Environment

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