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Woman’s body found days after CA mudslides

September 17, 2022 3:30 PM CNN Newsource, Dillon Fuhrman, Vanessa Gongora

In California, the body of a 62-year-old woman who was unaccounted for during a search in Forest Falls following a series of mudslides has been…

Hurricane warning issued for Puerto Rico ahead of Tropical Storm Fiona

September 17, 2022 11:02 AM CNN Newsource

Tropical Storm Fiona was poised to whip the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on approach Saturday and may strike the latter as a hurricane Sunday,…

FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Slight chance of rain along with continued lower temps

September 15, 2022 11:22 PM Luis Lopez

Drier air will continue to spread across the region over the next couple days with clear skies and no rain chances through at least the weekend.…

FIRST ALERT FORECAST: More comfortable temps on the way along with breezy conditions

September 14, 2022 10:55 PM Luis Lopez

Storm chances today will favor the northern and eastern half of Arizona with isolated chances over the high terrain of south-central…

Extreme weather could push food prices even higher

September 14, 2022 6:06 AM CNN Newsource

Weather has long been a fickle farmhand, devastating fields one year while delivering bountiful harvests the…

California’s Mosquito Fire prompts more evacuations as it races toward mountain communities, burning homes and cars in its path

September 14, 2022 6:01 AM CNN Newsource

The Mosquito Fire burning in Northern California flared up Tuesday afternoon, charging toward a mountain community and torching more homes as it…

Power outages are on the rise, led by Texas, Michigan and California. Here’s what’s to blame

September 14, 2022 5:48 AM CNN Newsource

Power outages in the US are climbing, researchers reported Wednesday, as extreme weather gets worse due to the climate crisis, the demand for…

Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline

September 12, 2022 12:41 PM CNN Newsource

Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained by CNN…

Oregon wildfire explodes in size as multiple blazes rage across the West, forcing evacuations and worsening air quality

September 12, 2022 9:22 AM CNN Newsource

An outburst of wildfires that broke out over the past week amid triple-digital temperatures across the West has forced thousands of evacuations and…

‘False fall’ arrives, but don’t get too cozy, meteorologist says

September 12, 2022 8:43 AM CNN Newsource

WOW! Can I get a hallelujah for these temperatures? After what seemed like a summer in the furnace, I think we can all get on board with some…

Yuma bracing for Tropical Storm Kay

September 9, 2022 11:32 AM Samantha Byrd

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY-TV) – Hurricane Kay has weakened to a tropical storm as of this morning. A serious flooding threat is expected to develop…

Massive 7.6 earthquake rocks Papua New Guinea

September 11, 2022 2:00 PM CNN Newsource

A massive 7.6 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, causing landslides, cracking roads and damaging…

Air quality worsens as 94 fires burn across Western US, Kay weakens

September 11, 2022 12:17 PM CNN Newsource

Air quality alerts are in place across much of Washington, Oregon and Idaho as smoke from ongoing fires is leading to poor air quality in the…

California to create first statewide extreme heat ranking and warning system

September 9, 2022 5:39 PM Dillon Fuhrman

On Friday, September 9, California Governor Gavin Newsom a legislation to establish the first-in-the-nation statewide extreme heat wave and warning…

Brutal winds whip Southern California as Tropical Storm Kay boosts already-hot temps and starts dousing flood-prone spots

September 9, 2022 4:22 PM CNN Newsource

Fierce winds — some gusting at more than 100 mph — have begun battering Southern California, driving up already-sweltering temperatures Friday…

FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Severe storms likely on the way in addition to gusty winds

September 8, 2022 11:14 PM Luis Lopez

The leading edge of the rain from TS Kay is now on the northernmost coast of the Gulf of California, near Puerto Penasco MX. According to the…

FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Lower than normal temps expected as storms come to the Desert Southwest

September 7, 2022 12:38 AM Luis Lopez

Excessive heat will continue to be a concern through Wednesday as
above normal temperatures persist and warnings remain in place for many lower…

2 dead in Mill Fire as California wildfires grow and evacuations are ordered

September 4, 2022 5:15 PM CNN Newsource

As the West continues to roast in dangerous heat, two Northern California wildfires are growing and some residents have been told to leave,…

A flash flood emergency in northwestern Georgia is at least a 1-in-200 year event

September 4, 2022 1:00 PM CNN Newsource

Rainfall in parts of northwest Georgia Sunday has been so heavy, CNN Weather estimates it is at least a one-in-200 year…

‘We’re living in a nightmare’: Jackson university students take online classes, leave campus amid city’s ongoing water crisis

September 4, 2022 12:00 PM CNN Newsource

Just one week after the school year began in Mississippi’s capital city, university students were faced with a crisis canceling all in-person classes…