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By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A blast of fall-like weather is coming for much of the United States, and unlike the last brief break from summer heat, this cooldown will have some staying power. It will feel more like late September or early October as crisp air expands in the coming days,

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Erin is starting to turn away from the United States but don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet: The massive hurricane is still churning up the Atlantic Ocean, keeping dangerous conditions in place for more than 1,000 miles of the East Coast. Hurricane Erin has been

CNN, WITN, U.S. AIR FORCE, AIRCREW MEMBER, U.S. Air Force/aircrew member By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along much of the US East Coast and will soon send destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane

CNN, WITN, WRAL, KYW, SEE PREFONTS By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along much of the US East Coast and will soon send destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane season is hitting its stride,

CNN By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone a period of astonishingly rapid intensification — a phenomenon that has become far more common in recent years as the planet warms. It was a rare Category 5 for a time Saturday before becoming a

CNN By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Fifth time’s the charm? After much speculation and many rounds of overhyped ghost storms going viral on social media, the Atlantic has its first real hurricane of the year: Erin. Erin strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph on

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent disaster from unfolding in the picturesque port town despite record-breaking water levels

By Briana Waxman, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — More than 10 million people across the Midwest remain under flood alerts Monday morning as heavy rainfall continues to pummel parts of Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, triggering flash flooding in Milwaukee that has forced the Wisconsin State Fair to cancel its last day. Wisconsin is on

By CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Brandon Miller, Briana Waxman, and CNN’s Joe Sutton A wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles continues to burn after it tore through thousands of acres and forced evacuations after igniting Thursday afternoon. It’s one of several notable fires in the West that have exhibited explosive growth in recent

CNN, WLUK, ALERTCALIFORNIA , UC SAN DIEGO, KABC, KSBY, CATHEDRAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALERTCalifornia / UC San Diego By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Air quality has taken a serious hit across the United States as a twofold blow of wildfires in the West and in Canada have sent smoke pouring across large

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Air quality has taken a serious hit across the United States as a twofold blow of wildfires in the West and in Canada have sent smoke pouring across large sections of the country — a problem that’s set to linger for days. Air quality alerts are in

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Atlantic hurricane season is about to hit its stride. August through mid-September is historically the most active stretch of the season, and while there have been a handful of short-lived named storms, the Atlantic has yet to spawn a hurricane in 2025. That could change soon: Tropical Storm

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — The wildfire raging along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim became a “megafire” this week, doubling in size in just a few days and intensifying enough to create its own weather. Hostile weather conditions including intense, dry heat and gusty winds drove the Dragon Bravo Fire’s explosive growth

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Torrential rainfall and flash flooding slammed the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Thursday, wreaking havoc along the Interstate 95 corridor and leaving a child in Maryland dead. This was another serious flood event in a summer that’s been full of them. Heavy storms developed in the afternoon and lasted through

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — A rare and violent thunderstorm complex is roaring across the upper Midwest overnight from Monday into Tuesday. The storms have unleashed gusts upwards of 90 mph, downing hundreds of trees and causing significant damage to homes and businesses, according to the National Weather Service. This dangerous

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Two high-ranking officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with a connection to the likely incoming NOAA administrator were placed on administrative leave Thursday, according to two former NOAA employees familiar with the situation and one current agency official. While the reasoning behind the move is not clear,

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Sauna-like conditions on Friday are threatening to break records in major Northeast cities during summer’s hottest month after dangerous heat peaked Thursday in the central United States. More than 80 million people in the eastern half of the US are under at least a Level 3 of 4

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A prominent senator is calling on President Donald Trump to reverse course on his proposal to slash the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, making a case for America to be a world leader in the weather forecasting space instead. Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has changed course and is moving ahead with work to develop a new database that would provide Americans with precise estimates of their flash flood risk in a warming world, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official and an internal NOAA email seen by

By CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, and CNN’s Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Tens of millions of people are at risk of dangerous flash floods in pockets of nearly every region of the contiguous United States Friday, as the nation’s summer of flooding continues. As summer heat starts to peak, July has seen the

By Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — More than two dozen dogs and puppies rescued from the deadly Texas flood zone are ready for forever homes after being flown to a Chicago shelter. PAWS Chicago received 31 pups this week from no-kill organizations that coordinated to move the animals out of the flood-stricken region, including Austin

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has paused work on a new database that would provide Americans with precise estimates of the likelihood of extreme precipitation events in a warming world — a warning of their new flash flood risk. This database would, for the first time, take the influence of climate

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — There’s growing concern for another significant rain and flooding event this week, this time along the Gulf Coast, from what could become the Atlantic basin’s next tropical system. The potential storm’s flood threat is just the latest in what has been a summer full of deadly and devastating

By Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — Texas. North Carolina. Illinois. New Mexico. New York City. Flash flooding has surged into the spotlight this summer with record-breaking flood events occurring nearly back-to-back across the country. Slow-moving thunderstorms in Texas unleashed more than an entire summer’s worth of rain on July 4, sending water surging over river

By Luke Snyder, Amanda Musa, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Another round of showers and thunderstorms moved across the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday after intense rain set off dangerous flash flooding from Virginia to New York on Monday, leaving at least two dead and prompting dozens of rescues as water overwhelmed roads and subways. Monday saw the

By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — At least three people, including two children, were killed in a wildfire-scarred village in southern New Mexico after torrential rain triggered raging flash flooding Tuesday, officials said. The victims were swept away by what authorities described as “record-breaking” floodwater in the Village of Ruidoso in the Sierra

KOAT, COREY SEXTON, KAITLYN CARPENTER, FRANK SHREVE, CNN By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — At least three people, including two children, were killed in a wildfire-scarred village in southern New Mexico after torrential rain triggered raging flash flooding Tuesday, officials said. The victims were swept away by what authorities described as “record-breaking” floodwater

WRAL, RICK HERRERA, CNN By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Chantal brought heavy, flooding rain and dangerous beach conditions to the Carolinas over the weekend, setting off life-threatening flash flooding Sunday in central parts of North Carolina that killed at least one person and prompted dozens of rescues. Chantal was