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By Artemis Moshtaghian, Gene Norman, Lauren Mascarenhas and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — As the Midwest and Northeast dig out from back-to-back winter storms, new systems are building and are expected to dump more snow from the middle of the country to the East Coast this week. Plenty of cold air remains in place to

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — The second of five storms that will slam the eastern half of the United States with snow and ice over a two week period is on the way — and this one has more snow than the first. The first storm unleashed deadly severe weather, life-threatening flooding and

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A wide-reaching storm forced water rescues, knocked out power to tens of thousands and made for dangerous travel as it hit the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Thursday. It’s a preview of the frenetic winter storm activity to come this month. At least two other storms are expected

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Even before federal employees at the National Weather Service received so-called buyout offers this week, America’s public forecasting agency was suffering its lowest staffing in decades. Now, the NWS — whose mission is to protect lives and property, ensuring Americans have sufficient time to evacuate before a hurricane or

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Winter storms are about to blitz through the eastern half of the United States at a frenetic pace that could continue for a couple of weeks. The jet stream, essentially a river of air in the atmosphere that storms flow through, is locked in an almost perfect line

KMAX, KOVR, CNN By Hanna Park and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — An atmospheric river brought heavy rain, serious mountain snow and strong winds to California that flooded roads and rivers and triggered landslides – and more rain is on the way. The first storm, which impacted a large swath of the state, including Los

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Winter is finally living up to its name in the Northeast — at least partially. It’s been bitterly cold this winter, but many cities are still lagging behind on their typical snow. February could change that. The ingredients needed to create blockbuster winter storms historically tend to align

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Ed Nordskog never wanted to work on arson; his heart was set on becoming a homicide detective. But when an arson investigator position came up in the LA County Sheriff’s Department, the money was good and he took it. He quickly found himself completely sucked in. “It fascinated me,

CNN By Mary Gilbert and Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog weather watcher, was pulled from his warm burrow this morning and saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. Each February 2, on Groundhog Day, the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club make the pilgrimage to Gobbler’s Knob

By Mary Gilbert and Monica Garrett, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog weather watcher, was pulled from his warm burrow this morning and saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. Each February 2, on Groundhog Day, the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club make the pilgrimage to Gobbler’s Knob —

By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford, Andy Rose and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A major winter storm slammed the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, blanketing parts of a region largely unaccustomed to extreme winter weather with record-breaking snowfall. The storm impacted 1,500 miles of the Deep South from the Texas Gulf Coast to the Atlantic coast

By Karina Tsui, Robert Shackelford, Mary Gilbert, Lauren Mascarenhas, Jamiel Lynch and Dakin Andone, CNN At least nine people are believed to have died as a result of the dangerous cold gripping much of the country, as a once-in-a-generation winter storm wreaks havoc on the Gulf Coast — a region wholly unaccustomed to winter weather.

By Karina Tsui, Robert Shackelford, Mary Gilbert and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The

By Allison Chinchar and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Most of the United States is being assailed with extreme winter weather this week as Arctic air blasts south from Canada, snow tracks up the Northeast coast and a potentially crippling winter storm takes aim at the South. Travelers are facing delays Sunday and cold is