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By CNN Meteorologist Derek Van Dam, Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Severe storms brought damaging tornadoes to parts of the central US Thursday and Friday, shredding buildings into piles of debris and killing at least eight people. The severe weather threat that started Wednesday will largely wind down after Saturday. A smattering of severe storms

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Supercell thunderstorms are dangerous severe storms that unleash destructive hail, roaring winds and powerful tornadoes. They are responsible for nearly all of the United States’ most violent tornadoes and the largest hailstones. Here’s what makes them so potent. Thunderstorms 101 Thunderstorms need moisture, energy — which meteorologists call

CNN, WBZ, WHDH, WCVB, WCBS By Danya Gainor, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Thousands in the Northeast remained without power amid freezing temperatures Tuesday as people from that region and the mid-Atlantic dug out from extreme snowfall — including more than 2 feet in several states — from the previous two days and faced continuing

CNN By Danya Gainor, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Thousands in the Northeast remained without power amid freezing temperatures Tuesday as people from that region and the mid-Atlantic dug out from extreme snowfall — including more than 2 feet in several states — from the previous two days and faced continuing travel disruptions including hundreds

By Danya Gainor, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Thousands in the Northeast remained without power amid freezing temperatures Tuesday as people from that region and the mid-Atlantic dug out from extreme snowfall — including more than 2 feet in several states — from the previous two days and faced continuing travel disruptions including hundreds of

By Katherine Koretski (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani banned most travel across the nation’s largest city from 9 p.m. Sunday through noon Monday, an extraordinary measure reflecting the test a historic blizzard hitting the region poses. Mamdani also canceled classes for the city’s public schools on Monday with no remote learning. The

CNN, POOL, SPECTRUM NEWS NY1, WHDH, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY, EARTHCAM, NJ OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, BAY SHORE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WPVI, WBZ By Katherine Koretski (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani banned most travel across the nation’s largest city from 9 p.m. Sunday through noon Monday, an extraordinary measure reflecting the test a

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A high-impact nor’easter is about to crush parts of the Northeast with blizzard conditions, heavy snow and strong winds. The forecast has been fraught with uncertainty for days, but has finally homed in on a major storm from the Mid-Atlantic to New England, including New York

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A potent winter storm will impact the Northeast starting on Sunday, but there are still questions about how big its punch of snow and strong winds will be for some areas. Snow totals and the chances for a more significant bomb cyclone have been trending up over the

By CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, CNN’s Amanda Musa (CNN) — Dangerous fire weather conditions are impacting the Plains for a fourth consecutive day Friday as firefighters deal with more than a dozen wildfires that have torched tens of thousands of acres and forced evacuations in the region. The Ranger Road megafire is the

KCNC By CNN Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman (CNN) — At least four people are dead in a multi-vehicle pileup in Colorado and multiple fires are breaking out across the Plains as powerful winds wreak havoc across the region, forcing thousands to evacuate. The pileup on Interstate 25 south of Pueblo, Colorado, involving over 30

By CNN Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman (CNN) — At least four people are dead in a multi-vehicle pileup in Colorado and multiple fires are breaking out across the Plains as powerful winds wreak havoc across the region, forcing thousands to evacuate. The pileup on Interstate 25 south of Pueblo, Colorado, involving over 30 vehicles,

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation. The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to disassemble the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, one of the world’s top weather

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — It’s already been a brutally cold and snowy winter for the northeastern US, but what’s typically the region’s snowiest month is just getting started. Impactful Northeast snowstorms, many of which are powerful nor’easters, occur most often in February, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That’s

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The US is a nation divided, with frigid conditions, snow and ice entrenched east of the Rockies all the way into Florida, and record warmth and paltry snowfall in the West. The dichotomy has lasted weeks and is finally about to shift – but only after one more major

CNN, PENNSYLVANIA CABLE NETWORK By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Monica Garrett (CNN) — Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog weather icon, saw his shadow when he was plucked from his warm burrow and thrust out into the frigid air Monday morning. According to Phil, that means six more weeks of winter are ahead. Every year on February 2

CNN By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Monica Garrett (CNN) — Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog weather icon, saw his shadow when he was plucked from his warm burrow and thrust out into the frigid air Monday morning. According to Phil, that means six more weeks of winter are ahead. Every year on February 2 — Groundhog Day

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Monica Garrett (CNN) — Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog weather icon, saw his shadow when he was plucked from his warm burrow and thrust out into the frigid air Monday morning. According to Phil, that means six more weeks of winter are ahead. Every year on February 2 — Groundhog Day —