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CNN By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — Dangerous flooding is unfolding in eastern New York Wednesday as slow-moving downpours soak parts of the state and much of New England after drenching New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Flash flood warnings are in effect for parts of eastern and

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — Dangerous flooding is unfolding in eastern New York Wednesday as slow-moving downpours soak parts of the state and much of New England after drenching New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Flash flood warnings are in effect for parts of eastern and southern

CNN, WISN, WLUK, @REAL_WOOKIE, X, ALEXANDER AND JAMIE KING, WTMJ, WLS, WBBM, @Real_Wookie/X By Meteorologist Dakota Smith, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A tornado carved a path of destruction through parts of Menasha and Appleton, Wisconsin, with little advanced warning on Monday afternoon, damaging homes, uprooting trees and knocking out power to thousands. ⛈️ Track

By Koko Nakajima, Sam Hart, Becky Pinnington, Andrew Freedman, Renée Rigdon, Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — During the past 20 years, Europe has seen an increase in the area of land burned annually. The worst wildfire year on record occurred in 2025, when more than 1 million hectares burned across the European Union. 🔥 Get

By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Dakota Smith and Briana Waxman (CNN) — The Northeast — including New York City and Philadelphia — is at risk of significant and life-threatening flash flooding through Tuesday night from an unusually strong storm. It could drop more than a month’s worth of rain in parts of the region. More than

By Meteorologist Dakota Smith, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A tornado carved a path of destruction through parts of Menasha and Appleton, Wisconsin, with little advanced warning on Monday afternoon, damaging homes, uprooting trees and knocking out power to thousands. ⛈️ Track the storms in the CNN Weather app The tornado had estimated peak winds

By Andrew Freedman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — The US has experienced a spate of flash flood emergencies during the past two weeks, illustrating July’s dangerous side. The month has featured multiple 1,000-year rainfall events across the US, and July is not over yet. Flash flood emergencies are the highest-level flood warning, and more than

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Bertha has fizzled out, but moisture linked to the former tropical storm is still fueling a flood threat that could linger into the weekend for some. Bertha dissipated over Texas on Thursday evening, where it had little impact except some locally heavy rain, including around

CNN, WCHS, JONNY REED, WSAZ, GOVERNOR PATRICK MORRISEY @WVGOVERNOR , X, WVVA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ACCUWEATHER, INC., WAFB By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Bertha has fizzled out, but moisture linked to the former tropical storm is still fueling a flood threat that could linger into the weekend for some. Bertha

CNN By Chris Boyette, Andy Rose, and Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead after Tuesday’s severe flooding in north-central West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s office said Thursday afternoon. Morrisey had said he was “concerned about fatalities” at a news conference in hard-hit Buckhannon, West Virginia, on Thursday morning. Morrisey’s comments come

By Chris Boyette, Andy Rose, and Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Two people are dead after Tuesday’s severe flooding in north-central West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s office said Thursday afternoon. Morrisey had said he was “concerned about fatalities” at a news conference in hard-hit Buckhannon, West Virginia, on Thursday morning. Morrisey’s comments come after

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, and Chris Dolce (CNN) — Bertha is kicking up tropical storm-force gusts and dangerous beach conditions as it moves west across southern Louisiana, but its moisture will also help fuel a more serious flooding rain threat hundreds of miles away on the East Coast through the end of the

By Meteorologist Melissa Nord, Chris Dolce, Dakota Smith, CNN (CNN) — Tropical Storm Bertha formed in the northeastern Gulf and is expected to hit portions of the Gulf Coast from Florida to Louisiana, potentially reaching as far west as Texas. Heavy rain, coastal flooding and tropical storm-force winds are all possible in its path. The

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Atlantic hurricane season is off to a quiet start and it’s probably time to start pointing fingers at El Niño. A quick refresher: El Niño is a natural climate pattern marked by warmer than average water temperatures in the equatorial Pacific and corresponding shifts in upper atmosphere weather

By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are expected to bring unhealthy air to more than 120 million people this weekend, but the smoke and its toxic particles may not always be clearly visible. Some skylines are shrouded in obvious abnormal orange tinges with faint burnt odors. Other horizons may carry no visible indication that

By Meteorologist Dakota Smith, CNN (CNN) — Smoke from wildfires in Canada has poured into the United States, causing air quality to plummet and masking landscapes in a thick, brown haze. Poor air quality has been an issue in New York since Wednesday, when the cloud of smoke descended near the ground. Washington, DC, has