Volcano erupts on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands
By Vasco Cotovio, Martin Goillandeau and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, erupted…
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Tropical Storm Rose forms as the 17th Atlantic storm of 2021, continuing the busy tropical season
By Hannah Gard, CNN Weather This year’s busy tropical season continues as more activity ramps up in the Atlantic. Tropical Depression Seventeen…
Continue ReadingHere’s why hurricane hunters fly their planes in weird patterns into storms
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist The second half of hurricane season is here and there have already been 17 named storms to keep hurricane…
Continue Reading‘Hotlanta’ is even more sweltering in these neighborhoods due to a racist 20th-century policy
By Derek Van Dam and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists On a warm September afternoon, Mona Scott sat on the front porch while her home baked like an…
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A 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattles Southern California
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck Southern California on Friday evening, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was…
Continue ReadingExtreme weather keeps knocking out America’s power. Here’s what we must do
Opinion by Jennifer M. Granholm for CNN Business Perspectives The image of a collapsed electrical tower and power lines that Hurricane Ida tossed…
Continue ReadingPacific Northwest delighted to get rain? Probably so
By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Nearly 20 fires are currently burning in Washington and Oregon, but a little relief could be coming soon in the…
Continue ReadingNearly 5 million people are under flash flood watches as Nicholas hovers over the Gulf region
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Millions are under flash flood watches Thursday as Post-Tropical Cyclone Nicholas lingers over the central Gulf Coast,…
Continue ReadingTropical Depression Nicholas is stationary over Louisiana and dropping heavy rain on some coastal states
By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Tropical Depression Nicholas has stalled and is threatening to bring dangerous flash flooding along the…
Continue ReadingNearly 5 million people are under flash flood watches as Nicholas hovers over the Gulf region
Tropical Depression Nicholas is slowing recovery efforts in Louisiana weeks after Hurricane Ida as it hits the deep south with life-threatening flash…
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LIVE updates: Nicholas weakens to tropical depression, still dousing Texas
SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas — Tropical Storm Nicholas weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday evening after slowing to a crawl over southeastern Texas…
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El Paso ties Tuesday’s record high temp at 98 degrees
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso tied the record high for Tuesday’s date, the National Weather Service said late in the afternoon. Under sunny skies, the…
Continue ReadingHow extreme heat hits our most vulnerable communities the hardest
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Heat already kills more Americans than any other weather-related disaster, according to the National Weather Service —…
Continue ReadingTropical Depression Nicholas is slowing to a crawl and threatening to dump up to 20 inches in some parts of Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states
By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN As Tropical Depression Nicholas ambles across Texas, Houston residents are being asked to…
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Overgrown weeds on El Paso streets pose cleanup challenge
EL PASO, Texas — You may have seen all the weed growth along the city of El Paso’s road medians, which is due to the recent rains from this year’s…
Continue ReadingNicholas’ erratic behavior is making it difficult to forecast
By Jennifer Gray, CNN As we are now at the official peak of hurricane season, I remind myself that hurricane season is a marathon, not a sprint.…
Continue ReadingNicholas is now a hurricane that threatens the Texas coast with heavy rain and storm surges
Tropical Storm Nicholas is pushing heavy rain and a flash flood threat to the Texas and Louisiana coastline, and some locations could get over a foot…
Continue ReadingNicholas is now a hurricane that threatens the Texas coast with heavy rain and storm surges
By Madeline Holcombe and Jackson Dill, CNN Nicholas has strengthened into a hurricane and is threatening to bring heavy rain, storm surges and strong…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s Dixie Fire has charred nearly a million acres and the state’s fire season shows no signs of relief
Kelly McCleary, CNN California’s Dixie Fire is burning its way toward the record books as it nears the devastating milestone of one million…
Continue ReadingTexas under hurricane watch ahead of Tropical Storm Nicholas
Tropical Storm Nicholas has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to bring significant flooding to portions of Texas and Louisiana early this…
Continue ReadingTexas under hurricane watch ahead of Tropical Storm Nicholas
By Jackson Dill, CNN Weather Parts of the Texas coast are under a hurricane watch as Tropical Storm Nicholas is forecast to gain in strength, the…
Continue ReadingSignificant flooding threatens the Gulf Coast as tropical threat looms next week
By Jackson Dill, CNN Weather A developing tropical disturbance near the southern Gulf of Mexico could become the Atlantic basin’s next named…
Continue ReadingKing Tides are coming to parts of flood-prone South Florida
By Claire Colbert, CNN Parts of South Florida will experience higher than normal seasonal tides, potentially causing coastal flooding periodically…
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1-year-old girl dies after being left in hot car all day in Texas
HOUSTON, Texas — A 1-year-old girl has died after being left in a hot car all day in the Houston area, authorities said. On Thursday morning, the…
Continue ReadingOver 1,000 lightning strikes occurred overnight in California, igniting new wildfires
By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist A wave of thunderstorms moved through California overnight, igniting the night sky as well as more wildfires…
Continue ReadingHurricane Larry will produce category 1 winds and… feet of snow
By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Friday is the statistical peak of hurricane season, yet a monster named Larry is forecast to transform into a…
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La Union still in clean up mode weeks after floods destroy homes
LA UNION, New Mexico — Weeks after severe flooding damaged homes in La Union, the community continues their clean up efforts in the hopes of…
Continue ReadingThis summer tied the Dust Bowl for the hottest on record in US
By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist The summer of 2021, which produced numerous extreme weather and climate disasters, was also the hottest on…
Continue ReadingTropical Depression Mindy dropping heavy rain in parts of Georgia and South Carolina
Depression Mindy made landfall as a Tropical Storm over the Florida panhandle Wednesday night bringing heavy rain bands into the Southeast. CNN…
Continue ReadingTropical Depression Mindy dropping heavy rain in parts of Georgia and South Carolina
By Jason Hanna, CNN Tropical Depression Mindy was dropping heavy rain on southern Georgia and parts of South Carolina on Thursday morning and could…
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