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Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center

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

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Data runs from December 1

It’s been a brutal winter, but now it’s prime time for blockbuster Northeast storms

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

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A rapidly strengthening storm is expected to develop off the Southeast coast this weekend amid a deadly cold outbreak

Bomb cyclone will bring heavy snow and hurricane-force winds to the Southeast. Coastal New England could be in its path, too

CNN, WUSA, ACCUWEATHER, INC., WTVA, WABC By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — A rapidly strengthening coastal storm is expected to develop this weekend and bring heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding to the Southeast amid an outbreak of deadly cold temperatures. As the storm moves north, southeast New England is currently in the

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A rapidly strengthening storm is expected to develop off the Southeast coast this weekend amid a deadly cold outbreak

Bomb cyclone will bring heavy snow and hurricane-force winds to the Southeast. Coastal New England could be in its path, too

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — A rapidly strengthening coastal storm is expected to develop this weekend and bring heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding to the Southeast amid an outbreak of deadly cold temperatures. As the storm moves north, southeast New England is currently in the bull’s-eye, but its exact path is

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Ice-covered trees and downed power lines block a road in Nashville on January 26.

One of the longest cold-air outbreaks in decades is about to get even colder, with record temps as far south as Florida

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Millions of people in the United States are in the middle an exceptional cold stretch — one of the longest in decades for some — and it’s only going to get more brutal headed into next week. More than 200 daily cold temperature records could be broken from Friday

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Ice covers a neighborhood in Austin

Death toll from winter storm and cold rises to over 30 as parts of South could be without power ‘weeks, not days’

By Eric Levenson, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — This weekend’s winter storm and ensuing bitter cold have left at least 30 people dead and caused prolonged power outages for hundreds of thousands, particularly across the southern US. The damage from ice and cold was most significant in a swath stretching from east Texas through Louisiana,

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Mary Lefevre fills up her gas tank in an unplowed Sunoco Gas Station between snowstorms on December 5

A massive winter storm is coming. Don’t make these mistakes as you prepare

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — There’s a winter storm brewing that promises to blanket Texas to Washington, DC, in heavy snow and dangerous amounts of ice. Preparing for the kinds of impacts we’re expecting isn’t just about stocking up on groceries and batteries. Here’s what you should (and shouldn’t) do. Don’t just plan

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