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By Mary Gilbert, Emma Tucker, Taylor Ward, Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A storm that produced a devastating tornado in the St. Louis, Missouri, area Friday afternoon has left at least five people dead and at least 10 injured, according to local authorities. The deaths come after a string of tornadoes and severe storms damaged

CNN By Mary Gilbert, Emma Tucker, Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — An incredibly dangerous day of severe thunderstorms including the potential for long-lasting, powerful tornadoes and hurricane-strength wind gusts is underway in the eastern half of the United States. The threat for tornadoes and damaging winds is escalating Friday after the same system already produced

WISN By Mary Gilbert, Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A busy stretch of severe thunderstorms is underway due to record heat and now the threats are ramping up, putting major metro areas from Chicago to Nashville under threat as the country hits the peak of tornado season. Severe thunderstorms rocked parts of the central

By Mary Gilbert, Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A busy stretch of severe thunderstorms is underway due to record heat and now the threats are ramping up, putting major metro areas from Chicago to Nashville under threat as the country hits the peak of tornado season. Severe thunderstorms rocked parts of the central US

By Andrew Freedman and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A dangerous round of early season extreme heat is on tap for parts of Texas this week in a prelude to what’s expected to be an abnormally hot summer across much of the United States. Long-standing records could fall across central and southwest Texas, including in

By Matt Stiles and Byron Manley, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures affect public health across wide swaths of the United States each summer, causing spikes in emergency room visits and hundreds of heat-related deaths. As temperatures rise, CNN is tracking extreme heat conditions and the potential risk for Americans each day. To help prepare Americans

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — With less than a month until hurricane season, three House Democrats have expressed concerns over staffing shortages, including vacancies in all management positions, at the National Weather Service’s Houston-Galveston forecast office in a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s acting head. The letter follows CNN’s reporting that

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

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

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Millions in the Upper Midwest face the possibility of a severe thunderstorm outbreak Monday that could bring rounds of dangerous storms capable of unleashing damaging winds, large hail and strong tornadoes — the start of several days of extreme weather threats across the country this week. The first

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A record-breaking, triple-digit wind gust roared through part of Texas on Tuesday, but it wasn’t from a tornado or a hurricane. An airport weather station in Midland, Texas, recorded a wind gust of 111 mph Tuesday evening – the first triple-digit gust in its 94-year-history in weather reporting.

By Michelle Watson, Diego Mendoza Diaz, Matthew Rehbein, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Severe weather in Oklahoma over the weekend has left at least five people dead, including a 12-year-old boy, a 7-year-old girl and their mothers after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters, officials say. Police in Moore, about 10 miles south of

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Back-to-back-to-back deadly and destructive tornado outbreaks in recent weeks have put a punctuation mark on what’s been an unusually active start to the year for thunderstorms in the United States. The typical peak of severe thunderstorm season is still a few weeks away, so why has it been

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The short-lived reign of La Niña has come to an end. La Niña – a natural climate pattern that can influence weather worldwide – arrived at the start of this year but had a very short and odd life. The atmosphere first started to take on a La

WTVA, LARRY DEVORE, CNN By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A dayslong deluge of rain finally subsided across the South and Midwest on Monday, but, like the extensive flooding that followed, the danger for many communities will be slow to recede. “As long as I’ve been alive — and I’m 52

By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A dayslong deluge of rain finally subsided across the South and Midwest on Monday, but, like the extensive flooding that followed, the danger for many communities will be slow to recede. “As long as I’ve been alive — and I’m 52 — this is the

By Karina Tsui, Gene Norman and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Rising river levels in Kentucky are prompting evacuations and warnings to move to safer ground, with water rescues under way in flooded areas. The National Weather Service earlier this week warned of the possibility of “generational” flooding, stemming from a stagnation in the current

WSMV, JARED AUERBACH, CNN By Gene Norman, Karina Tsui, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Severe thunderstorms and relentless rain are triggering catastrophic flooding across the middle of the US this weekend, as areas already hit hard by a recent string of storms and tornadoes remain in the path of this current system. The storms have

By Gene Norman, Karina Tsui, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Severe thunderstorms and relentless rain are triggering catastrophic flooding across the middle of the US this weekend, as areas already hit hard by a recent string of storms and tornadoes remain in the path of this current system. The storms have killed at least 16

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,

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

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.