Helpers were flung into harm’s way as tornadoes descended
By Taylor Romine, CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Andy Rose (CNN) — Wednesday night’s tornado outbreak across at least six states had even…
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Early look at hurricane season predicts over a dozen named storms. But El Niño could change things
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — It’s only spring, but some weather forecasters are already focusing on this year’s Atlantic…
Continue ReadingForecasters warn of an impending outbreak of long-lasting, strong tornadoes and once-in-a-lifetime flooding
By Karina Tsui, CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — A life-threatening outbreak of long-lived and strong tornadoes is expected today in…
Continue ReadingA once-in-a-generation flood event could cap off this week’s slew of severe weather threats
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Volatile spring weather will kick into high gear this week as a potential severe thunderstorm…
Continue ReadingDangerous line of storms targets nearly entire Eastern Seaboard after killing at least 7 in central US
By Matthew Rehbein, Hanna Park and CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert and Gene Norman (CNN) — A dangerous, wide-reaching storm is threatening tens…
Continue ReadingViolent storms bring tornadoes and golf ball-sized hail from Great Lakes to Texas
By Hanna Park and CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert and Gene Norman (CNN) — Millions of people are under tornado watches across the central…
Continue ReadingHalf the US population could be in the path of severe thunderstorms early next week
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Unseasonable warmth is setting the stage for damaging thunderstorms capable of bringing powerful…
Continue ReadingMultiple water rescues conducted amid flash flooding in southern Texas
KRGV By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Intense thunderstorms sweeping through the Rio Grande Valley unleashed flash floods across multiple counties…
Continue ReadingAt least 4 deaths reported after over a half year’s worth of rain forces water rescues in parts of South Texas
By Karina Tsui, Mary Gilbert and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley…
Continue ReadingSouth Texas faces half a year’s worth of rain as rare severe storms threaten the Pacific Northwest
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The Pacific Northwest is staring down a rare spring severe thunderstorm threat and Texas is…
Continue ReadingMurphy, beloved bald eagle who went viral for incubating a rock, dies after Missouri storms
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Murphy, a bald eagle who stole hearts around the world for incubating a rock like it was his own…
Continue ReadingWildfires in the Carolinas burn more than 6,000 acres, prompting evacuations, a burn ban and National Guard deployment
By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity are causing a group of wildfires to spread rapidly through western…
Continue ReadingTheir home was struck by a tornado nearly a year ago. Another destroyed it completely last weekend
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Misty Drope was anxious. As she went about her day on Friday, March 14, a feeling of dread…
Continue ReadingCross-country storm unleashes a blizzard and fuels wildfires in the Plains while threatening tornadoes in the Midwest
By Robert Shackelford, Karina Tsui and Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A powerful storm system is producing whiteout conditions in…
Continue ReadingCross-country storm leaves at least 42 dead and vast destruction from tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms
By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford, Rafael Romo and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in…
Continue ReadingStorm system to exit US, leaving behind at least 39 dead and vast destruction from tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms
CNN, KATV, KFVS, WFSA, KYTV, KAIT, WBRC By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm system that tore across…
Continue ReadingTornado outbreak is raking across Central US as part of a major storm that has killed 3 so far
CNN By Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel, Zoe Sottile and Angela Fritz (CNN) — The strongest storm system of spring so far roared across the Midwest…
Continue ReadingTornado outbreak is raking across Central US as part of a major storm that has killed 3 so far
By Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel, Zoe Sottile and Angela Fritz (CNN) — The strongest storm system of spring so far roared across the Midwest and…
Continue ReadingCross-country storm poised to deliver extreme weather across central and eastern US this weekend
KCAL, KCBS, CAL FIRE RIVERSIDE, CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A cross-country storm will explode in strength as it moves over…
Continue ReadingPowerful storm slams West Coast, prompting evacuations in parts of Los Angeles scarred by wildfires
KCRA, LARRY PRICE, CNN By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A powerful March storm has been lashing the West Coast and shifting southward –– posing…
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