KRGV By Karina Tsui and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain forced dozens of water rescues near the US-Mexico border. Intense thunderstorms on top of heavy rain since Wednesday dumped more than a foot of
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain forced dozens of water rescues near the US-Mexico border. Intense thunderstorms on top of heavy rain since Wednesday dumped more than a foot of rain
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The Pacific Northwest is staring down a rare spring severe thunderstorm threat and Texas is preparing to see up to half a year’s worth of rain by the weekend as March continues its streak of unusually disruptive weather. Damaging thunderstorms are highly unusual in the Pacific Northwest any
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Murphy, a bald eagle who stole hearts around the world for incubating a rock like it was his own offspring, died after violent thunderstorms roared through Missouri this month. He was 33. Murphy was found dead by his caregivers at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri,
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity are causing a group of wildfires to spread rapidly through western North Carolina, risking further damage to areas already ravaged by Hurricane Helene. “In my career, 20-year career, this is the most fuel I’ve seen on the ground,” North Carolina Forest Service
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Misty Drope was anxious. As she went about her day on Friday, March 14, a feeling of dread accompanied her. Severe thunderstorms were coming that night to her town of Paragould, Arkansas — she’d been hearing about them all week on the news. Tornadoes were likely. “I’m trying
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford, Karina Tsui and Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A powerful storm system is producing whiteout conditions in portions of the central United States and nearly 7 million people are under a tornado watch while residents in parts of the Plains remain under a threat for dangerous wildfires. It isn’t a carbon
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CNN, KATV, KFVS, WFSA, KYTV, KAIT, WBRC By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford, Rafael Romo and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in recent days was winding down Monday, but in its wake are devastated communities hit with violent tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms spun off by
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford, Rafael Romo and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in recent days was winding down Monday, but in its wake are devastated communities hit with violent tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms spun off by the massive system. At least 42 people
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KCAL, KCBS, CAL FIRE RIVERSIDE, CNN By Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel, Zoe Sottile and Angela Fritz (CNN) — The strongest storm system of spring so far roared across the Midwest and South Friday night into Saturday morning, spawning what could end up being dozens of tornadoes that raked through towns in darkness — the most
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By Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel, Zoe Sottile and Angela Fritz (CNN) — The strongest storm system of spring so far roared across the Midwest and South Friday night into Saturday morning, spawning what could end up being dozens of tornadoes that raked through towns in darkness — the most dangerous and deadly time for a
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KCRA, LARRY PRICE, CNN By Mary Gilbert and Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm is dropping drenching rain on flood-prone Southern California and heavy snow on the state’s mountains. It’s the first act of a storm that will unleash a severe thunderstorm outbreak, dangerous fire conditions and a blizzard as it crosses the
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By Mary Gilbert and Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm that dropped drenching rain on flood-prone Southern California is raising concern among forecasters that it could produce a dangerous, widespread outbreak of tornadoes, damaging winds and fires along with a blizzard as it crosses the entire United States in the coming days. The
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By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Incoming heavy rain from an atmospheric river-fueled storm that slammed into the West Coast early Wednesday is threatening mudslides and debris flows in Southern California and has already prompted evacuations in the Los Angeles area. But that’s not all this storm is capable of — its reach and
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By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Another unusually intense March storm is coming this week, and it may cause a bit of déjà vu, with severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, powerful wind gusts, wildfire risks and blizzard conditions possible across the country. But this powerhouse storm won’t be an exact copy of last week’s. One
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WAPT By Mary Gilbert, Taylor Ward, Artemis Moshtaghian and Phil Gast, CNN (CNN) — A mammoth and multifaceted storm is slamming the eastern half of the United States with powerful winds, blizzard conditions and severe thunderstorms for the second consecutive day. The near-record strong March storm reached the East Coast early Wednesday after delivering deadly
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By Mary Gilbert, Taylor Ward, Artemis Moshtaghian and Phil Gast, CNN (CNN) — A mammoth and multifaceted storm is slamming the eastern half of the United States with powerful winds, blizzard conditions and severe thunderstorms for the second consecutive day. The near-record strong March storm reached the East Coast early Wednesday after delivering deadly thunderstorms
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By Mary Gilbert, Artemis Moshtaghian, Karina Tsui, Robert Shackelford and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm is moving across the country and spawning multiple fires and severe thunderstorms with hurricane-force wind gusts and tornadoes that are knocking out power and causing damage Tuesday. At least two people have been reported dead due to
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By Angela Fritz and Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — A fast-moving dust storm shrouded southwestern New Mexico and parts of northern Mexico in darkness Monday morning, prompting an emergency alert for drivers to “shelter in place” as officials tried to get cars off the interstate. The dust storm, known meteorologically as a haboob, swept
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