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By CNN Meteorologist Chris Dolce Atlantic hurricane season has hit a September speed bump. The season’s peak will pass this week with no active storms for the first time in nearly a decade. June is when the six-month-long season begins, but the true bulk of hurricane activity occurs from mid-August through September and into the

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — As a taste of fall gives much of the United States a break from a hot, humid summer, some forecasters are already skipping ahead to winter, and a possible homecoming for an important atmospheric player: La Niña. La Niña has about coin-flip odds of emerging this fall,

CNN By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and CNN’s Sarah Dewberry, Taylor Romine, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A towering wall of dust, known meteorologically as a haboob, swallowed parts of metro Phoenix Monday evening, plunging the city into near-zero visibility. The dust storm was quickly followed by severe thunderstorms that tore through the city, leaving

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman and CNN’s Sarah Dewberry, Taylor Romine, Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — A towering wall of dust, known meteorologically as a haboob, swallowed parts of metro Phoenix Monday evening, plunging the city into near-zero visibility. The dust storm was quickly followed by severe thunderstorms that tore through the city, leaving behind

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A blast of fall-like weather is coming for much of the United States, and unlike the last brief break from summer heat, this cooldown will have some staying power. It will feel more like late September or early October as crisp air expands in the coming days,

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Erin is moving away from the United States but don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet: The massive hurricane is still churning up the Atlantic Ocean, keeping dangerous conditions in place for more than 1,000 miles of the East Coast. Hurricane Erin has been a major

CNN, WITN, U.S. AIR FORCE, AIRCREW MEMBER, U.S. Air Force/aircrew member By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along much of the US East Coast and will soon send destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane

CNN, WITN, WRAL, KYW, SEE PREFONTS By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along much of the US East Coast and will soon send destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane season is hitting its stride,

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along much of the US East Coast and will soon send destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane season is hitting its stride, threatening to spin up another named

By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Much of North Carolina’s Outer Banks region is under a tropical storm watch with Hurricane Erin expected to skirt the area this week, according to the National Hurricane Center. The sprawling Category 3 storm is churning in the Atlantic Monday after exploding in

By Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, Andrew Freedman, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Erin is a Category 4 hurricane again, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 p.m. ET update Sunday, with sustained winds of 130 mph and tropical storm-force winds reaching out 230 miles. The storm was just under a thousand

CNN By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone a period of astonishingly rapid intensification — a phenomenon that has become far more common in recent years as the planet warms. It was a rare Category 5 for a time Saturday before becoming a

CNN By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Erin is rapidly intensifying as it tracks above the northeastern Caribbean Saturday, churning up rough surf and sending rain and gusty winds to islands south of its path. Erin has become a rare and “catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Allison Chinchar, Rebekah Riess, Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone a period of astonishingly rapid intensification — a phenomenon that has become far more common in recent years as the planet warms. It was a rare Category 5 for a time Saturday before becoming a Category

CNN By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Fifth time’s the charm? After much speculation and many rounds of overhyped ghost storms going viral on social media, the Atlantic has its first real hurricane of the year: Erin. Erin strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph on

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Fifth time’s the charm? After much speculation and many rounds of overhyped ghost storms going viral on social media, the Atlantic has its first real hurricane of the year: Erin. Erin strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 85 mph on Friday

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent disaster from unfolding in the picturesque port town despite record-breaking water levels