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By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Briana Waxman, Allison Chinchar and CNN’s Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Multiple destructive twisters struck the central US on Friday afternoon during a tornado outbreak that capped a weeklong stretch of severe storms in the region. A lower severe weather threat remains possible Saturday as the same cold front pushes east.

CNN, KARE, KMBC, WBAY, WLUK, SPIRIT APOTHEOSIS, BRITNEY REESE, CLARISSA KNECHTEL, RUDY PABELICK, SCOTT KROEPEL By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Dakota Smith and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A final round of widespread dangerous severe storms headed for the central US Friday could cause more destruction and bring more rain to parts of the

CNN, KSHB, KMBC, WLUK, WPBN, KCNC, X , @KANSASHOOPS, SUAMICO FIRE DEPARTMENT, TONI WILSON-MANN, X / @kansashoops By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Dakota Smith and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A new batch of severe storms fired up Wednesday afternoon, dropping softball-sized hail near Kansas City and golf-ball sized hail in Ohio. The storms

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Dakota Smith and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A final round of widespread dangerous severe storms headed for the central US Friday could cause more destruction and bring more rain to parts of the Great Lakes already dealing with historic flooding. These regions had a brief pause in widespread

CNN By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Hanna Park, Kate Petersen (CNN) — A week of severe storm threats across the central US started with a bang Monday, with multiple tornadoes demolishing buildings in Kansas, heavy rain stranding vehicles on flooded streets in Wisconsin and baseball-sized hail battering parts of three states. Tuesday

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Harsh weather of all kinds is often called severe, but the word takes on a very specific meaning when it comes to thunderstorms. About 100,000 thunderstorms rumble across the United States each year, but just 10% intensify into a severe thunderstorm, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Hanna Park, Kate Petersen (CNN) — A week of severe storm threats across the central US started with a bang Monday, with multiple tornadoes demolishing buildings in Kansas, heavy rain stranding vehicles on flooded streets in Wisconsin and baseball-sized hail battering parts of three states. Tuesday has

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Spring is finally in full bloom, but some weather forecasters are already fast-forwarding a few months to hurricane season. The Atlantic season spans from June through November, and because of a burgeoning El Niño, this year’s could diverge from the active seasons of much of the past decade,

By Meteorologists Dakota Smith and Chris Dolce (CNN) — A potent, multi-day storm continues to lash Hawaii with heavy rain into the weekend, prompting flood alerts in a state still recovering from devastating floods in March. A flood watch for all Hawaiian islands was issued early Saturday morning and will extend through Monday afternoon, as

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Get ready to hear a lot more about El Niño during the next several months — and maybe even longer — as the infamous climate cycle returns again, developing and intensifying in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. If it forms as expected, this El Niño will redraw global

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Experts are warning that the unprecedented heat wave that has roasted the West during the past two weeks has also set the stage for a potentially perilous wildfire season. The relentless heat, which has shattered monthly high temperature records, has caused the mountain snowpack to virtually vanish from California’s

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The hurricane planning tool that meteorologists and emergency managers use for making critical decisions, including ordering evacuations, is about to become inaccessible for an indefinite period following the lapse of the federal contract governing it. The web-based tool, known as HURREVAC, is owned and paid for by FEMA ,

By Ritu Prasad, Hanna Park, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people have been rescued after severe flooding battered Hawaii’s Oahu island and triggered evacuation orders Saturday near a dam that officials feared could overtop as water levels rose. The flooding is the largest event of its kind in the state in 20 years,

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — An unprecedented heat wave in the West broke the record for the hottest March temperature anywhere in the United States: 108 degrees. It’s an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how fast it’s happening. Yuma, Arizona, hit 109 degrees on Friday afternoon, which broke

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — A rare fireball bright enough to be seen during broad daylight dazzled skies and triggered a sonic boom in parts of the eastern United States on Tuesday morning. The fireball was likely an unusually bright meteor, a piece of space rock burning up in Earth’s atmosphere. Fireballs burn

CNN, WBTV, LORI AND ANDY LOGAN, HARDIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WCNC, WSMV, WZTV, KARE, WISDOT By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Meteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that it could leave some locations shattering their all-time temperature records for April before that

CNN By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, and Chris Dolce, and Chris Boyette (CNN) — A sprawling, wind-driven multiday storm roared across the United States with severe thunderstorms to the south and blizzard conditions to the north, causing damage and disruptions along its path. The system kicked up a powerful line of storms with winds

CNN, WLUK, WBAY, WCCO, SHERIFF PATRICK DEAN LAUGHERY , HARDEMAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, @PATRICIARYEAGER , X, Sheriff Patrick Dean Laughery / Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office, @PatriciaRYeager / X By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, and Chris Dolce, and Chris Boyette (CNN) — A sprawling, wind-driven multiday storm roared across the United States with severe thunderstorms

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman, and Chris Dolce, and Chris Boyette (CNN) — A sprawling, wind-driven multiday storm roared across the United States with severe thunderstorms to the south and blizzard conditions to the north, causing damage and disruptions along its path. The system kicked up a powerful line of storms with winds up