CNN-weather/environment

By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Winter is about to kick into overdrive in the US. A one-two punch of winter storms and the first Arctic cold outbreak of the season are poised to affect millions of Americans through next week. Up first, a winter storm is on track to deal a blow of heavy

By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A major winter storm is setting up to thrash much of the eastern US this weekend with heavy rain, strong winds and the first significant snow of the season. As of Thursday morning, the highest confidence for significant snow was in portions of the interior Northeast, including central Pennsylvania

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — In the hottest year on record, the fingerprints of a changing climate in a warming world were all over dozens of extreme weather events. There wouldn’t be weather without heat; heat is energy, and weather is an expression of that energy, of an atmosphere trying to balance itself.

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford, Mary Gilbert and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A series of powerful storms in the Pacific Ocean are driving towering waves into the California coastline, triggering flooding and posing a significant risk to people and structures along the coast. Monstrous, 20-foot-plus waves on Thursday crashed over seawalls and swept

By Cindy Von Quednow, David Williams and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Offshore storms shoved waves toward communities along the California coast, bringing flooding and road closures, as well as fright to nearly 20 people who were briefly swept away along a Ventura beach on Thursday. Eight people were taken to the hospital, officials said.

By Nouran Salahieh and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Parts of the eastern US will face tricky holiday travel after avoiding deadly blizzard conditions and ice that slammed the central US earlier this week. A batch of steady rain will move across the mid-Atlantic through Wednesday afternoon and push into the Northeast by Wednesday evening.

By Sara Smart and Ross Levitt, CNN (CNN) — Dense fog in the Chicago area caused delays and cancellations on Sunday morning at Midway Airport amid the busy travel rush. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Chicago’s Midway Airport for most of Sunday morning due to low visibility in the area, but it has since been lifted. There is

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Rain, wind and snow may deal a blow to holiday cheer for some travelers in the central US this weekend, with disruptions possible on the ground and in the air. The 10-day holiday travel period starting Saturday is likely to be the busiest ever at US airports, according

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Chances are, you can blame the weather if your flight plans get upended during the holiday travel rush. Weather is the largest cause of air traffic troubles in the US and accounts for 75% of all reported delays, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. But not all weather

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A driver died in Los Angeles County early Friday after his vehicle hydroplaned and crashed before submerging in water from heavy rainfall in parts of Southern California. The death occurred in the city of Carson as an atmospheric river delivered heavy rains and coastal flooding to portions of Southern

By Elisa Raffa, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — Winter is here, but for most of the United States, it’s feeling less and less like it. At 10:27 p.m. ET on Thursday, Earth’s Northern Hemisphere will be at its greatest tilt from the sun, marking the winter solstice: the shortest day of the year and the official

KFSN By Aya Elamroussi, Robert Shackelford, Sara Tonks and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — An atmospheric river continues to unload a deluge of rainfall across Southern California Thursday, leaving roadways flooded and prompting evacuations ahead of the holiday weekend. The atmospheric river poured more than 4 inches of rain over parts of the region from