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By Dave Hennen and Taylor Ward, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — A major winter storm is lashing parts of the US with strong winds, tornadoes, flooding, snow and white-out conditions. Through Wednesday, the storm will cover more than 1,800 miles in 72 hours, producing dangerous severe storms and notable snowfall. Are you under a winter weather

CNN By Allison Chinchar, Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A whirlwind of brutal weather is in store Monday and Tuesday as an exceptionally powerful storm packing nearly every winter weather threat tracks across the US. This fast-moving storm will unload strong winds, possible strong tornadoes, serious flooding, snow and blizzard conditions, and

By Allison Chinchar, Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A massive winter storm system has unleashed dangerous blizzard conditions in parts of the central United States, shutting down highways and stranding drivers in frigid temperatures Monday, and it’s pummeling parts of the South with hail storms, heavy flooding and tornado threats. The fast-moving

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A massive rocket launched from Florida earlier today carrying what may be the first commercial lander to touch down on the moon. The historic mission could set the tone for NASA to explore the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years. Here’s what else

CNN By Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — The next winter storm is already on the move and is expected to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions, strong winds, potential tornadoes and serious flooding as it carves a path from the Southwest to the Northeast through midweek. Snow is still falling from the first big winter storm

By Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 70 million people across the Gulf Coast and Southeast are at risk for severe weather, including tornadoes, damaging wind and flooding rain on Monday and Tuesday, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Days after the season’s first big winter storm, another storm is on the move and is

CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A winter storm is plowing through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another stronger one nipping at its heels that will affect a much wider area of the US. The first storm will unleash up to a foot of snow through Sunday that could cause travel disruptions

By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A winter storm is plowing through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another stronger one nipping at its heels that will affect a much wider area of the US. The first storm will unleash up to a foot of snow through Sunday that could cause travel disruptions for

CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A winter storm is on a collision course with the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another stronger one nipping at its heels. The first storm is tracking into the regions where it will unleash up to a foot of snow and significant ice through Sunday that could

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 substantial storm is poised to smack the Northeast and parts of the mid-Atlantic with winter’s first dose of big snow and dangerous ice. Winter storm watches, warning the millions in the storm’s path of its weekend arrival, were hoisted Thursday from southern North Carolina to southern Maine. As

CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A substantial storm is poised to smack the Northeast and parts of the mid-Atlantic with winter’s first dose of big snow and dangerous ice. Winter storm watches, warning the millions in the storm’s path of its weekend arrival, were hoisted Thursday from southern North Carolina to southern Maine.

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

CNN, KCBS, KCAL, KION, KGO By Elizabeth Wolfe and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Massive waves and coastal flooding are wreaking havoc for a third day in many of California’s coastal communities, where extreme conditions have forced water rescues, washed away cars and injured a handful of enthralled onlookers. The unusually large surf – often

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.

CNN, KCAL, KCBS 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

CNN, KION, KPIX, KGO, VENTURA PD AND THE CITY OF VENTURA, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CHP SANTA CRUZ 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

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.