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By Lauren Mascarenhas, Nouran Salahieh and Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Intense rain and flash flooding that left at least one dead in southeastern New York continued to pelt the Northeast on Monday, forcing residents from their homes and prompting road closures and water rescues. Over 9 million people are under flood alerts across the

By Dave Alsup, CNN (CNN) — Clean-up efforts are underway at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming after a major windstorm blew across the southern portion of the park Monday, knocking down hundreds of trees, park officials said. Strong winds and rain bombarded the park’s Lake Village area, though no serious injuries have been reported, according

By Joe Sutton, Gene Norman, Zoe Sottile and Rob Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Over 80 million people are under severe storm threat from northern Mississippi to Massachusetts Monday ahead of the Fourth of July – threatening more damaging wind gusts, power outages, large hail and possible tornadoes. A slight risk for severe storms, level 2

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Mother Nature will threaten Fourth of July travel and holiday plans as severe storms, record heat and wildfire smoke converge on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. AAA projects more than 50 million people will take to the roads or skies over the next few

By Taylor Ward and Monica Garrett, CNN (CNN) — A heat wave in parts of the South and Mississippi Valley is peaking and a new one is building in the West on Friday, putting more than 70 million people in those areas under heat alerts ahead of the holiday weekend. More dangerous severe thunderstorms and

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN and Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — More than 100 million people are under air quality alerts Friday morning from Wisconsin to Vermont and down to North Carolina as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to waft south, though conditions are expected to improve slowly into the holiday weekend. Storms Thursday brought

By Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A powerful thunderstorm complex was racing across the Midwest Thursday afternoon, blowing through the harmful smoke from Canada’s wildfires and clearing the air in its wake. The storm – referred to as a bow echo because of its arc-like appearance on radar – has a history of producing wind

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — A deadly heat wave will worsen in parts of the South today, but relief from the most extreme, record-breaking temperatures arrives in Texas and is on the horizon elsewhere. Parts of Texas have baked in triple-digit heat for more than two weeks, but today is the first day

By Nouran Salahieh and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — More than 55 million people from southern Arizona to the Florida coast are sweltering under a worsening heat wave that is expected to expand its reach this week, bringing more dangerous triple-digit temperatures. Excessive heat warnings, the highest criteria of heat alerts, include Dallas, New Orleans

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist (CNN) — Parts of Texas have been roasting for more than two weeks and flirting with the state’s record high temperature, and now, temperatures could get even hotter and expand to other areas across the South. “Many areas outside south and south-central Texas (will) experience their most significant heat of

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Summer is notorious for producing punishing heat waves, often referred to as heat domes. A heat dome occurs when a ridge of high pressure builds over an area and doesn’t move for up to a week or more. High pressure results in fair weather with lots of sunshine

By Melissa Alonso, Andy Rose and Dave Alsup, CNN (CNN) — A tornado struck the largest coal mine in the US while workers were in the midst of a shift change Friday in northeast Wyoming, injuring at least 8 people, officials said. The tornado hit the North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Campbell County at around

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Chris Gloninger spent the last 18 years breaking down Iowa’s latest local weather news. This week, he is making the news. After spending the last two years as chief meteorologist at Des Moines news station KCCI, a CNN affiliate, Gloninger announced Wednesday he is resigning as one of the