Snow, ice, flooding and severe storms will ring in 2022
New Years Eve brings heavy snow for the West and a severe storm threat for the South. CNN meteorologist Gene Norman has the…
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Hundreds of Colorado homes lost and tens of thousands of residents told to evacuate due to fast-growing wildfires
By Raja Razek, Steve Almasy and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Hundreds of homes have been lost after two wildfires started and grew quickly Thursday as high…
Continue ReadingHundreds of Colorado homes lost and tens of thousands of residents told to evacuate due to fast-growing wildfires
Residents of two towns outside Boulder, Colorado were forced to evacuate due to wildfires driven by wind gusts as high as 115…
Continue ReadingNew Year’s Eve forecast calls for severe storms, flooding and snow
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist As we ring in the New Year, severe storms could be hitting some of the same areas ravaged by tornadoes just…
Continue ReadingNew Year’s Eve forecast calls for severe storms, flooding and snow
Severe storms and flash flooding will threaten the South on Friday, including areas that were devastated by tornadoes earlier this month. CNN…
Continue Reading67-degree day in Kodiak, Alaska, sets new statewide temperature record
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist This holiday season has been quite unseasonal, at least as far as temperatures go. The South has been running 35…
Continue ReadingFrom record high temperatures to snow, these towns are shivering in shock Monday
Kodiak Island in southern Alaska set a record for the warmest December day at 67 degrees. CNN’s Bill Weir has more on the unusual warm temperatures…
Continue ReadingThe nearly 17 feet of snow in California’s Sierra Nevada is crushing records. It’s still not enough
Several winter storms have dumped a record amount of snow in the Sierra this December, likely helping to improve the dire drought situation in…
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‘Praying for snow’: Ruidoso businesses suffer with ski season yet to arrive
RUIDOSO, New Mexico – For the owners of Ski West, Dec. 27 is normally the busiest day of the year. “It’s usually so busy you couldn’t have…
Continue ReadingA travel nightmare is setting up from coast to coast as holiday travelers return home
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist As the holiday hangover starts to wear off and the daunting trip home is facing you head on, Mother Nature…
Continue ReadingSnow and cold will make for difficult post-Christmas travel across the western and northern United States
By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists Snow and cold continued to blanket the western and northern United States, setting up…
Continue ReadingChristmas highs reach July levels in Texas and Oklahoma, while much of the West could see at least a foot of snow
By Robert Shackelford, CNN Christmas Day doesn’t feel much like winter for much of the South and Southeast. More than 200 records may be broken…
Continue ReadingSnow and cold will make for difficult post-Christmas travel across the western and northern United States
Record heat is in place across much of the South as the West sees heavy rain and snow. CNN meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has the…
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High wind topples tree onto car in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — High winds brought down a large tree onto a parked car in a northeast El Paso neighborhood on Friday afternoon, but there were no…
Continue ReadingHaiti Earthquake Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which struck on January 12, 2010. The earthquake had a 7.0 magnitude. The…
Continue ReadingWinter weather across the northern US could mean hazardous holiday travel, while record-breaking springlike temperatures warm the south
Heavy rain and snow for the West, record warm temperatures for the South, and cool rain for the Northeast. CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis has the…
Continue ReadingWinter weather across the northern US could mean hazardous holiday travel, while record-breaking springlike temperatures warm the south
Jack Frost is taking over the northern US for the holiday weekend, delivering heavy snowfall, plummeting temperatures, and a white Christmas to the…
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Wind Advisory on Christmas Eve for entire ABC-7 viewing area
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service El Paso TX/ Santa Teresa NM 358 PM MST Thu Dec 23 2021 NMZ403>414-417-TXZ418>424-240700-…
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Western storms bring flood threats, snow for Christmas
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forecasters say winter storms that have killed at least two people will bring flooding…
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Forecasters: New Mexico should brace for worsening drought
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The last three months have been very dry in New Mexico and it’s going to get…
Continue ReadingSome in the West may see an uncommon white Christmas as the Southeast gets unseasonable warmth
Record temperatures will usher in Christmas Eve across the Plains and push east with Santa’s sleigh for Christmas Day. CNN Meteorologist Tyler…
Continue ReadingSome in the West may see an uncommon white Christmas as the Southeast gets unseasonable warmth
By Tyler Mauldin, Judson Jones and Hannah Gard, CNN This holiday weekend is a tale of two Christmases: Heavy snow, rain and wind are forecast for the…
Continue ReadingSnow could pile as high as a one-story building for some in the US as others get a rare white Christmas
By Tyler Mauldin and Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologists Santa is bringing the gift of another atmospheric river event to the parched US West Coast this…
Continue ReadingSnow could pile as high as a one-story building for some in the US as others get a rare white Christmas
The first full day of winter is bringing snow, but only to portions of the Northeast and Northwest. The rest of the US will have to dream of a white…
Continue ReadingFrom floods and wildfires to inaction and urgency: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2021
By Rachel Ramirez, Brandon Miller and Bill Weir, CNN The climate crisis took a catastrophic toll across the globe in 2021. From the Arctic to…
Continue Reading6.2 magnitude quake shakes Northern California
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN A 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California rattled a wide swath of the state shortly after noon local…
Continue ReadingForecast: ‘White Christmas’ or ‘Hawaiian Christmas Day’
As snow season approaches, CNN’s Derek van Dam explores steering techniques to keep you and your car from skidding into…
Continue ReadingForecast: ‘White Christmas’ or ‘Hawaiian Christmas Day’
By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist It is supposed to be the Christmas we all get back together with our families, and if you are one of the estimated…
Continue ReadingCalifornia snow drought ends in dramatic fashion, while other states still deal with shortage
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Thanks to multiple atmospheric river events, average snowpack in California has gone from 18% to 98% in just…
Continue ReadingWhat are snow squalls and why they’re more dangerous than blizzards
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Driving in a snow storm is difficult. Add in blowing wind and poor visibility, and travel can become downright…
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