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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More snow and rain are expected in California as many across the state work to recover from back-to-back bouts of winter weather that knocked out power to thousands and brought many roads to a standstill. Another 12 to 24 inches of snow could fall over the mountains of Southern California on

By Robert Shackelford and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A string of back-to-back winter storms have lashed the West this week, delivering blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall to many areas in California. The dayslong brutal conditions left many stranded, shut down highways, knocked out power to thousands of homes and buried roads in snow as communities ran

By Nouran Salahieh and Joe Sutton, CNN Communities on the West Coast and in the Northeast are dealing with heavy snowfall, strong winds, power outages and dangerous road conditions from a series of storms lashing opposite sides of the US. About 23 million people are under winter weather alerts across the country Tuesday. Some alerts

By Emma Tucker, CNN A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms. Here’s what you need to know about derechos: They can produce hurricane-force winds A derecho is classified by a swath of wind damage extending more

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford, Joe Sutton and Claire Colbert, CNN As severe storms prompted at least nine tornado reports in parts of the central US, a barrage of snow, rain and harsh wind was forecast Monday in places from the West Coast to the Great Lakes, including some still without power following a similar

By Haley Brink and Eric Levenson, CNN A winter storm dumped massive amounts of precipitation across southern California this weekend, including more than 6.5 feet of snow to Mountain High and more than 5 inches of rain to Cucamonga Canyon. The hefty snowfall totals included 5 feet to Snow Valley, 57 inches to Bear Mountain

By Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologist The storm system that brought blizzard warnings to Southern California on Friday and Saturday will produce a significant damaging wind event across the central US on Sunday. By midday Sunday the Storm Prediction Center was forecasting a derecho to develop Sunday afternoon and evening. A derecho is a widespread, long-lived,

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A rare blizzard warning remains in effect for parts of Southern California — including the Los Angeles region — Saturday as some areas endure heavy snow and record rainfall that has delivered dangerous flooding. An onset of severe weather across the West Coast has spawned unfamiliar wintry conditions at higher elevations,

By Aya Elamroussi, Rob Shackelford, Ralph Ellis and Mallika Kallingal, CNN A slow-moving winter storm has struck the West Coast, flooding highways in Los Angeles and prompting rare blizzard warnings in Southern California. In its first-ever blizzard warning, the National Weather Service in San Diego said the San Bernardino County mountains could see 3 to

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms brought significant icing, strong wind gusts and heavy snow across strips of the US from California to the Northeast on Thursday, part of a multiday event that has already closed roads and caused numerous power outages — even as the Southeast basks in

By Aya Elamroussi, Eric Levenson and Taylor Ward, CNN A powerful winter storm set record low temperatures in the northern Plains of the US, while a heat wave in the Southeast set record highs for the month of February — leaving the country with an unusually stark temperature difference of more than 100 degrees. Much

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Despite the fact spring is showing up early this year, we must remember winter isn’t over yet. A major winter storm is set to impact millions this week, from coast to coast, with heavy snow, dangerous winds, possible blizzard conditions and for some, the coldest temperatures of the season. What