Weather

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist A “substantial severe weather event — including potential for significant tornadoes — remains evident over the Lower Mississippi Valley/central Gulf Coast” this week, the Storm Prediction Center said Sunday. A potent low pressure system sweeping across the Intermountain West Sunday will become the catalyst for a multiday severe weather outbreak

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist The same damaging storm system that rolled across the Southeast on Friday will continue this weekend, impacting over 50 million people along the East Coast. “We have potential wind damage and the possibility of very large hail all the way from upstate New York down along the East Coast to

By Aya Elamroussi, Monica Garrett and Judson Jones, CNN Severe storms across the Southeast are causing injuries and damage with strong winds, hail and possible tornadoes. In Escambia County, Alabama, not far from the Gulf Coast, six people from a mobile home park have been treated at a hospital for injuries sustained during a possible

By Monica Garrett Parts of Texas are under an extreme fire threat on Thursday, according to the Storm Prediction Center (SPC). Winds of 25-35 mph and gusts to 45 mph combined with very dry conditions create the threat. The highest winds are likely to coincide with peak afternoon high temperatures. “A highly volatile fire environment

By Caitlin Kaiser and Monica Garrett, CNN Ski resorts that look like deserts, skies colored brilliant hues of orange, and air quality five times worse than ideal conditions all have one thing in common: Saharan dust, which is expected to worsen over Western and Central Europe and even bring “blood rain.” A large, brown swath

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm will continue to deliver strong winds and blistering freezing temperatures as it exits the eastern region Sunday after dumping heavy snow across parts of New England. More than 30 million people across mid-Atlantic and New England regions were under wind advisories early Sunday. In the South, more than

By Jason Hanna, Taylor Ward and Derrick Hinds, CNN A powerful winter storm is bringing heavy and blustery snow to the Northeast and hammering the nation’s eastern third with strong winds, and will usher freezing temperatures, which could trouble crops in the South. Roughly 42 million Americans across the eastern US are under some kind

By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm passing through the central US is expected to become a more powerful bomb cyclone, threatening parts of the East with heavy snow and strong winds that could cause dangerous travel conditions Friday night into Saturday. Elsewhere, severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Gulf Coast