Here’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…
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ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather: Hot, then windy, then cooler!
Good Saturday evening. As you might have noticed in the headline, our weather is going to be changing this week, which is a sign of the beginning of…
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StormTrack Weather: Hot and dry conditions expected this weekend
El Paso, Texas– The heat continues this weekend as afternoon highs are expected to be well above average. Saturday’s highs are expected to reach the…
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…
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StormTRACK Weather: Hot weather to continue through the weekend, some relief next week
Good Friday morning! Hot temperatures will stick around through the weekend, each afternoon we will see near-record high temperatures. The Friday…
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…
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Staying hot and sunny through the weekend; cold front next week
Temps will continue to stay in the mid and upper 90’s with lots of sunshine. A cold front arrives early next week and will usher in some cooler temps…
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…
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StormTrack Weather: Above average temperatures, Thursday
Happy Thursday! Hot temperatures will stick around for the next several days and we’ll have one more day of rain chances. Isolated showers and…
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,…
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ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather: Temps hotter by 5-10 degrees
Hello and happy Wednesday. I’m tracking a few storms including a severe thunderstorm in eastern El Paso county as of 5:30 PM. We have a 10% of seeing…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Hot, hazy, isolated showers
Good Wednesday morning! It will be another hot and hazy day. Temperatures will reach 97 Wednesday- the record high is 99 set back in 1956. Clouds…
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…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Record heat potential, Air Quality Alert
Good Tuesday morning everyone, the heat is on! Fall is just around the corner but it won’t feel like it this week. The afternoon temperatures will…
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.…
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StormTRACK Weather: Near-record high temps this week
The dry and hot warm weather will continue this week and this weekend. Tomorrow we will see near-record high temperatures with a slim chance for…
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StormTRACK Weather: Hazy skies and hot temps
El Paso, Texas- Crank up the air conditioning! It’s going to be another hot afternoon today! Plus, thick levels of smoke from wildfires out west are…
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…
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StormTrack Weather: Quiet weather pattern ahead
El Paso, Texas– Dry, warm and sunny conditions will take over the forecast for the next several days. The start of the work week will begin with…
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…
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