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CNN, WFAA, KSPR, KYTV, KMOV, WSVN, TESA RAYE STROUD, ALEX LEGGETT, MATT JONES , 417 STORM CHASERS By Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Several people are injured after a tornado in Mineral Wells, Texas, flattened a portion of the town Tuesday night, the sixth day of a severe storm outbreak that has

By Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Several people are injured after a tornado in Mineral Wells, Texas, flattened a portion of the town Tuesday night, the sixth day of a severe storm outbreak that has terrorized the Midwest and South. The tornado ripped through Mineral Wells, about 80 miles west of Dallas,

CNN, WTMJ, WWMT, KSDK, KCTV, KAUZ, KTVT, JUST WIND, BABY , TRAVIS BLACKBURN, Just Wind, Baby / Travis Blackburn By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Severe storms are raking across the South Tuesday afternoon and evening with giant hail and tornadoes as a multi-day severe thunderstorm outbreak enters its sixth day. At least

CNN By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Parts of the central US are facing a serious threat of tornadoes and widespread damaging wind gusts Monday as a multiday severe weather outbreak enters what could be its most dangerous phase yet. A Level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms is centered mainly on

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Severe storms are raking across the South Tuesday afternoon and evening with giant hail and tornadoes as a multi-day severe thunderstorm outbreak enters its sixth day. At least one person was killed on Monday and hundreds of thousands were left without power. Tuesday evening, a tornado tore

CNN By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Parts of the central US are facing a serious threat of tornadoes and widespread damaging wind gusts Monday as a multiday severe weather outbreak enters what could be its most dangerous phase yet. A Level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms is centered mainly on

CNN, WTLV, GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION, RAIGAN BULLARD, ASHLEIGH ANDERSON, ENID BUZZ, ERICA RICH, TRAVIS HOWERTON By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, and CNN’s Martin Goillandeau, Holly Yan (CNN) — More severe weather is expected in the central United States on Saturday after multiple tornadoes roared through the region earlier in the week, including a violent

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, and CNN’s Martin Goillandeau, Holly Yan (CNN) — More severe weather is expected in the central United States on Saturday after multiple tornadoes roared through the region earlier in the week, including a violent EF-4 twister that caused significant damage and multiple injuries in Oklahoma — the start of

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Drought in the continental United States has expanded to its record-highest level for spring, and it’s fueling wildfire and water shortage concerns as the summer’s drying heat fast approaches. Varying levels of drought covered 62.78% of the country as of April 21, with the worst of it centered

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Something unusual and with far-reaching consequences is lurking in the sea off the California coast, stretching all the way down the Baja Peninsula and more than 500 miles to the southwest. In this broad region, a large, long-lasting and record-setting marine heat wave has set in and is forecast

By Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — I’ve spent my career thinking about weather — how it works, how we talk about it and how it shows up in people’s lives. Most days, it’s something we glance at and move on. Other days, it’s the reason plans change — or maybe the reason you’re pulling your

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Allison Chinchar and CNN’s Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Multiple destructive twisters struck the central US on Friday afternoon during a tornado outbreak that capped a weeklong stretch of severe storms in the region. A lower severe weather threat remains possible Saturday as the same cold front pushes east.

CNN, KARE, KMBC, WBAY, WLUK, SPIRIT APOTHEOSIS, BRITNEY REESE, CLARISSA KNECHTEL, RUDY PABELICK, SCOTT KROEPEL By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Dakota Smith and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A final round of widespread dangerous severe storms headed for the central US Friday could cause more destruction and bring more rain to parts of the

CNN, KSHB, KMBC, WLUK, WPBN, KCNC, X , @KANSASHOOPS, SUAMICO FIRE DEPARTMENT, TONI WILSON-MANN, X / @kansashoops By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Dakota Smith and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A new batch of severe storms fired up Wednesday afternoon, dropping softball-sized hail near Kansas City and golf-ball sized hail in Ohio. The storms

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Dakota Smith and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A final round of widespread dangerous severe storms headed for the central US Friday could cause more destruction and bring more rain to parts of the Great Lakes already dealing with historic flooding. These regions had a brief pause in widespread

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Harsh weather of all kinds is often called severe, but the word takes on a very specific meaning when it comes to thunderstorms. About 100,000 thunderstorms rumble across the United States each year, but just 10% intensify into a severe thunderstorm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Hanna Park, Kate Petersen (CNN) — A week of severe storm threats across the central US started with a bang Monday, with multiple tornadoes demolishing buildings in Kansas, heavy rain stranding vehicles on flooded streets in Wisconsin and baseball-sized hail battering parts of three states. Tuesday has

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Spring is finally in full bloom, but some weather forecasters are already fast-forwarding a few months to hurricane season. The Atlantic season spans from June through November, and because of a burgeoning El Niño, this year’s could diverge from the active seasons of much of the past decade,

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith and Chris Dolce (CNN) — A potent, multi-day storm continues to lash Hawaii with heavy rain into the weekend, prompting flood alerts in a state still recovering from devastating floods in March. A flood watch for all Hawaiian islands was issued early Saturday morning and will extend through Monday afternoon, as