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By Elisa Raffa, Mary Gilbert, Michelle Watson, Chris Boyette and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — More than 60 million people are under winter alerts nationwide, with a powerful weather system expected to bring a potent mix of snow, ice and blizzard conditions, accompanied by winds gusting up to 50 mph. The winter storm, which has

CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist and Michelle Watson (CNN) — A massive winter storm poised to unleash a barrage of heavy snow, treacherous ice, rain, and severe thunderstorms across a 1,300-mile swath of the United States will affect an estimated 62 million people starting Saturday afternoon and continuing into Monday. Snow and ice so

CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A massive winter storm poised to unleash a barrage of heavy snow, treacherous ice, rain, and severe thunderstorms across a 1,300-mile swath of the United States will impact an estimated 62 million people starting Saturday afternoon and continuing into Monday. Snow and ice so far this winter

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist and Michelle Watson (CNN) — A massive winter storm poised to unleash a barrage of heavy snow, treacherous ice, rain, and severe thunderstorms across a 1,300-mile swath of the United States will affect an estimated 62 million people starting Saturday afternoon and continuing into Monday. Snow and ice so far

CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Mother Nature is getting a jumpstart on a resolution to revive winter in the United States after a recent warm spell and last year’s warmest winter on record. Multiple bursts of increasingly brutal, cold Arctic air will overspread the eastern two-thirds of the country over the next

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Mother Nature is getting a jumpstart on a resolution to revive winter in the United States after a recent warm spell and last year’s warmest winter on record. Multiple bursts of increasingly brutal, cold Arctic air will overspread the eastern two-thirds of the country over the next few

By Mary Gilbert and Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — It’s no surprise that a year filled with extreme weather won’t be going out quietly with stormy conditions on the way for parts of the United States on New Year’s Eve, including some of the most populated areas of the Northeast. A quick-moving storm will

By Paradise Afshar, Alaa Elassar and Elisa Raffa, CNN (CNN) — At least four people have died as severe thunderstorms batter the Southeast and East Coast on Sunday after deadly tornado-spawning storms tore through Texas and Mississippi, ripping off roofs and flattening homes. A high school student in Natchez, Mississippi, died after a tree fell

CNN By Robert Shackelford, Dalia Faheid, Alaa Elassar, Elisa Raffa, Sarah Dewberry, Amanda Musa, Emma Tucker and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least two people have died as severe storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, officials said, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the West.

By Robert Shackelford, Dalia Faheid, Alaa Elassar, Elisa Raffa, Sarah Dewberry, Amanda Musa, Emma Tucker and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least two people have died as severe storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, officials said, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the West. One

By Holly Yan, Dalia Faheid, Taylor Ward and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Buckle up for a potentially bumpy ride, as coast-to-coast storms could impede millions of travelers this busy holiday weekend. After a rash of tornadoes and large hail, parts of the South are at risk of more twisters this weekend. In the Western

By Robert Shackelford, Artemis Moshtaghian and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A series of atmospheric river-fueled storms are pounding the West with powerful winds, drenching rain, heavy mountain snow and churning up massive waves and dangerous seas just off the coast. The seemingly never-ending series of storms began over the weekend but turned deadly early

CNN, KION, KONG VUE, KSBW, KIEM By Robert Shackelford, Artemis Moshtaghian and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A series of atmospheric river-fueled storms are pounding the West with powerful winds, drenching rain, heavy mountain snow and churning up massive waves and dangerous seas just off the coast. The seemingly never-ending series of storms began over

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at tsunamis. Tsunamis are formed by a displacement of water – a landslide, earthquake, volcanic eruption, or slippage of the boundary between two of the earth’s tectonic plates – slabs of rock 50 to 650 feet (15 to 200 meters) thick that carry the Earth’s continents

CNN By Robert Shackelford and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — As Christmas approaches and an expected record number of people across the country set off on their journeys, they may encounter travel trouble as winter storms threaten delays. While major winter storms are not expected in the days leading up to Christmas, several minor storms

By Robert Shackelford and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — As Christmas approaches and an expected record number of people across the country set off on their journeys, they may encounter travel trouble as winter storms threaten delays. While major winter storms are not expected in the days leading up to Christmas, several minor storms could

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Topsy turvy temperatures are on the way for millions of Americans in the final days of 2024 as winter struggles to take hold. Periodic blasts of bitterly cold Arctic air have plunged into the northern and eastern US this December in stark contrast to the warmest fall on

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Christmas is approaching nearly as fast as Santa’s sleigh, but almost anyone in the United States fantasizing about a movie-worthy white Christmas might need to keep dreaming. Early forecasts indicate temperatures could max out around 10 to 15 degrees above normal for much of the country on Christmas

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Accurately predicting the weather is hard — really hard, but a new AI-powered forecast model just hit a milestone that has experts saying your forecast could soon get more accurate, and further out, too. It takes a Herculean effort to keep pace with weather in an atmosphere constantly