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By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert (CNN) — Subtropical Storm Josephine just formed off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic, but will largely be a mere nuisance for coastal areas as it moves north. The storm is 265 miles south of Nantucket and has nearly 65 mph sustained winds Wednesday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center. Josephine

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s cuts to weather satellites will set the country back nearly a decade, experts say. The loss of data used to observe, forecast and research extreme weather could prevent the country from making major advances in weather prediction in the coming years. This finding comes from a

By Meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — Strong winds, pounding seas and coastal flood threats will be near-constant companions for parts of North Carolina up through the Chesapeake Bay area this weekend as a nor’easter that’s expected to linger well into next week starts to take shape. This budding storm will not follow

By Eduardo Cuevas and Meteorologist Tyler Ory (CNN) — A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California quickly consumed hundreds of acres and burned multiple homes after sparking in Orange County Friday, county officials said. The Norte Fire began around noon near a neighborhood in the San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano areas and by Friday evening

By Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — The atmosphere’s attempts to make it feel actually like fall across much of the United States have been repeatedly thwarted in recent weeks, but that’s about to change in a major way. Temperatures will plummet to their lowest levels since spring for many east of the Rockies later

By Andrew Freedman, Chris Dolce, CNN (CNN) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel are soaking Southern California and the Desert Southwest after moving over land early Sunday morning. The storm is bringing a threat of coastal flooding, high winds and inland flash flooding Sunday. A Level 3 of 4 threat of flooding rainfall has

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — From the time Hurricane Isaias first formed, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center made a big bet. They shaped their predictions to closely match an AI hurricane model developed by Google DeepMind, rather than leaning on the classic physics-based models many Americans are more familiar with, such as the

By Sam Hart and Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — A potentially record-shattering El Niño is underway, and we’re already seeing its effects. From wildfires in Indonesia to an unusually active tropical cyclone season in the Pacific, the phenomenon has a cascading effect on global weather patterns that will peak during the upcoming winter. On Thursday

CNN, WALA, WPMI, ACCUWEATHER, INC. By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The global energy system is already being pushed to the brink. A hurricane barreling down on America’s refining nerve center is the last thing that’s needed. Isaias, the Atlantic season’s first hurricane, is arriving at a time when there is almost no