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CNN, KSAT, JIMMY RAY ORANDAY, TEXAS DPS – SOUTH TEXAS REGION, KGO, CAL FIRE LNU, KKTV, KARE, CBC, WLS By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Hanna Park (CNN) — Life-threatening flooding is underway in southern Texas, including in the same areas of the Hill Country hit by last July’s deadly and devastating floods.

By Meteorologist Dakota Smith, CNN (CNN) — Read the latest updates on smoke and air quality here Massive plumes of Canadian wildfire smoke are pouring over the border into the United States, bringing dangerous air quality to more than 120 million people in the Midwest and Northeast. The polluted air will last through Saturday as

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Parts of southern Texas are under back-to-back days of a rare “high risk” of flooding rain, spurring dozens of water rescues, as more rounds of slow-moving storms set off life-threatening and potentially catastrophic floods. The Level 4 of 4 risk areas include parts of

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — At least one person has died and hundreds were rescued from catastrophic flooding in southeastern Missouri Friday, including some camping along a river that swelled to historic heights. More than 200 “young campers and counselors” had to be rescued by helicopter after heavy rain

CNN, KABC, WCCO, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY LLC, WALL TOWNSHIP POLICE By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Yet another brutal heat dome is set to roast part of the United States starting this weekend as part of a major weather pattern change. The East Coast was in the hot seat last week and the

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Yet another brutal heat dome is set to roast part of the United States starting this weekend as part of a major weather pattern change. The East Coast was in the hot seat last week and the West is next up for a heat dome — a large

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have been keeping a close eye on the tropical Pacific Ocean for months now, anticipating the emergence of an intense, “Super” El Niño that would be among the stronger events on record. Now it looks like this El Niño could set the benchmark for peak intensity, with potentially

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — America’s 250th birthday also marks the final stretch of one of the most intense eastern US heat waves in years — one made worse by climate change — and it could fuel an added storm threat as the nation gathers to celebrate. 🔥 Get your heat forecast in

CNN By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — The deadly, multiday heat wave tightened its grip on the eastern United States on Friday, breaking records, sending people to the emergency room and raising the risk for millions of people starting to celebrate the Fourth of July outdoors. More than

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Temperatures are skyrocketing for the third straight day across the Eastern US, with officials in cities from Boston to Washington, DC trying to keep residents cool amid outdoor July 4th celebrations. Dozens of daily records are being set as the combination of heat and humidity sends the heat index

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — The deadly, multiday heat wave tightened its grip on the eastern United States on Friday, breaking records, sending people to the emergency room and raising the risk for millions of people starting to celebrate the Fourth of July outdoors. More than a

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As a dangerous heat wave bakes major East Coast cities, Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed data centers in the mid-Atlantic this week to use their backup power supplies instead of using electricity from the public grid, in part to ensure there was enough to power residential air conditioning. The

CNN, WABC, POOL, X, @NYCMAYOR, KYW By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, firework celebrations are expected to bring more pomp and circumstance than ever before. But with bigger festivities and an oppressive heat dome in the forecast, millions of Americans could face a monumental double dose of

By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, firework celebrations are expected to bring more pomp and circumstance than ever before. But with bigger festivities and an oppressive heat dome in the forecast, millions of Americans could face a monumental double dose of unhealthy air. Every Fourth of July,

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and Dakota Smith, with Kate Petersen reporting (CNN) — A dangerous heat wave is tightening its grip on the East Coast and straining the electric grid as people seek to cool off in their air conditioned homes and businesses. The worst conditions are now underway, with many records already

By Kate Petersen, Alaa Elassar, Karina Tsui, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of wildfires are raging across the western United States, burning homes and national forest lands and forcing the evacuations of entire towns, as officials restrict fireworks in some areas and caution residents about fire risks ahead of the Fourth of July and

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Half of all Americans are facing prolonged, dangerously hot temperatures from an intense heat dome as they head outdoors to celebrate the country’s 250th Independence Day. The temperatures in some spots in the eastern US, like New York City and Washington, DC, could be the hottest in

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead and prompted dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, but Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday afternoon conditions are improving. One person died in Jackson County, in southeastern Kentucky, and three others

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A heat dome will bring dangerously hot and humid conditions to the eastern half of the United States this week in the region’s most widespread heat wave of the summer so far. The heat dome is building in response to a large shift in the jet stream that’s

By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century. It toppled buildings and claimed more than 500 lives, authorities said Friday. The event, according to the US Geological Survey, was a rare phenomenon called a “doublet” that contained not one but two major

CNN By Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Hanna Park, Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — An outbreak of tornadoes killed at least two people and left a path of destruction in Illinois and Indiana on Sunday after a tornado earlier in the day killed a person in Kansas. Nearly three dozen tornado reports were logged

By Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Hanna Park, Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — An outbreak of tornadoes killed at least two people and left a path of destruction in Illinois and Indiana on Sunday after a tornado earlier in the day killed a person in Kansas. Nearly three dozen tornado reports were logged by

By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — It’s like a scene from a Hollywood movie: A major earthquake along the San Andreas fault ripples through Los Angeles, decimating infrastructure, sparking fires and triggering landslides. For decades, scientists have been investigating when and how this disaster could unfold. Now, researchers report that such a quake could be

CNN, WVUE, WLOX, WXXV, WDSU, WDAM By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — More rain is on the way for parts of the Gulf Coast still under water after potentially record-breaking deluges forced evacuations and rescues from dozens of flooded homes, business and vehicles. Over 2 feet

WAFB By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Arthur has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, but it’s still fueling a deadly flood threat and severe storms across the Gulf Coast and into the South into Saturday. A rare Level 4 of 4 high risk of flooding rainfall

CNN, WAFB, KFDM, @STORMCHASERHTX, WAND, JENNIFER DEWEESE, WQAD, WOI-DT, WISC, WTVY By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Arthur is no longer a tropical system, but its leftover moisture and energy are still fueling a deadly flood threat across the Gulf Coast and into the South during

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan group of senators are trying to triple the size of the Hurricane Hunter fleet – the three hulking and aging aircraft used to fly directly into hurricanes and tropical storm systems to measure their intensity. A bipartisan Senate bill to be introduced on Wednesday would give the

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman (CNN) — A tornado outbreak with several destructive twisters tore through the Midwest Wednesday evening, leveling buildings and sending debris swirling high into the sky. The storms also brought hail bigger than baseballs and damaging wind gusts of nearly 80 mph. The regions’s threat for damaging storms came to