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By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Isaias has rapidly intensified into the Atlantic season’s first hurricane, putting the northern Gulf Coast on alert for dangerous storm surge, damaging winds and flooding rain ahead of an expected landfall late Friday or early Saturday.Hurricane hunter aircraft confirmed late Wednesday that Isaias had

By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Mary Gilbert and Dakota Smith (CNN) — Tropical Depression Nine has formed in the southwestern Gulf and is forecast to become a hurricane, potentially bringing significant flooding rain and strong winds to parts of the northern Gulf Coast and South late this week.The system is expected to become Tropical Storm Isaias

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — The Atlantic Ocean has failed to produce a hurricane in the month of September for the first time in more than 30 years, the latest feat by a super El Niño widely predicted to become the strongest ever.Only three other Septembers have gone hurricane-free in the Atlantic in

By Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Dakota Smith, Kate S. Petersen, Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — Heavy rain from Hurricane Nolo is ramping up in southern Hawaii, the islands’ third dangerous brush with a hurricane in just six weeks. Potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides are again possible as the state contends with a Pacific tropical season

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Dakota Smith (CNN) — An intensifying early season nor’easter has arrived in the Northeast and is set to deliver a prolonged stretch of strong wind, soaking rain and coastal flooding to the region through the weekend.More than 40 million people will feel the storm’s impact through Sunday. Areas from

WRDE-LD By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Dakota Smith (CNN) — An intensifying early season nor’easter has arrived in the Northeast and is set to deliver a prolonged stretch of strong wind, soaking rain and coastal flooding to the region through the weekend. More than 40 million people will feel the storm’s impact through Sunday.

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Hawaii will once again face potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides as Tropical Storm Nolo starts to strengthen and edge closer to the state’s eastern islands.The Big Island will see the worst of Nolo’s impacts when it makes its closest approach as a

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Coastal flooding and gusty winds are underway on the Mid-Atlantic coast from a developing nor’easter that will also hit parts of New England and the Northeast with coastal flooding, wind and rain through the weekend.⛈️ ️In the areas at risk? Track the storm, find out your local

By Kate S. Petersen, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency for California to mobilize resources ahead of a potentially historic super El Niño storm season this winter.California is likely to be an epicenter for this historically intense El Niño in the US. Strong El Niño events,

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Polo weakened to a strong Category 4 off Mexico’s Pacific coast after undergoing extreme rapid intensification and hitting rare Category 5 status on Tuesday.⛈️ Check your local forecast and learn more about hurricanes in the CNN Weather appPolo strengthened into a Category 5 with 160 mph winds

By Meteorologists Tyler Ory, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Unusually potent storms triggered flash floods across the normally arid Southwest that killed at least three people and forced water rescues.🌧️ Get your local forecast from the CNN Weather appThe storms dropped more than a month’s worth of rain in just a few hours north

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — An already-strong El Niño just turned super as the phenomenon crosses into unprecedented territory.The natural climate cycle has been strengthening at a breakneck pace since it was first declared in June and is stronger now than it’s ever been on this date. And isn’t done bulking up yet.☀️

By Meteorologist Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — A blast of fall-like weather is coming to the Midwest and Northeast early this week as summer’s grip begins to loosen across the country.A pool of cold, dry air pushed into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest Saturday night and will sweep through Chicago, Detroit and the rest

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — No hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic Ocean 103 days into the season, a new record-long wait driven by a beast of an El Niño strangling fledgling storms.Until today, September 11 was the date of the latest first hurricanes — Gustav (2002) and Humberto (2013). Or at least,

By Meteorologists Tyler Ory, Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen and Julianna Bragg (CNN) — Hurricane Lowell has had a “devastating” impact on Hawaii after sweeping past the state’s islands, leaving at least one person dead, damaging homes and knocking out power to tens of thousands, according to Gov. Josh

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii is under a state of emergency with powerful Hurricane Lowell set to bear down on its western islands Monday. It’s the third storm in as many weeks to threaten the state, as El Niño supercharges the Pacific hurricane season.☀️ Get your local forecast from the CNN Weather

CNN By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — The fifth named storm of the El Niño-stunted Atlantic hurricane season has weakened to a tropical depression, but is still dumping heavy rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana after making landfall Tuesday afternoon near the two states’ shared border on the Gulf Coast. 🌧️ In