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By Taylor Romine, Brandon Miller and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least one person was injured after a rare tornado hit a city just southeast of Los Angeles Wednesday, local officials said. The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado “briefly touched down” in an industrial park and warehouse district in the city of Montebello and rated

By Nouran Salahieh, Rob Shackelford and Holly Yan, CNN Swaths of California still saturated by ruthless storms will get walloped by another atmospheric river, spawning fears of renewed flooding and forcing some residents to flee. The state has already been hammered by at least 11 atmospheric rivers this season. An atmospheric river is like a

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Shackelford, CNN Parts of a nor’easter that buried portions of the Northeast under feet of snow and left hundreds of thousands without power will linger Wednesday over New England, where it is expected to bring limited snow but heavy winds that could cause more outages before shifting off the coast.

By Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton and Holly Yan, CNN The storm system that’s hammered California this week is heading east — but not before dousing the state with more torrential rain and knocking out power with ferocious winds. Daily rainfall records were shattered Tuesday in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Santa Maria. The deluge will

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Joe Sutton, CNN Another atmospheric river is walloping storm-ravaged California, inundating cities already flooded by recent rain and forcing residents to flee — or risk not getting help if they need it. About 30 million people across the state were under flood alerts as the 11th atmospheric river to

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Dakin Andone, Monica Garrett and Christina Maxouris, CNN The season’s first nor’easter has dropped nearly 3 feet of snow over parts of the US Northeast as of Tuesday evening, piling on trees and power lines and causing power outages for tens of thousands in the frigid weather with more snow possible into

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Forceful flooding that washed away roads and sent residents across parts of northern and central California fleeing their homes is expected to continue Saturday and through the weekend as more rain arrives. But Saturday is not projected to bring the torrential walls of rain that battered communities Friday, which saw bridges

By Alaa Elassar, Aya Elamroussi, Joe Sutton and Cheri Mossburg, CNN At least two people have died as the result of the ongoing storms inundating California, and nearly 10,000 residents are under evacuation orders, officials said, as intense flooding threatens several coastal counties. The powerful storms have delivered heavy rainfall across the central and northern

By Aya Elamroussi, Taylor Ward, Amy Simonson and Holly Yan, CNN Millions of Californians already hammered by ferocious snowfall were hit Thursday by a new storm, with torrential rain threatening to cause dangerous flooding and the Weather Prediction Center increasing its excessive rainfall outlook for parts of the state to a level 4 of 4.

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist An atmospheric river is a plume of moisture that helps carry saturated air from the tropics to higher latitudes, delivering unrelenting rain or snow. Think of it as a fire hose that aims at — then drenches — a particular region. Typically 250 to 375 miles wide, atmospheric rivers can

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Officials in California are imploring residents to prepare for a powerful storm set to lash the region with torrential rain later this week as the state continues to recover from colossal amounts of snow that trapped mountain communities. Previous severe weather was responsible for the death of one person in the