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By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Briana Waxman (CNN) — A tornado outbreak with several destructive twisters tore through the Midwest Wednesday evening, leveling buildings and sending debris swirling high into the sky. The storms also brought hail bigger than baseballs and damaging wind gusts of nearly 80 mph. The regions’s threat for damaging storms came to

By Meteorologists Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — Arthur is no longer a tropical system, but its leftover moisture and energy are still fueling a deadly flood threat across the Gulf Coast and into the South during the weeklong weather event. A rare Level 4 of 4 high

By Meteorologist Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — What could become the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is supercharging flooding in Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast this week. At least one person died Monday in flooding in Texas. Swift water rescue crews recovered the body of a

CNN, NETWORK VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, WBBM, @JACKTHECHASER, X, CAYLYN CASS, KIM HASSEN, KCCI By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A destructive and deadly weeklong stretch of storms and tornadoes in the central US has finally ended, but more dangerous weather battered much of the East on Friday. The final

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Around 1,200 tornadoes occur on average in the United States each year and every one of them gets its own rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. More commonly known as the EF Scale, it organizes tornadoes into strength categories ranging from EF0 to EF5. Where a twister stacks up

CNN By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño with major shifts in global weather patterns and an even hotter climate, according to a new report released Thursday morning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. El Niño

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño with major shifts in global weather patterns and an even hotter climate, according to a new report released Thursday morning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. El Niño is

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, and CNN’s Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A destructive and deadly weeklong stretch of storms and tornadoes in the central US has finally ended, but more dangerous weather battered much of the East on Friday. The final blow in the heartland came in the form of hurricane-force wind gusts

CNN, WISN, STEPHANIE BATTLE, WMTV, WTMJ, @JACKTHECHASER , X, PARKER FREYERMUTH, KWCH-DT, KAKE, KARE, WBBM, @JackTheChaser / X By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — Another barrage of severe thunderstorms barreled through parts of the central US Thursday, including areas that had endured hurricane-force wind gusts, tornadoes and hail in recent days. Storms

By Kasha Patel, CNN (CNN) — When an American battalion was trapped behind enemy lines in World War I, a pigeon delivered the coordinates that helped save the soldiers when no human messenger could. Later, pigeons carried financial news and stock prices across a 76-mile gap in Europe’s telegraph network. During the Cold War, the

Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A massive fish kill on the Chattahoochee River west of Atlanta was reported Friday by environmental protection non-profit, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper executive director Jason Ulseth told CNN he discovered the dead fish when he embarked on a river patrol Friday morning. Ulseth estimates thousands of fish, some weighing 20

WSB Kate S. Petersen (CNN) — A massive fish kill on the Chattahoochee River west of Atlanta was reported Friday by environmental protection non-profit, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper executive director Jason Ulseth told CNN he discovered the dead fish when he embarked on a river patrol Friday morning. Ulseth estimates thousands of fish, some weighing

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Time is ticking down to the June 1 start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s first forecast for it is finalized. NOAA’s team of experts is predicting a below-average hurricane season, similar to other experts’ forecasts in recent weeks. The anticipated return

By Kate S. Petersen, CNN (CNN) — A large wildfire has burned a third of Santa Rosa Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park — an area home to dozens of rare plants and animals, including some found nowhere else in the world. Officials believe the blaze, which ignited Friday and grew to 17,554 acres