiger (CNN) — On a sunny October day in Woolwich, Maine, photographer Sarah Silbiger is shouting directions at her partner Jason Bernert from the back of their van.Foward. Backward. Forward. Backward.The 23-foot Winnebago EKKO moves awkwardly, changing direction every few seconds as Bernert carefully maneuvers

By Andrew Freedman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — The US has experienced a spate of flash flood emergencies during the past two weeks, illustrating July’s dangerous side. The month has featured multiple 1,000-year rainfall events across the US, and July is not over yet.Flash flood emergencies are the highest-level flood warning, and more than a

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Bertha has fizzled out, but moisture linked to the former tropical storm is still fueling a flood threat that could linger into the weekend for some.Bertha dissipated over Texas on Thursday evening, where it had little impact except some locally heavy rain, including around Houston.🌀

CNN, WCHS, JONNY REED, WSAZ, GOVERNOR PATRICK MORRISEY @WVGOVERNOR , X, WVVA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ACCUWEATHER, INC., WAFB By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Bertha has fizzled out, but moisture linked to the former tropical storm is still fueling a flood threat that could linger into the weekend for some. Bertha