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By CNN’s Hanna Park, CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Emergency responders in western Alaska are working to help more than a thousand residents displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote, coastal communities, unleashed record-breaking storm surge and shoved homes completely off their foundations. At least

CNN, WVEC, WMBF, WTKR, WRDE, SEE PREFONTS By CNN’s Dakin Andone, CNN Meteorologists Linda Lam, Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce Coastal flooding and wind-whipped rain hit the mid-Atlantic and Northeast coastline Monday as an impactful nor’easter crawled up the East Coast for the third consecutive day before starting to slowly subside overnight. At least three deaths

By CNN’s Dakin Andone, CNN Meteorologists Linda Lam, Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce Coastal flooding and wind-whipped rain hit the mid-Atlantic and Northeast coastline Monday as an impactful nor’easter crawled up the East Coast for the third consecutive day before starting to slowly subside overnight. At least three deaths have been reported over the last several

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A nasty coastal storm, known as a nor’easter, is organizing and strengthening off the Southeast US. The storm is poised to deliver tropical storm-force wind gusts, soaking rain and dangerous seas up most of the East Coast into early next week. It’s packing a serious punch as

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful nor’easter is about to bring nasty weather to millions along the East Coast, with fierce winds, drenching rain and dangerous seas expected this weekend into early next week. The storm will drive major coastal flooding and beach erosion alongside the heavy rain and potentially damaging

By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — A serious multi-day flood threat is underway in the Southwest as two former tropical systems turn the typically dry desert into a breeding ground for heavy rain. Soaking rainfall began over the region Thursday night as increasingly humid air arrived. Parts of the Phoenix metro had picked up

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A marine heat wave spanning much of the North Pacific Ocean is already influencing the weather in North America and is poised to make its mark on winter. The unusually warm ocean water, coined “the blob” due to how it appears on weather maps, has brought milder and more

By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — A serious flood threat is on tap for some of the driest areas of the United States as an ailing former Hurricane Priscilla combines with another storm system to create a long-lasting rainfall event. More than an October’s worth of rain could fall within days in some areas

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A nor’easter is about to develop off the Southeast coast and this coastal storm will bring some serious threats along with dreary weather for much of the East Coast into early next week. The upcoming storm will churn up dangerous seas and drive coastal flooding while also

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Tropical Storm Jerry is rushing across the central Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and is expected to finally strengthen into a hurricane on Friday. Jerry, which formed Tuesday, is the 10th named storm of a late-blooming season that has produced three hurricanes in just over two weeks.

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A rare, monstrous EF5 tornado that struck the United States more than three months ago was the first of its kind in more than a decade, experts announced Monday. A tornado that roared through part of eastern North Dakota in June and killed three people was upgraded

By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — A new tropical storm could form in the Atlantic this week and continue the 2025 hurricane season’s backloaded burst of tropical activity. Even though fewer storms tend to form now, in the late-season, history has shown how devastating they can be, particularly since development areas shift closer to

By Brandon Miller, Eve Brennan, Yasmin Coles, CNN (CNN) — A powerful earthquake struck the central Philippines late Tuesday, killing at least 60 people and severely damaging buildings and infrastructure in nearby towns and cities. The shallow 6.9 magnitude quake struck around 10 p.m. local time, just west of Palompon and close to the city

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Imelda’s core passed over Bermuda overnight Wednesday and knocked out power to thousands as hurricane winds ripped across the island. The storm also knocked several homes on North Carolina’s Outer Banks into the sea and continues to churn up dangerous surf, rip currents, coastal flooding and

By Andrew Freedman, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The two massive tropical systems swirling off the Southeast coast are a stark reminder that the potential government shutdown looms during the middle of the Atlantic hurricane season. Weather forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and disaster response specialists at the Federal Emergency Management Agency

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Tropical Storm Imelda is strengthening and is expected to become a hurricane by Tuesday as it moves off the Southeast coast, kicking up dangerous surf, rip currents, coastal flooding and beach erosion from Florida through the Carolinas. At the same time, Hurricane Humberto, which briefly exploded into a

By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce (CNN) — Tropical Storm Imelda formed over the Bahamas Sunday afternoon and is expected to intensify into a hurricane, and while its forecast is less ominous for the Southeast coast, the storm will still be felt there. Newly-formed Imelda has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is 335 miles

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Humberto rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm Friday and Saturday over the warm, energy-filled water of the open Atlantic Ocean. But there’s a quiet threat creeping toward the Southeast coast that people there should keep their eye on. A strengthening tropical depression brewing

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Hurricanes and other systems don’t often find themselves in a tropical traffic jam in Earth’s vast oceans, but there are consequences when they do get all up in each other’s business. A tropical tango known as the Fujiwhara effect can unfold when two storms move too close

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman and Chris Dolce (CNN) — Tropical Storm Humberto is spinning in the west-central Atlantic, but the bigger question for the United States is what’s brewing behind it. Humberto is not a direct threat to the US, but it could rapidly intensify and grow into a major hurricane this weekend as