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By Jamiel Lynch and Emma Tucker, CNN An evacuation order has been lifted for people living near the site of an avalanche in Alaska, but officials warn conditions are still dangerous. Residents in the Eagle River area were asked to evacuate after the massive avalanche cut off 100 homes without power Thursday night. Mayor Dave

By Sara Smart and Amanda Watts, CNN An avalanche measuring between 60 to 80 feet deep and 300 to 400 feet wide has cut off nearly 100 houses in Anchorage, Alaska, according to public officials. Officers with the Anchorage Police Department (APD) responded in the early hours of Friday to reports of an avalanche that

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Three bodies were found Thursday in a submerged vehicle, authorities said, after a powerful storm dumped record rain amounts in Alabama. The bodies of a 72-year-old man along with two women ages 53 and 42 were recovered from an SUV in Holt, Alabama, after stormwater receded, the Tuscaloosa Police Department said

CNN, WDSU By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After a tornado roared through Arabi, Louisiana, Tuesday with 136 mph winds, the walls and roof of Angel Hahn’s house were gone and as the wind calmed, she grabbed her phone. “I called my mama, and I said, ‘My house is gone,’” she told CNN affiliate WDSU. “She said,

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN After a tornado roared through Arabi, Louisiana, Tuesday with 136 mph winds, the walls and roof of Angel Hahn’s house were gone and as the wind calmed, she grabbed her phone. “I called my mama, and I said, ‘My house is gone,’” she told CNN affiliate WDSU. “She said, ‘So is

By Kelly McCleary, CNN The storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes across Texas and Louisiana this week will continue to push east Wednesday, leaving a large swath of the country under the threat of more severe weather. About 50 million people from Florida to Michigan and east to the Virginia coast are at risk of

By Jason Hanna and Derek Van Dam, CNN Workers and residents were picking through remnants of homes and other debris in the New Orleans area after at least two tornadoes struck the region, killing one person and leaving thousands without power. One twister killed one person and caused heavy damage in the Arabi neighborhood in

By Steve Almasy, Holly Yan and Taylor Ward, CNN A storm system that on Monday brought 25 tornadoes to Texas, including two that may have damaged about 1,000 homes, was spawning more twisters Tuesday as it pushed east. A “large and extremely dangerous tornado” hit the New Orleans area Tuesday night, the National Weather Service

By Joe Sutton and Claudia Dominguez, CNN A severe storm that slammed a Texas city caused significant damage to two schools on Monday. “I’ve been in the district for 30 years and this is the most catastrophic damage I’ve witnessed,” Jacksboro Independent School District Superintendent Brad Burnett told CNN affiliate WFAA. Both Jacksboro High School

By Caitlin Kaiser and Allison Chinchar, CNN Earlier this year an underwater volcano erupted in Tonga, triggering a widespread tsunami. While advisories were issued, there was confusion at the time because the event wasn’t triggered by an earthquake, which tsunami forecasting models don’t take into account. And last week a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan

CNN By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist A “substantial severe weather event — including potential for significant tornadoes — remains evident over the Lower Mississippi Valley/central Gulf Coast” this week, the Storm Prediction Center said Sunday. A potent low pressure system sweeping across the Intermountain West Sunday will become the catalyst for a multiday severe weather