CNN-Weather/Environment

By Aya Elamroussi and Steve Almasy, CNN Even by western New York standards, Friday’s snowstorm was colossal, bringing eye-level accumulation totals to some areas and prompting officials to tell many people who are used to driving in bad weather to stay off the roads. “I can say that our deputies have been just absolutely inundated

By Ralph Ellis, CNN It takes just the right conditions to produce lake-effect snow, but when they come together, it creates some of the most extreme winter weather found anywhere on the planet. Perfectly blue skies can turn to a blinding snow storm in minutes, producing snow amounts that will bury your ruler in a

By Jennifer Gray and Monica Garrett, CNN meteorologists For western New York, snow typically is no big deal. But this week’s lake effect snowfall in the region is expected to be “paralyzing,” forecasters say. The multi-day snowfall is forecast to kick off Wednesday evening and run through much of the weekend, ending with snow measured

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist The first strong Santa Ana occurrence of the season is bringing harsh winds across Southern California through Thursday, setting the stage for critical fire conditions and the potential for a blaze to spread rapidly. High wind alerts have been issued for much of the area, affecting almost 15 million people.

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN After wreaking havoc in Florida, Nicole weakened into a post-tropical cyclone, bringing severe thunderstorms to the Carolinas and Virginia Friday before striking the Northeast. Nicole — the first hurricane to hit the US in the month of November in nearly 40 years — walloped coastal homes in Florida’s Daytona area early

By Nouran Salahieh and Theresa Waldrop, CNN As Nicole threatens the Carolinas and Virginia on Friday with tornadoes and flooding, Floridians — many still recovering from Hurricane Ian — are picking up the pieces after this week’s storm killed at least five people and ripped apart buildings with its dangerous storm surge and powerful winds.

By Aya Elamroussi, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least two people have died during the damage wrought by Nicole’s overnight landfall Thursday along Florida’s eastern shore, which knocked out power to thousands, pushed buildings near collapse and flooded the coast as the first hurricane to hit the United States in November in nearly

By Steve Almasy, CNN Massive Hurricane Nicole was dumping rain on Florida Wednesday night as the storm bore down on the east coast of the Sunshine State, threatening to bring damaging winds and heavy precipitation to some places still recovering from Hurricane Ian. Earlier the storm battered the Bahamas while strengthening from a tropical storm

By Aya Elamroussi and Jennifer Gray, CNN Tropical Storm Nicole has gotten stronger — with scattered showers impacting parts of Florida on midterm Election Day — and is expected to strengthen more before slamming the state’s east coast early Thursday as the first hurricane to strike the United States in November in nearly 40 years.