By Ella Nilsen, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — When a powerful thunderstorm spawns a tornado, people have what feels like only moments to gather their family and get to a safe place. “Every minute counts,” said David Stensrud, a professor of meteorology at Penn State and former research meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory,
Continue Reading
CNN, WHBQ, KMBC, KSPR, KYTV, KFVS, TOSHA QUALLS, COLBY GEORGE, TMX, SAMM MUSICK, MIKE HOCKETT, X, TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, RACHELJANEMARIE , X, MITCHELL DESPOT, MATT ZIEGLER, SHROUDEDGUARDIAN, REDDIT, KSPR/KYTV, Tosha Qualls, Colby George/TMX, Mike Hockett/x, racheljanemarie / X, Matt Ziegler/X, ShroudedGuardian/Reddit By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — As communities in the central US
Continue Reading By Hanna Park, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — As communities in the central US grapple with widespread devastation from a line of deadly storms that spawned dozens of tornadoes this week, more grave threats to the region are underway: additional severe thunderstorms and relentless rain with the potential to trigger “generational” flooding into the weekend.
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine, CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Andy Rose (CNN) — Wednesday night’s tornado outbreak across at least six states had even the helpers scrambling to take cover as destructive storms beared down — and they all continued to help even as their own lives, workplaces and properties were in danger. TV meteorologist stays on
Continue Reading
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — It’s only spring, but some weather forecasters are already focusing on this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. The season, which spans June through November, is shaping up to be a busy one, according to hurricane researchers at Colorado State University. CSU’s team of experts is calling for an above-average
Continue Reading
By Matt Stiles and Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,000 tornadoes sprout up across the United States in the average year, causing billions of dollars in damage and killing scores of Americans. The storms occur across the country throughout the year, but are most common during the spring and summer months in the
Continue Reading
By Karina Tsui, CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — A life-threatening outbreak of long-lived and strong tornadoes is expected today in parts of the central and eastern United States from a powerful, wide-reaching spring storm. Severe thunderstorms were already cutting through the Plains Wednesday morning ahead of the main threat later this afternoon and evening,
Continue Reading
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Volatile spring weather will kick into high gear this week as a potential severe thunderstorm outbreak and life-threatening flooding loom large for tens of millions of people in the central and eastern United States. This next severe weather threat comes on the heels of the last, which tore
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Rehbein, Hanna Park and CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert and Gene Norman (CNN) — A dangerous, wide-reaching storm is threatening tens of millions of people along nearly the entire Eastern Seaboard Monday after touching off several tornadoes, dropping baseball-sized hail and killing at least seven people in the central US this weekend. Three children
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park and CNN Meteorologists Mary Gilbert and Gene Norman (CNN) — Millions of people are under tornado watches across the central United States on Sunday – and confirmed tornadoes have been reported in Arkansas, Michigan and Missouri – as a volatile weather system has triggered power outages and huge hail. Roughly 170 million
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Unseasonable warmth is setting the stage for damaging thunderstorms capable of bringing powerful wind, large hail and tornadoes to nearly 175 million people in the central and eastern United States Sunday and Monday. March has already dealt a slew of potent storms and tallied up more tornado reports
Continue ReadingKRGV By Karina Tsui, Mary Gilbert and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain – approaching a full year’s worth in some places – caused at least four deaths and forced dozens of water rescues near
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, Mary Gilbert and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain – approaching a full year’s worth in some places – caused at least four deaths and forced dozens of water rescues near the
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The Pacific Northwest is staring down a rare spring severe thunderstorm threat and Texas is preparing to see up to half a year’s worth of rain by the weekend as March continues its streak of unusually disruptive weather. Damaging thunderstorms are highly unusual in the Pacific Northwest any
Continue ReadingBy Matt Stiles and Byron Manley, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures affect public health across wide swaths of the United States each summer, causing spikes in emergency room visits and hundreds of heat-related deaths. As temperatures rise, CNN is tracking extreme heat conditions and the potential risk for Americans each day. To help prepare Americans
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Murphy, a bald eagle who stole hearts around the world for incubating a rock like it was his own offspring, died after violent thunderstorms roared through Missouri this month. He was 33. Murphy was found dead by his caregivers at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri,
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity are causing a group of wildfires to spread rapidly through western North Carolina, risking further damage to areas already ravaged by Hurricane Helene. “In my career, 20-year career, this is the most fuel I’ve seen on the ground,” North Carolina Forest Service
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Misty Drope was anxious. As she went about her day on Friday, March 14, a feeling of dread accompanied her. Severe thunderstorms were coming that night to her town of Paragould, Arkansas — she’d been hearing about them all week on the news. Tornadoes were likely. “I’m trying
Continue ReadingBy Robert Shackelford, Karina Tsui and Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A powerful storm system is producing whiteout conditions in portions of the central United States and nearly 7 million people are under a tornado watch while residents in parts of the Plains remain under a threat for dangerous wildfires. It isn’t a carbon
Continue ReadingCNN, KATV, KFVS, WFSA, KYTV, KAIT, WBRC By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford, Rafael Romo and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in recent days was winding down Monday, but in its wake are devastated communities hit with violent tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms spun off by
Continue Reading