By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist A quarter of the state of Texas has been experiencing exceptional drought — the most extreme level of drought — and suddenly, the skies have opened up above the Lone Star State, nearly wiping away their summer rainfall deficit in 24 hours. More than nine inches of rain has fallen
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist After heavy rain and flash floods in parts of the Southwest this weekend, more than 14 million people across the southern Plains were under flood watches and warnings Sunday, including the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and Shreveport, Louisiana. About 3 to 5 inches of heavy rain had already fallen across the
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink, CNN meteorologist Nearly 10 million people across Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas are under flood watches Saturday, including Phoenix, Albuquerque and El Paso. “The stage is set for southern Arizona and New Mexico to potentially receive prolific rainfall and widespread flash flooding today,” as a low-pressure system brings moist, tropical air
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, Haley Brink and Taylor Ward, CNN A tropical storm warning has been issued from Port Mansfield, Texas to Boca de Catan, Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center. The warnings are associated with a system the National Hurricane Center has designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone Four, located in the southern Gulf of
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller, Judson Jones and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The flash drought conditions expanded and intensified in New England over the past week, according to the latest report from the US Drought Monitor. Extreme drought — level 3 out of 4 — now covers parts of eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut and the entire state of Rhode
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Worsening heat and humidity as a result of climate change will bring extremely dangerous heat indices to much of the United States in the next 30 years, increasing both the intensity and frequency of the hottest days of the year, according to a new study published Monday. Temperatures
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Worsening heat and humidity as a result of climate change will bring extremely dangerous heat indices to much of the United States in the next 30 years, increasing both the intensity and frequency of the hottest days of the year, according to a new study published Monday. Temperatures
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist During hurricane season, meteorologists — as well as some of you — look at computer forecast models ad nauseum. We look several times a day to see what’s on the horizon. Will there be a storm? Where? When? If one model shows a storm, we look to see if another
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink and Theresa Waldrop, CNN A flood watch is in place from Arizona to Wyoming, covering more than 7 million people, with afternoon and evening rain and thunderstorms expected in much of the Southwest on Sunday. The flood watch includes Las Vegas, where two people died last week in flooding in what has
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar and Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologists Bee populations are declining. More than half of the bat species in the United States are in severe decline or listed as endangered. And international scientists recently announced the monarch butterfly is perilously close to extinction. What these three creatures have in common is that they are
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN Two people are dead after heavy rain poured into Las Vegas casinos and flooded streets Thursday night in the wettest monsoon season in a decade, according to Clark County officials. Officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Clark County Fire Department firefighters located and then removed a man in
Continue ReadingBy Payton Major, Judson Jones and Brandon Miller, CNN Many Californians fear the “Big One,” but it might not be what you think. It’s not an earthquake. And it isn’t the mega drought. It’s actually the exact opposite. A megaflood. A new study by Science Advances shows climate change has already doubled the chances of
Continue ReadingBy Payton Major, Judson Jones and Brandon Miller, CNN Many Californians fear the “Big One,” but it might not be what you think. It’s not an earthquake. And it isn’t the mega drought. It’s actually the exact opposite. A megaflood. A new study by Science Advances shows climate change has already doubled the chances of
Continue ReadingBy Payton Major, Judson Jones and Brandon Miller, CNN Many Californians fear the “Big One,” but it might not be what you think. It’s not an earthquake. And it isn’t the mega drought. It’s actually the exact opposite. A megaflood. A new study by Science Advances shows climate change has already doubled the chances of
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, CNN and Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist Heavy rain poured into Las Vegas casinos and flooded streets Thursday night as the wettest monsoon season in a decade helps alleviate the West’s severe drought — but also causes significant damage. Rainwater poured in through a ceiling at Planet Hollywood casino, as seen in video
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist In less than two months we have seen at least four historic flood events occur across the country. Yellowstone flooded in mid-June, followed by the torrential flooding in St. Louis, then Kentucky, and just this weekend we had major flooding in Death Valley. “On 5 August 2022, a flash flood
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN From Seattle to Oklahoma City to Boston, scorching high temperatures or torrential rainfall are on tap for much of the US. More than 70 million Americans are under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings Sunday, the National Weather Service said. “These alerts encompass portions of the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and Northeast
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN From Seattle to Oklahoma City to Boston, scorching high temperatures or torrential rainfall are on tap for much of the US. More than 70 million Americans are under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings Sunday, the National Weather Service said. “These alerts encompass portions of the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and Northeast
Continue ReadingBy Monica Garrett and Payton Major Those still recovering from the deadly floods just a week ago in eastern Kentucky find themselves under threat for more heavy rain and flash flooding. “We’ve got (river) conditions right now that we don’t typically see prolonged at this time of year over a large area where it just
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz and Judson Jones, CNN More than 50% of the country was in some level of drought for the fourth week in a row, the US Drought Monitor reported Thursday, as the combination of extreme heat and low rainfall is drawing the moisture out of plants and soil. And no region of the
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