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By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Intense winds across the Central United States this weekend are fueling critical fire danger, leaving roads closed and thousands without power in some areas. Low relative humidity is combining with high winds to create an extreme fire weather threat across the western half of the Southern and Central Plains — the

By Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — A storm system moving through the Western United States will move through the Rockies and into the Plains over the weekend, bringing intense winds stretching from the Southwest to the Upper Midwest. Wind alerts are in effect for nearly 18 million people from Texas to North Dakota. The greatest threat of 100

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Past coverage of the 2023 and 2022 hurricane season and the latest weather news can also be found on CNN. Follow the storm tracker for the path and forecasts of the latest storm. Facts The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season runs

By Dalia Faheid, Artemis Moshtaghian, Gene Norman and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — At least three people are dead and hundreds of thousands are without power Friday after a nor’easter brought heavy snow and strong winds to parts of the Northeast. Widespread wind gusts topping 40 mph swept across the region midweek, downing trees and

By Ritu Prasad, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season isn’t here yet, but is already shaping up to be one for the books, with more hurricanes and named storms predicted in a pre-season forecast from Colorado State University than ever before. This June through November could see 23 named storms in all, including

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The highly anticipated total solar eclipse is fast-approaching, but Mother Nature is throwing some curveballs with the weather forecast. The atmosphere looks poised to deliver an unfortunately timed lesson in the difference between day-to-day weather and long-term climatology for millions of people in the path of totality. The

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Christina Maxouris, Raja Razek, Mary Gilbert and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen homes were damaged in one West Virginia community and more than 100,000 customers in the state were without power late Tuesday night as a powerful system of thunderstorms with damaging winds, dangerous hail and the potential

By Robert Shackelford, Christina Maxouris, Tina Burnside and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Parts of Texas all the way to Illinois were drenched Monday evening as severe thunderstorms marched through the central and eastern US, dumping hail larger than softballs in some areas and unleashing fierce winds of more than 70 mph. The storms are

By Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — April begins Monday, and Mother Nature is bringing everything but the kitchen sink. A multi-day system will slide across much of the country and bring the potential for tornadoes, large hail, flooding and even snow. As if that weren’t enough, there could also be record warm temperatures. Widespread precipitation

By Robert Shackelford, Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm is pummeling parts of the Plains with blizzard conditions as it drops a blanket of snow from Colorado to Minnesota through Tuesday, creating deadly road conditions and threatening widespread power outages. The wide-reaching storm will also fire up severe thunderstorms and

By Dalia Faheid, Samantha Beech and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — A significant storm in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest is expected to bring heavy snow and possible blizzard conditions through Tuesday morning, setting the stage for hazardous travel and power outages. Back-to-back storms are sending some cities as much snow as they had all winter, and

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — It looks like Mother Nature has her seasons mixed up as a potent, far-reaching storm gears up to unload snow, ice and severe thunderstorms on the central US this weekend. In a seasonal role-reversal, back-to-back storms are sending some cities as much snow as they had all winter.

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — California will soon be decorated with a rainbow of wildflowers after drenching winter rain set the stage for a spectacular spring superbloom. A superbloom has no exact criteria, wildflower experts told CNN, but is thought of as a particularly vivid display of abundant wildflowers blooming all at once,

By Allison Chinchar, Sara Tonks and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of spring-like warmth, parts of the United States will briefly plunge back into winter this week, with below-freezing temperatures possible for much of the eastern half of the country. Tuesday marks the official start of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere after