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Sprawling storm drops feet of snow, knocks out power with high winds and disrupts thousands of flights

CNN, WLUK, WBAY, WCCO, SHERIFF PATRICK DEAN LAUGHERY , HARDEMAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, @PATRICIARYEAGER , X, Sheriff Patrick Dean Laughery / Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office, @PatriciaRYeager / X By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, and Chris Dolce, and Chris Boyette (CNN) — A sprawling, wind-driven multiday storm roared across the United States with severe thunderstorms

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Sprawling storm drops feet of snow, knocks out power with high winds and disrupts thousands of flights

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, and Chris Dolce, and Chris Boyette (CNN) — A sprawling, wind-driven multiday storm roared across the United States with severe thunderstorms to the south and blizzard conditions to the north, causing damage and disruptions along its path. The system kicked up a powerful line of storms with winds up

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At least 2 people killed as dangerous storms tear through central US with tornadoes and huge hail

By CNN meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A rash of ferocious storms ripped across the central US overnight, spawning tornadoes and killing at least two people. The two deaths were reported in northwest Indiana, a spokesperson for the Lake Village Volunteer Fire Department said Wednesday. “Right

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Supercell thunderstorms, explained

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Supercell thunderstorms are dangerous severe storms that unleash destructive hail, roaring winds and powerful tornadoes. They are responsible for nearly all of the United States’ most violent tornadoes and the largest hailstones. Here’s what makes them so potent. Thunderstorms 101 Thunderstorms need moisture, energy — which meteorologists call

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Power outages, travel troubles and bitter cold plague Northeast in wake of historic bomb cyclone blizzard

CNN By Danya Gainor, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Thousands in the Northeast remained without power amid freezing temperatures Tuesday as people from that region and the mid-Atlantic dug out from extreme snowfall — including more than 2 feet in several states — from the previous two days and faced continuing travel disruptions including hundreds

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Power outages, travel troubles and bitter cold plague Northeast in wake of historic bomb cyclone blizzard

By Danya Gainor, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Thousands in the Northeast remained without power amid freezing temperatures Tuesday as people from that region and the mid-Atlantic dug out from extreme snowfall — including more than 2 feet in several states — from the previous two days and faced continuing travel disruptions including hundreds of

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Zohran Mamdani bans most travel across NYC due to blizzard — and gives in on a snow day for students

By Katherine Koretski (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani banned most travel across the nation’s largest city from 9 p.m. Sunday through noon Monday, an extraordinary measure reflecting the test a historic blizzard hitting the region poses. Mamdani also canceled classes for the city’s public schools on Monday with no remote learning. The

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4 dead in 30-vehicle pileup in Colorado as powerful winds slam Plains, fueling multiple wildfires

By CNN Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman (CNN) — At least four people are dead in a multi-vehicle pileup in Colorado and multiple fires are breaking out across the Plains as powerful winds wreak havoc across the region, forcing thousands to evacuate. The pileup on Interstate 25 south of Pueblo, Colorado, involving over 30 vehicles,

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Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation. The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to disassemble the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, one of the world’s top weather

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It’s been a brutal winter, but now it’s prime time for blockbuster Northeast storms

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — It’s already been a brutally cold and snowy winter for the northeastern US, but what’s typically the region’s snowiest month is just getting started. Impactful Northeast snowstorms, many of which are powerful nor’easters, occur most often in February, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That’s

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