National Weather

STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 04: A fire engine rests on the side of the road after sliding off in icy conditions on January 04, 2022 in Stafford County, Virginia. A winter storm with record snowfall slammed into the Mid-Atlantic states, stranding thousands of motorists overnight on 50 miles of I-95 in Virginia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Winter weather threat prompts government and school closures in Northeast with over 60 million under winter alerts

By Mallika Kallingal, A fast-moving winter storm that pummeled parts of Kentucky and Virginia is expected to cause widespread disruption across the Northeast on Friday and Saturday, dumping between 4 and 12 inches of snow on the region’s major cities. More than 60 million people are under winter weather alerts, and local officials have taken pre-emptive measures to prepare the densely-populated

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ALEXANDRIA, VA - JANUARY 3: View of a car stuck in the snow as major winter snow storm hitting the Northern Virginia area cripples traffic at the start of the work week in the new year on January 3, 2022 in Alexandria, Virginia. Credit: mpi34/MediaPunch /IPX
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Motorists trapped overnight on East Coast interstate as winter storm causes icy, snowy havoc

By Kelly McCleary, Joe Sutton and Jason Hanna, Drivers have been stranded for hours on a major interstate in eastern Virgina — some stuck from Monday into Tuesday morning — after a severe winter storm caused massive backups, sending authorities scrambling to clear a path. In some places in the Fredericksburg area, vehicles still were stranded shortly

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European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this photo of Hurricane Ida on Sunday from the International Space Station.
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Ida leaves at least 1 dead and more than a million without power as it slows to a near standstill over Louisiana

By Madeline Holcombe, Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana with devastating force Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, leaving at least one person dead and more than 1 million customers without power as it flooded homes, ripped off roofs and trapped residents in dangerous rising waters. While the scope of the damage won’t be clear until day breaks

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SEATTLE, WA - FEBRUARY 13: A skier makes their way down a hill on February 13, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. A large winter storm dropped heavy snow across the region. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
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Here’s how severe weather is affecting Covid-19 vaccinations in these states

By Christina Maxouris, CNN The frigid temperatures, snow and ice that have devastated parts of the country are having an impact on Covid-19 vaccinations, delaying deliveries and appointments for shots. “It’s been slowed down in some places going to a grinding halt,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said in an interview

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Customers wait in line to enter Frontier Fiesta on February 17, 2021 in Houston, Texas. - A winter storm has caused rolling black-outs through out the Houston and the surrounding areas for the past 48 hours. Millions of Americans were struggling without electricity Wednesday as bitter cold from a deadly winter storm system held its grip across huge swathes of the United States, even pushing as far south as Mexico. (Photo by Thomas Shea / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SHEA/AFP via Getty Images)

Storms devastate a nation on the brink after a year of lockdown — and it’s nowhere near over

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN There is no fine time for a devastating barrage of winter storms, but it’s hard to imagine the weather icing over much of the United States coming at a less opportune moment. The country is not only in a pandemic that shut down all manner of activity and left tens

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SEATTLE, WA - FEBRUARY 13: People enter a COVID-19 testing site on February 13, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. A large winter storm dropped heavy snow across the region. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

Millions are still without power as forecast calls for more ice and frigid temperatures in hardest-hit states

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN As millions of people across the United States continue to weather a deadly winter storm without power, forecasts predict ice and low temperatures could be ahead for some of the worst-hit states. “Swaths of half an inch of ice will be possible” over the next three days for areas from Texas

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Cars head east on Kessler Avenue as the snow falls on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Indianapolis. A winter storm is expected to bring snowfall for multiple days could dump between 6 to 10 inches of snow across Central Indiana. Snowy Weather

More than 200 million people are under alerts as a deadly winter storm moves into the Northeast

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A winter storm that has pummeled much of the United States will move through the Northeast on Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction across some states unaccustomed to such harsh weather. The low-pressure system has had a deadly impact: At least 15 people have died in weather-related vehicle accidents since the

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