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By Aya Elamroussi, Rachel Ramirez and Stella Chan, CNN Hundreds of California residents are under evacuation orders after new fires were sparked Wednesday, with another heat wave expected to make fighting the flames even more challenging. California is already battling the massive Dixie Fire, the state’s second-largest fire and 14th most destructive on record, which

By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Tropical Storm Ida has formed in the Caribbean Sea and confidence is growing that a potentially major hurricane could hit the United States by late this weekend or early next week. Exactly where and when is still to be determined, with these details expected to come into better focus once

By John Keefe, Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The Western US experienced extreme drought this year that severely strained water resources and primed the landscape for perilous wildfires. In California, this summer’s drought was the most extreme in the state’s entire 126-year record, with July 2021 as the driest month ever since data gathering

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Seven Western states are under air quality alerts due to raging wildfires, which have forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed hundreds of homes. The 92 large wildfires burning in the US have scorched more than 2.5 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, and their smoke has put thousands

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Everyone from Texas to Florida should be on alert as a new, potentially strong storm threatens to impact the northern Gulf Coast less than a week after Henri made landfall in New England. A disorganized cluster of thunderstorms just north of South America has an 80% chance of developing into

By Andy Rose, Cheri Mossburg and Hollie Silverman, CNN Health officials in Reno, Nevada, are warning residents to remain indoors as smoke from the Caldor Fire, burning east of Sacramento, California, has drifted across state lines and created historically bad air quality. In California, more than 42,000 residents have been told to evacuate their homes

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist If you woke up this morning feeling like the last two days lasted for two weeks, you’re not alone. Tens of thousands of our friends woke up with no power, trees down surrounding their homes, and, in Tennessee, there’s heartbreaking devastation. We are with you. Weather is our passion, but

By Cheri Mossburg and Kelly McCleary, CNN More than 42,000 Californians have been forced to flee their homes as nine large wildfires continue to burn out of control in the northern part of the state, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to request a major disaster declaration from President Biden. The Caldor Fire, which has scorched 106,562

By Hollie Silverman and Michael Guy, CNN Utility crews worked Monday to restore service to thousands of customers without power throughout the Northeast on Monday after Tropical Storm Henri churned through the region, knocking out electricity to more than 100,000 customers at its peak. Henri brought a storm surge that flooded streets and powerful winds

By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist In New York, downpours from Hurricane Henri set rainfall records this weekend. At the same time in Tennessee, an astonishing amount of rain led to flash flooding that killed at least 21 people. Though separated by nearly 1,000 miles, these two extreme weather incidents are examples of the same phenomenon:

By Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson, CNN Tropical Storm Henri made landfall along the coast of Rhode Island near Westerly on Sunday as the slow-moving storm drenched the Northeast with heavy rain that could cause significant flooding. Henri, which weakened from a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday morning, had sustained winds of 60 mph when

By Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Ward and Travis Caldwell, CNN Remnants of Hurricane Grace, which slammed into Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane Saturday morning, may bring flash floods and mudslides to the central part of the country, according to the National Hurricane Center. At least eight people are dead and another three missing from the

By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Parts of the Northeast began to feel Hurricane Henri’s first impacts Saturday evening as the storm barreled toward the coast ahead of an anticipated Sunday landfall, threatening to bring damaging winds, dangerous storm surge and flooding to an already saturated area. The storm’s first showers drifted from southern

By Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Ward, CNN At least eight people are dead and another three missing after Hurricane Grace, a category 3 hurricane, made landfall south of Tuxpan on the eastern coast of Mexico early Saturday. Seven of the deceased are from Xalapa and one is from Poza Rica, in the Mexican state of