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By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, and Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — The first significant rainfall in weeks is continuing to fall along parts of the Northeast coast on Saturday from the same storm that produced historic and catastrophic flooding on the Georgia and Tennessee border Wednesday into Thursday morning. ⛈️☔️Get your forecast

By Jack Guy London (CNN) — Astonishing photographs of rainbows, lightning strikes and incredible cloud formations are among the finalists in the Weather Photographer of the Year 2026 competition. This year’s edition attracted 5,500 entries, and a judging panel whittled them down to 30 finalists, according to a statement from the UK’s Royal Meteorological Society

By Meteorologists Tyler Ory, Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Widespread rain draped across the central United States on Election Day from the same storm that caused deadly and historic flooding in the Southwest over the past few days. The destructive storm briefly shut down voting sites near Phoenix, sparking

By Meteorologist Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — A storm headed for the central United States on Election Day could affect voter turnout in key races across the region. The beginnings of our storm are just off the West Coast and will cross into the US Saturday night. It will funnel in abundant moisture from the

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A soggy storm will track through the central United States on Election Day and could influence voter turnout for key races in the region. Rain will fall on a widespread area from the Great Lakes, Plains and Upper Midwest to the western Gulf Coast Tuesday. Wet conditions are

By Meteorologist Tyler Ory and Sam Hart (CNN) — This year’s potentially record-setting El Niño is expected to shape winter weather and snowfall across the US. A new CNN Weather analysis shows how snowfall has changed during El Niño winters, offering clues as to what to expect this season. El Niño is a natural climate

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce (CNN) — Subtropical Storm Josephine is starting to accelerate away from the Eastern Seaboard where it continues be a nuisance along the coast. The storm is 195 miles southeast of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, and has 65 mph sustained winds as of Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s cuts to weather satellites will set the country back nearly a decade, experts say. The loss of data used to observe, forecast and research extreme weather could prevent the country from making major advances in weather prediction in the coming years. This finding comes from a

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — Strong winds, pounding seas and coastal flood threats will be near-constant companions for parts of North Carolina up through the Chesapeake Bay area this weekend as a nor’easter that’s expected to linger well into next week starts to take shape. This budding storm will not follow

By Eduardo Cuevas and Meteorologist Tyler Ory (CNN) — A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California quickly consumed hundreds of acres and burned multiple homes after sparking in Orange County Friday, county officials said. The Norte Fire began around noon near a neighborhood in the San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano areas and by Friday evening

By Andrew Freedman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — This winter is set to feature numerous strong storms affecting the West Coast and southern half of the country, according to the official winter outlook released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The outlook is dominated by the influence of the near-record strong El Niño

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — The atmosphere’s attempts to make it feel actually like fall across much of the United States have been repeatedly thwarted in recent weeks, but that’s about to change in a major way. Temperatures will plummet to their lowest levels since spring for many east of the Rockies later

By Andrew Freedman, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel are soaking Southern California and the Desert Southwest after moving over land early Sunday morning. The storm is bringing a threat of coastal flooding, high winds and inland flash flooding Sunday. A Level 3 of 4 threat of flooding rainfall has

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — From the time Hurricane Isaias first formed, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center made a big bet. They shaped their predictions to closely match an AI hurricane model developed by Google DeepMind, rather than leaning on the classic physics-based models many Americans are more familiar with, such as the

By Sam Hart and Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A potentially record-shattering El Niño is underway, and we’re already seeing its effects. From wildfires in Indonesia to an unusually active tropical cyclone season in the Pacific, the phenomenon has a cascading effect on global weather patterns that will peak during the upcoming winter. On Thursday

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Isaias has rapidly intensified into the Atlantic season’s first hurricane, putting the northern Gulf Coast on alert for dangerous storm surge, damaging winds and flooding rain ahead of an expected landfall late Friday or early Saturday. Hurricane hunter aircraft confirmed late Wednesday that Isaias

By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Mary Gilbert and Dakota Smith (CNN) — Tropical Depression Nine has formed in the southwestern Gulf and is forecast to become a hurricane, potentially bringing significant flooding rain and strong winds to parts of the northern Gulf Coast and South late this week. The system is expected to become Tropical Storm