cnn-weather/environment

By Joe Sutton and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead in Houston after hurricane-force winds and torrential rains tore a damaging path through the city Thursday – part of a lashing storm system that is bringing life-threatening flooding and power outages to parts of the South. Severe storms carved through

CNN, CTV, CBC, WCCO, MICHEL CHAMBERLAND, MANITOBA HYDRO, STEVE REEVE , TMX, JOCELYN ROUTHIER, Steve Reeve /TMX By Elizabeth Wolfe and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Colossal wildfires burning across Canada over the last week have driven thousands of people to evacuate with their kids, pets and precious belongings in tow – many uncertain when

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Colossal wildfires burning across Canada over the last week have driven thousands of people to evacuate with their kids, pets and precious belongings in tow – many uncertain when they may be able to return home. Firefighters battling more than 100 blazes across the country could

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Rounds of fierce storms and gushing rainfall are raising the risk of dangerous flooding late this week for millions in the already-waterlogged South. Double-digit rainfall totals between 20 and 30 inches over the region in recent weeks have soaked the ground and left rivers swollen, priming the flood

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Joe Sutton, Sharif Paget, Mary Gilbert and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Improving winds and a storm moving into western Canada are providing a temporary boost to firefighters battling massive wildfires, but the danger remains heightened as they burn close to three communities. Drought-starved vegetation and days of gusty winds have fueled

By Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Dangerous wildfires have scorched tens of thousands of acres and are closing in on multiple Canadian towns, forcing thousands of evacuations and degrading air quality. The country’s wildfire season is off to a troubling pace as new fires ignite each day and dormant so-called

By Robert Shackelford, Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — At least four people are dead after powerful storms tore through the waterlogged and storm-weary South. More storms in the coming days will raise the risk once again of flash flooding, damaging winds and hail over the hard-hit region. Powerful hurricane-force wind gusts and

By Heather Chen and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — At least 37 people have been killed, and more than a dozen injured on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after heavy rains triggered flash flooding and a cold lava flow from an active volcano, search and rescue officials said on Sunday. Cold lava, also known as

By Lianne Kolirin, Michael Rios, Vasco Cotovio and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — People in southern Brazil, already reeling from deadly floods, are bracing for more disruption after heavy rainstorms pummeled the area on Friday and meteorologists warned of more to come throughout the weekend. The death toll in the floods that have ravaged parts

By Eric Zerkel and Jhasua Razo, CNN (CNN) — It started in Utah, of all places. A whirling tendril of air descended from a roiling sky above a southwest suburb of Salt Lake City, punctuating the horizon. It was a tornado – the first of many over the course of weeks. A tornado frenzy is

By Mary Gilbert and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Violent storms were tracking through parts of the South Thursday, a day after deadly, destructive thunderstorms and tornadoes tore through the central and southern US, marking more chaotic weather amid a two-week streak of danger. Large hail – some the size of golf and tennis balls

By Paul P. Murphy and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The extent of the devastation of floods that are ravaging southern Brazil have been laid bare in new and dramatic satellite images shared with CNN. At least 95 people have died in the heavy rainfall and floods that have torn through the state of Rio

By Mary Gilbert, Dalia Faheid and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Strong storms tracking through the central and eastern US Wednesday killed at least two people in Tennessee and as night fell, flash flooding and more tornadoes were slamming the state – including one twister that carved a path of destruction in communities south of

By Mary Gilbert and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Several tornadoes hit Michigan on Tuesday, with one twister pummeling a mobile home park in the southern part of the state, leaving a dozen people hurt and rescuers looking for more possible victims. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared an emergency for Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Branch and Cass