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Tens of thousands without power in Northeast as another storm threatens the US from New Mexico to Maine

January 24, 2023 5:41 AM CNN Newssource

(CNN) — Tens of thousands of homes and businesses across multiple states in the Northeast were without power early Tuesday after a winter storm…

Unrelenting rain in the West and nearly 100 tornado reports in the South: Experts say it’s all linked

January 16, 2023 6:55 PM CNN Newssource

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — Sunday marked the halfway point for meteorological winter (which runs from…

Extreme weather has cost the US more than $1 trillion in the past seven years, feds report

January 10, 2023 9:00 AM CNN Newssource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The United States was lashed by 18 catastrophic extreme weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion each last…

Destruction from Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach

Extreme weather has cost the US more than $1 trillion in the past seven years, feds report

January 10, 2023 9:00 AM CNN

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The United States was lashed by 18 catastrophic extreme weather and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion each last…

A view of damage on the road after heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Silicon Valley in California Monday.

Thousands urged to flee their homes as more severe weather wallops California, as death toll in recent storms rises to 17

January 10, 2023 4:43 AM CNN

By Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna and Joe Sutton, CNN More rain is dropping across California on Tuesday, threatening more flooding and disruption as…

Thousands urged to flee their homes as more severe weather wallops California, as death toll in recent storms rises to 17

January 9, 2023 11:19 PM CNN Newssource

By Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna and Joe Sutton, CNN More rain is dropping across California on Tuesday, threatening more flooding and disruption as…

California has been plagued with atmospheric river systems since Christmas week.

NOAA’s hurricane hunters are now targeting the West Coast’s atmospheric rivers

January 9, 2023 9:02 AM CNN Newssource

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist NOAA’s hurricane hunters might be just as busy now as they were during hurricane season. However,…

A Level 3 out of 4 risk for excessive rainfall has been issued for over 15 million people across California on Monday.

Most of California could experience significant flooding this week

January 8, 2023 7:25 AM CNN Newssource

By Allison Chinchar and Haley Brink, CNN Significant widespread flooding is possible across much of California on Monday as more heavy rain hits the…

One-minute snapshots of lightning over the Tonga volcano eruption on January 15. The lightning surrounded the volcano "in distinctive ring patterns during the peak of the eruption

Lightning in the ‘cataclysmic’ Tonga volcano eruption shattered ‘all records’

January 8, 2023 1:07 AM CNN Newssource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in January 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. Not only did it…

California has been battered by heavy snow

More extreme weather on tap for California as series of atmospheric river events arrive

January 7, 2023 2:51 AM CNN Newssource

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist California has been battered by heavy snow, damaging winds and flooding this week — and now another…

A support piece from the Capitola Wharf lies in the storm-damaged Zelda's restaurant in Capitola

Another storm threatens more heavy rain in California and West Coast areas already reeling from flooding

January 6, 2023 6:00 AM CNN Newssource

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More storms are set to slam Northern California and other parts of the West Coast this weekend, threatening heavy rain late…

This image shows damaged a downed tree in the El Granada area of the San Mateo County.

The cyclone that killed a child in California is battering the state with ferocious winds, mudslides and even more flooding

January 4, 2023 10:34 PM CNN Newssource

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Allison Chinchar and Amir Vera, CNN A deadly storm that lashed coastal California with hurricane-force winds and…

A house damaged by high winds is seen in Arkansas on January 2.

Hurricane-force wind gusts blow through California as part of the ‘bomb cyclone’ hitting the coast

January 4, 2023 10:23 AM CNN

By Amir Vera, Taylor Ward, Rob Shackelford and Jennifer Gray, CNN Wind gusts in central California have reached hurricane-force as the heaviest rain…

Hurricane-force wind gusts blow through California as part of the ‘bomb cyclone’ hitting the coast

January 4, 2023 12:44 AM CNN Newssource

By Amir Vera, Taylor Ward, Rob Shackelford and Jennifer Gray, CNN Wind gusts in central California have reached hurricane-force as the heaviest rain…

A major winter storm threatens powerful tornadoes and flooding in the South and heavy snow and freezing rain across the Plains and Midwest on Tuesday.

As a storm system barrels across Central US with tornadoes, flooding and snow, another threatens West Coast with more floods

January 3, 2023 8:16 AM CNN

By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford, Jennifer Gray and Taylor Ward, CNN Two major storm systems are threatening the US this week. A massive,…

As a storm system barrels across Central US with tornadoes, flooding and snow, another threatens West Coast with more floods

January 2, 2023 10:55 PM CNN Newssource

By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford, Jennifer Gray and Taylor Ward, CNN Two major storm systems are threatening the US this week. A massive,…

Three vehicles are submerged on Dillard Road west of Highway 99 in south Sacramento County in Wilton

Millions are at risk of tornadoes in the South as a winter storm threatens intense snow and dangerously icy conditions in the Midwest

January 1, 2023 11:17 PM CNN Newssource

By Holly Yan, Monica Garrett, Derek Van Dam, Joe Sutton and Jamiel Lynch, CNN A potent winter storm that turned deadly in California is now…

Another storm threatens more heavy rain in California and West Coast areas already reeling from flooding

January 1, 2023 11:17 PM CNN

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More storms are set to slam Northern California and other parts of the West Coast this weekend, threatening heavy rain late…

Relatively warm temperatures will prevail on New Year's Day in the northeast and over the southwest.

What will the weather be like on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day?

December 31, 2022 4:02 AM CNN Newssource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The year 2022 is finally coming to a close — but not before some rainy weather arrives on both the West and East coasts.…

A couple walks near the Golden Gate Bridge as rain hits San Francisco this week.

New Year’s Eve will be wet on both coasts and an ‘atmospheric river’ will target California

December 30, 2022 7:49 AM CNN

By Jay Croft, Monica Garrett and Allison Chinchar, CNN Another significant storm system will plow into the West Coast on Friday, bringing heavy rain,…