Environment

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

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

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

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

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 of rain fell in Louisiana this

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — What could become the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is supercharging flooding in Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast this week. At least one person died Monday in flooding in Texas. Swift water rescue crews recovered the body of a

Forecast by Brandon Miller, Lead Meteorologist (CNN) — There could be rumbles outside the ring on Sunday at the widely anticipated UFC fight set for the South Lawn of the White House — or, more precisely, above it — with more than 100,000 people possible in attendance. The event planners will need to watch the

CNN, NETWORK VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, WBBM, @JACKTHECHASER, X, CAYLYN CASS, KIM HASSEN, KCCI By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A destructive and deadly weeklong stretch of storms and tornadoes in the central US has finally ended, but more dangerous weather battered much of the East on Friday. The final

CNN By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño with major shifts in global weather patterns and an even hotter climate, according to a new report released Thursday morning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. El Niño

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Around 1,200 tornadoes occur on average in the United States each year and every one of them gets its own rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. More commonly known as the EF Scale, it organizes tornadoes into strength categories ranging from EF0 to EF5. Where a twister stacks up

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño with major shifts in global weather patterns and an even hotter climate, according to a new report released Thursday morning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. El Niño is

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A destructive and deadly weeklong stretch of storms and tornadoes in the central US has finally ended, but more dangerous weather battered much of the East on Friday. The final blow in the heartland came in the form of hurricane-force wind gusts

CNN, WISN, STEPHANIE BATTLE, WMTV, WTMJ, @JACKTHECHASER , X, PARKER FREYERMUTH, KWCH-DT, KAKE, KARE, WBBM, @JackTheChaser / X By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Another barrage of severe thunderstorms barreled through parts of the central US Thursday, including areas that had endured hurricane-force wind gusts, tornadoes and hail in recent days. Storms