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Photos show property damage and fallen trees after tornado rips through Tazewell County

Powerful storm disrupts travel with blizzard conditions and tornadoes as winter returns to the US with a vengeance

By CNN Meteorologists Briana Waxman, Chris Dolce (CNN) — A powerful winter storm swept across the central and eastern United States, knocking out power and snarling travel during one of the busiest stretches of the holiday season. The wide-ranging storm brought blizzard conditions, strong winds, an ice storm and tornadoes and is being followed by

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Floodwater surrounds homes in Redding

‘Dangerous scenario unfolding’ in Southern California from potent storm lashing the entire state

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Andrew Freedman, Alaa Elassar, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm carrying a strong atmospheric river laid siege to California over the last several days — setting records in parts of the state — with evacuations orders still ongoing Thursday because of the risk of life-threatening flooding and

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Heavy rainfall caused roads to flood in Redding

Rare ‘high risk’ for flooding spurs evacuations in Southern California after deadly floods in Northern California

By Karina Tsui, Chris Dolce, Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — An even more potent atmospheric river-fueled storm is on a collision course with California after a first storm triggered deadly flooding and evacuations over the weekend in Northern California. The new storm and another after it are prompting new evacuations in the Los Angeles area’s

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Power poles along U.S. Highway 93 near Golden

Forecasters warn of ‘particularly dangerous’ fire threat in Colorado and Wyoming with 100 mph wind gusts possible

By Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Dangerous fire weather conditions were underway in Colorado and Wyoming’s foothills that had forecasters using the most dire language possible to characterize Friday’s fire threat. “This is a Particularly Dangerous Situation that poses a significant threat to life and property in the event of a wildfire start,” the so-called

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Tsunamis Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at tsunamis. Tsunamis are formed by a displacement of water – a landslide, earthquake, volcanic eruption, or slippage of the boundary between two of the earth’s tectonic plates – slabs of rock 50 to 650 feet (15 to 200 meters) thick that carry the Earth’s continents

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