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By Monica Garrett, CNN A significant wildfire outbreak is likely Tuesday across the southern High Plains, according to the Storm Prediction Center, owing to very strong winds, warm temperatures and dry conditions. Nearly 10 million people are under red flag warnings in parts of half a dozen states, discouraging outdoor burning and warning of rapidly

CNN By Jennifer Gray, CNN Exactly one week after the Deep South faced a deadly tornado outbreak, another round of severe weather is taking shape in the same areas Tuesday and Wednesday for over 50 million people at risk. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are all under a level 4 out of

By Jennifer Gray, CNN Exactly one week after the Deep South faced a deadly tornado outbreak, another round of severe weather is taking shape in the same areas Tuesday and Wednesday for over 50 million people at risk. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are all under a level 4 out of 5

By Caitlin Kaiser and Angela Fritz, CNN Scientists were shocked this month when a research station in Antarctica reported extraordinarily warm weather. The temperature at Concordia Research station atop Dome C on the Antarctic Plateau — typically known as the coldest place on Earth — surged to an astounding 11.3 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-11.5 Celsius) on

By Jennifer Gray, CNN It’s been less than a week since deadly storms impacted the Deep South, and once again we are looking at the potential for the same areas to get more severe storms. Last Monday, tornadoes swept through towns just north of Austin and killed a woman north of Dallas when her home

By Tom Sater, CNN Meteorologist You may have heard of the proverb ‘March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.’ Well, the last weekend of March has the lamb wearing a tank-top and flip-flops out West. The western United States will experience a highly unusual event — record-breaking and extremely early-season heat

By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a plan Wednesday to ensure every single person on the planet has access to early warning systems for extreme weather and climate disasters within the next five years. Early warning systems inform people that dangerous weather is on the way. They have been crucial in

By Steve Almasy, CNN A large, deadly tornado battered parts of the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, with damage reported in Arabi and the Lower Ninth Ward. St. Bernard Parish president Guy McInnis told CNN one person had died in the Arabi neighborhood. McInnis had no details on the fatality and said parish officials

CNN, KEYE 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

CNN 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

By Judson Jones, CNN meteorologist The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) chooses its words carefully. And when they say, “A regional severe weather outbreak — including potential for significant/damaging tornadoes — remains evident,” they believe a dangerous and robust storm system is taking shape. “SPC Outlooks use phrases such as have been used over the past