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Major winter storm set to deliver season’s most significant blow yet, impacting 62 million people across the US

PARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A massive winter storm poised to unleash a barrage of heavy snow, treacherous ice, rain, and severe thunderstorms across a 1,300-mile swath of the United States will impact an estimated 62 million people starting Saturday afternoon and continuing into Monday. Snow and ice so

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At least 4 people have died as severe weather threat moves east after tornado-spawning storms pummeled Texas and Mississippi

By Paradise Afshar, Alaa Elassar and Elisa Raffa, CNN (CNN) — At least four people have died as severe thunderstorms batter the Southeast and East Coast on Sunday after deadly tornado-spawning storms tore through Texas and Mississippi, ripping off roofs and flattening homes. A high school student in Natchez, Mississippi, died after a tree fell

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At least 2 dead after severe weather moved through Mississippi and eastern Texas, officials say

By Robert Shackelford, Dalia Faheid, Alaa Elassar, Elisa Raffa, Sarah Dewberry, Amanda Musa, Emma Tucker and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — At least two people have died as severe storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, officials said, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the West. One

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Tsunamis Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at tsunamis. Tsunamis are formed by a displacement of water – a landslide, earthquake, volcanic eruption, or slippage of the boundary between two of the earth’s tectonic plates – slabs of rock 50 to 650 feet (15 to 200 meters) thick that carry the Earth’s continents

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Atmospheric river-fueled storm threatens to knock out power and cause travel trouble in the Northeast

By CNN Meteorologists Elisa Raffa and Mary Gilbert (CNN) — A wide-reaching storm boosted by an atmospheric river was drenching the entire East Coast Wednesday with heavy rain and strong winds. The storm’s worst sloppy mess of heavy rain and strong winds made for treacherous travel and a miserable day in the Northeast. Winds gusting

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Dangerous, blinding snow squalls from a fast-moving winter storm threaten travel in the Northeast

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A quick-hitting but potent winter storm is delivering intense bursts of snow and strong winds from the Midwest to the Northeast, knocking out power and creating dangerous travel conditions for commuters. The storm slid east and expanded its wintry conditions over more of the Great Lakes, Midwest and

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