Environment

By Matt Stiles, Byron Manley, Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — Extreme heat is a growing threat across the US each summer, but the risk isn’t the same everywhere. Exceptionally high temperatures — and hot nights — affect public health, causing spikes in emergency room visits and hundreds of heat-related deaths each summer.🔥 Get your heat

By Matt Stiles, Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 tornadoes roar across the United States in an average year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. The storms occur across the country throughout the year, but are most common during the spring and summer months in the Deep South

CNN By Nouran Salahieh and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas is sizzling under a prolonged heat wave that has delivered a record-breaking seven consecutive days of temperatures 115 degrees or higher amid a historically hot summer in the United States. “With a high temperature of 115°F this afternoon we not only extended our

By Nouran Salahieh and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas is sizzling under a prolonged heat wave that has delivered a record-breaking seven consecutive days of temperatures 115 degrees or higher amid a historically hot summer in the United States. “With a high temperature of 115°F this afternoon we not only extended our streak

By Dalia Faheid and Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents are entering the sixth day in a row suffering brutal heat without air conditioning and many are scrambling to find cool shelters, food, safe drinking water and health care resources. More than 760,000 power customers in southeast Texas remain

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Past coverage of the 2023 and 2022 hurricane season and the latest weather news can also be found on CNN. Follow the storm tracker for the path and forecasts of the latest storm. Facts The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season runs

By Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses may not have their power restored until next week amid sweltering summer heat, even as many in the region struggle to access fresh food, air conditioning and safe drinking water. More than 1 million power customers in

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A historically hot summer in the United States is on a July killing spree and the toll will only grow with the hottest days yet to come. It’s been the hottest summer on record to date for around 100 US cities from Maine to California. Heat is suspected

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — Frustrations are mounting across southeast Texas as residents enter a fourth day of crippling power outages and heat, a combination that has proven dangerous – and at times deadly – as some struggle to access food, gas and medical care. Nearly 1.3 million homes

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Life-threatening heat is gripping southeast Texas, where more than 1.5 million homes and businesses remain without power and air conditioning for a third day after Beryl caused major power outages, including the largest in one major energy provider’s history. Restoring electricity across the region is expected to take

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Restoring power to millions of Texans slammed by the deadly and destructive storm Beryl could take days or even weeks, posing a dangerous scenario for residents without air conditioning as triple-digit heat index temperatures hit the state. Beryl slammed into southern Texas as a Category 1

CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Restoring power to millions of Texans slammed by the deadly and destructive storm Beryl could take days or even weeks, posing a dangerous scenario for residents without air conditioning as triple-digit heat index temperatures hit the state. Beryl slammed into southern Texas as a Category

CNN By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to strengthen into a hurricane again before it reaches the South Texas coast on Monday, bringing damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge and dangerous flooding beginning late Sunday. It’s expected to mark the first US landfall storm of the 2024 Atlantic season. Here’s the

CNN, NASA, CBC BARBADOS, OFFICE OF THE SV PRIME MINISTER, CSU, CIRA & NOAA, EU COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2, PIERRE MARKUSE, CSU/CIRA & NOAA, EU Copernicus Sentinel-2/Pierre Markuse By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica after leaving at least one person dead and

CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Beryl is roaring through the Windward Islands as an extremely dangerous Category 4, delivering violent winds, intense rainfall and life-threatening storm surge after making landfall Monday. Beryl made landfall shortly after 11:00 a.m. EDT on Grenada’s Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea with maximum

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — As our daily interactions become more digital, emojis are evolving to help us convey our particular emotions via text messages. Emojis can also dramatically alter the meaning of a sentence — and sometimes reveal what generation you belong to. 👀 Take this CNN quiz to see what your texting

CNN By Eric Zerkel and Sara Tonks, CNN (CNN) — Beryl is the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph with stronger gusts, according to a 5 p.m. EST update from the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane is located about 720 miles east-southeast of Barbados, moving west at 22 mph, and is expected to continue to

KQDS, KTIV, CNN By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people across the US are still trudging through a record-setting heat wave that is shifting to the mid-Atlantic, while many Americans – including those in areas of New Mexico, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota – contend with “catastrophic” flash flooding this weekend. Here’s the

CNN By Dalia Faheid and Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A dangerous heat wave is bringing sweltering temperatures to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico. Here’s the latest: • Millions of Americans under