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By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Dozens of people have been rescued from catastrophic flooding in southeastern Missouri, including some camping along a river that swelled to historic heights. Reynolds County emergency services are currently responding to a reported building collapse at Bearcat Getaway Campground, according to a news release

CNN, KABC, WCCO, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY LLC, WALL TOWNSHIP POLICE By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Yet another brutal heat dome is set to roast part of the United States starting this weekend as part of a major weather pattern change. The East Coast was in the hot seat last week and the

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Yet another brutal heat dome is set to roast part of the United States starting this weekend as part of a major weather pattern change. The East Coast was in the hot seat last week and the West is next up for a heat dome — a large

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have been keeping a close eye on the tropical Pacific Ocean for months now, anticipating the emergence of an intense, “Super” El Niño that would be among the stronger events on record. Now it looks like this El Niño could set the benchmark for peak intensity, with potentially

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — America’s 250th birthday also marks the final stretch of one of the most intense eastern US heat waves in years — one made worse by climate change — and it could fuel an added storm threat as the nation gathers to celebrate. 🔥 Get your heat forecast in

CNN By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, with Kate S. Petersen reporting (CNN) — The deadly, multiday heat wave tightened its grip on the eastern United States on Friday, breaking records, sending people to the emergency room and raising the risk for millions of people starting to celebrate the Fourth of July outdoors. More than

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Temperatures are skyrocketing for the third straight day across the Eastern US, with officials in cities from Boston to Washington, DC trying to keep residents cool amid outdoor July 4th celebrations. Dozens of daily records are being set as the combination of heat and humidity sends the heat index

By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, firework celebrations are expected to bring more pomp and circumstance than ever before. But with bigger festivities and an oppressive heat dome in the forecast, millions of Americans could face a monumental double dose of unhealthy air. Every Fourth of July,

CNN, WABC, POOL, X, @NYCMAYOR, KYW By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, firework celebrations are expected to bring more pomp and circumstance than ever before. But with bigger festivities and an oppressive heat dome in the forecast, millions of Americans could face a monumental double dose of

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and Dakota Smith, with Kate Petersen reporting (CNN) — A dangerous heat wave is tightening its grip on the East Coast and straining the electric grid as people seek to cool off in their air conditioned homes and businesses. The worst conditions are now underway, with many records already

By Kate Petersen, Alaa Elassar, Karina Tsui, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of wildfires are raging across the western United States, burning homes and national forest lands and forcing the evacuations of entire towns, as officials restrict fireworks in some areas and caution residents about fire risks ahead of the Fourth of July and

By Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Half of all Americans are facing prolonged, dangerously hot temperatures from an intense heat dome as they head outdoors to celebrate the country’s 250th Independence Day. The temperatures in some spots in the eastern US, like New York City and Washington, DC, could be the hottest in

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead and prompted dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, but Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday afternoon conditions are improving. One person died in Jackson County, in southeastern Kentucky, and three others

By Matt Stiles, 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. 🔥 Get your heat forecast

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A heat dome will bring dangerously hot and humid conditions to the eastern half of the United States this week in the region’s most widespread heat wave of the summer so far. The heat dome is building in response to a large shift in the jet stream that’s

By Matt Stiles, Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 tornadoes roar across the United States in an average year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. The storms occur across the country throughout the year, but are most common during the spring and summer months in the Deep South

By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century. It toppled buildings and claimed more than 500 lives, authorities said Friday. The event, according to the US Geological Survey, was a rare phenomenon called a “doublet” that contained not one but two major