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News Articles: weather

A person uses an umbrella as they walk near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The United States is experiencing its first significant heat wave of the year, across the Great Plains and expanding into parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

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Welcome to summer: U.S. braces for first significant heat wave of the new season

For many Americans, high humidity will make it feel in the triple digits. The National Weather Service is urging people to prepare to protect themselves from the dangers of extreme heat.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Large swaths of the U.S. will experience intense heat and humidity in the coming days.

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  • Health

It's the humidity that gets you. Here's why — and tips for dealing with muggy days

High humidity can make it tough for your body to cool down. As most of the country braces for extreme temperatures, a doctor shares advice on how to cool down when the humidity is working against you.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Kaity Kline and
  • Michel Martin
Workers board up a storefront as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Erick, in Acapulco, Mexico on Wednesday.

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  • Weather

Erick is an 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 hurricane near Mexico's Pacific coast

The major storm threatens to unleash destructive winds near where the eye crashes ashore, flash floods and a dangerous storm surge, forecasters said.

June 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Authorities respond after vehicles were swept away by floodwaters in San Antonio on Thursday.

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  • Weather

Deadly flash floods kill 13 in San Antonio and at least 3 in West Virginia

Fast-paced floodwaters in San Antonio left 13 people dead. West Virginia also witnessed at least three deaths from flash flooding, with more people missing.

June 15, 2025
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By:
  • Jordan-Marie Smith
A truck is stuck in water and mud following flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.

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  • Investigations

Recovery Failure: Why we struggle to rebuild for the next storm

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't. 

June 08, 2025
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  • Laura Sullivan
An aerial view of severe flooding in Frankfort, Kentucky, caused by days of heavy rainfall on April 7, 2025. Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States killed at least 17 people. The storms came as the National Weather Service was grappling with nearly 600 job cuts by the Trump administration. Now, the NWS has been given authorization to rehire more than 100 forecasters, radar technicians and others.

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  • Weather

Stabilizing 'operations,' the National Weather Service hires again after Trump cuts

The National Weather Service says it plans to hire more than 100 additional staff members. The move follows complaints and concerns after the Trump administration eliminated more than 500 positions.

June 03, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Allen
An abandoned vehicle sits along the Swannanoa River in a landscape scarred by Hurricane Helene, on March 24, near Swannanoa, N.C.

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  • Weather

Hurricane season has started. Here's what to know

The 2025 hurricane season officially began on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting an active season.

June 03, 2025
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  • Shannon Bond
Stuart and Jackie Pacheo stand where the entryway to their home of 30 years was before the floods from Hurricane Helene washed it away. The circles of the tops of foundation pillars in the dirt behind them are all that remain of the Pacheo home.

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  • Weather

North Carolina had a housing crisis before Hurricane Helene; now it's even worse

Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That's what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.

June 01, 2025
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  • Greg Allen and
  • Marisa Peñaloza
Clouds of wildfire smoke like this one in Flin Flon, Manitoba, are wafting into the Northern Plains and Midwest.

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  • National

Billowing smoke from Canadian wildfires wafts into the U.S.

The Manitoba wildfires have forced 17,000 people to flee the province. Plumes of heavy smoke are expected to drift into the United States over Friday and Saturday, affecting millions of Americans.

May 30, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
In this photo provided by the New South Wales Police, emergency workers wade through floodwaters as they prepare inflatable boats to effect rescues near Taree, Australia, Thursday, May 22, 2025.

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  • World

Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave 4 dead and 1 missing

Some 50,000 people have been isolated by the flooding in New South Wales, after days of heavy rain. Four bodies have been retrieved from floodwaters since Wednesday.

May 23, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
On Sept. 26, 2024, at 11:10 p.m. EDT, NOAA’s GOES East satellite captured Hurricane Helene making landfall near Perry, Florida, just east of the Aucilla River's mouth. With winds reaching 140 mph, the Category 4 storm ranks among the most powerful to strike the United States.

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  • News

2025's Atlantic hurricane predictions are in: 'Get ready for another busy season,' experts warn

With warmer-than-normal ocean waters, forecasters predict above-normal activity in the Atlantic. But they don’t think the 2025 hurricane season, which begins June 1, will be as chaotic as 2024.

May 22, 2025
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  • GPB News Staff ,
  • and 1 more
The National Weather Service of Atlanta announced a severe weather risk for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 during the evening and night. NWS Atlanta/X

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  • Weather

Severe weather threat for North and Central Georgia includes risk for winds, tornadoes and hail

A storm system moving across Georgia Tuesday evening into early Wednesday could do damage overnight. Georgians should stay alert and be prepared.

May 20, 2025
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  • GPB News Staff
Oklahoma City, Tulsa and other areas in Oklahoma and Kansas are at the highest risk of severe storms expected to hit Monday, according to the National Weather Service. <br>

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  • National

Millions prepare for severe storms in the Midwest and South

Millions of people in central and eastern Oklahoma, as well as far northwest Arkansas, are in the path of numerous severe thunderstorms expected on Monday.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Family members cull through the debris of their home that was destroyed by a severe storm in London, Ky., on Saturday.

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  • National

At least 27 dead after tornadoes sweep through Kentucky and Missouri

Powerful storms and tornadoes tore through Midwestern and Southern states overnight Friday, leaving carnage and flattened buildings in their wake.

May 17, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise and
  • Sandhya Dirks
Part of Centennial Christian Church in St. Louis, Missouri, collapsed on Friday, May 16, 2025 when severe storms, including a possible tornado, swept through the city.

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  • Weather

At least 7 people dead and widespread damage left in the wake of severe Midwest storms

The storms were part of a severe weather system Friday that caused damage in Missouri, left hundreds of thousands without power in the Great Lakes region and brought a heat wave to Texas.

May 17, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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