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A militarized conspiracy theorist group believes radars are ‘weather weapons’ and is trying to destroy them

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — National Weather Service offices around the country are on guard after recent threats to agency infrastructure — specifically Doppler weather radars — from a violent militia-style group, emails from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s security office show. The group Veterans on Patrol, which the Southern Poverty Law Center

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A crew works to remove a tree from a power pole in in Gnadenhutten

Deadly storms, some with up to 90-mph gusts, tore across more than a dozen states Tuesday. Now, more storms are ramping up flood risks

By Mary Gilbert, Taylor Romine, Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Another day of extreme weather is unfolding in the United States on Wednesday after violent storms roared through more than a dozen states on Tuesday and turned deadly, bringing hurricane-strength wind gusts, massive hail and tornadoes. Severe weather left at least four people dead in

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New rounds of severe thunderstorms and life-threatening

At least one person dead as Pennsylvania sees ‘destructive’ winds while severe weather threats stretch from Texas to Vermont

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — At least one person is dead as new rounds of severe thunderstorms are underway and potentially catastrophic flooding risks are brewing in the central and eastern United States on Tuesday. Storms led to more than 700,000 power outages across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast by evening. Some of the

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Satellite imagery captured Hurricane Helene a few hours before it made landfall in Florida on September 26

4 ways forecasts are about to get worse

By Ella Nilsen, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — When a powerful thunderstorm spawns a tornado, people have what feels like only moments to gather their family and get to a safe place. “Every minute counts,” said David Stensrud, a professor of meteorology at Penn State and former research meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory,

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Jesse Furman is handed one of her belongings by Brayden McLemore near her destroyed trailer in Selmer

Extreme rainfall brings life-threatening flooding to parts of central US already slammed by storms

CNN, WHBQ, KMBC, KSPR, KYTV, KFVS, TOSHA QUALLS, COLBY GEORGE, TMX, SAMM MUSICK, MIKE HOCKETT, X, TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, RACHELJANEMARIE , X, MITCHELL DESPOT, MATT ZIEGLER, SHROUDEDGUARDIAN, REDDIT, KSPR/KYTV, Tosha Qualls, Colby George/TMX, Mike Hockett/x, racheljanemarie / X, Matt Ziegler/X, ShroudedGuardian/Reddit By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — As communities in the central US

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Jesse Furman is handed one of her belongings by Brayden McLemore near her destroyed trailer in Selmer

Extreme rainfall brings life-threatening flooding to parts of central US already slammed by storms

By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — As communities in the central US grapple with widespread devastation from a line of deadly storms that spawned dozens of tornadoes this week, more grave threats to the region are underway: additional severe thunderstorms and relentless rain with the potential to trigger “generational” flooding into the weekend.

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Heavy thunderstorms in parts of the Central and Southern Plains are expected to unleash rounds of heavy rain.

Forecasters 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 parts of the central and eastern US from a powerful, wide-reaching spring storm. Severe thunderstorms were already cutting through the Plains Wednesday morning ahead of the main threat later this afternoon and evening, which

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Dangerous 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 of millions of people along nearly the entire Eastern Seaboard Monday after touching off several tornadoes, dropping baseball-sized hail and killing at least seven people in the central US this weekend. Three children

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Troutman Fire Department firefighter Sam Mills (left) and Deputy Chief of Troutman Fire Department Jimmy Kestler (right) work a backburn preventative fire to stop the spread of the Deep Woods Fire on Sunday in Columbus

Wildfires in the Carolinas burn more than 6,000 acres, prompting evacuations, a burn ban and National Guard deployment

WLOS By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity are causing a group of wildfires to spread rapidly through western North Carolina, risking further damage to areas already ravaged by Hurricane Helene. “In my career, 20-year career, this is the most fuel I’ve seen on the ground,” North Carolina Forest

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A N.C. Forest Service spokesperson said the Black Cove wildfire in Polk County

Wildfires in the Carolinas burn more than 6,000 acres, prompting evacuations, a burn ban and National Guard deployment

WLOS By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity are causing a group of wildfires to spread rapidly through western North Carolina, risking further damage to areas already ravaged by Hurricane Helene. “In my career, 20-year career, this is the most fuel I’ve seen on the ground,” North Carolina Forest

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