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Fewer Tornadoes, But Higher Risk of Damaging Winds and Flooding Downpours Expected This Year Compared to 2025 Season
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - Feb, 25, 2026 – AccuWeather long-range experts say the 2026 severe weather season is shaping up to be markedly different from last year's exceptionally active spring, with hundreds more tornadoes compared to the historical average. > Request an interview with an AccuWeather® Expert Meteorologist > Download the latest AccuWeather® seasonal forecast graphics > Get the latestupdates in...
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The Skin Cancer Foundation and AccuWeather® Announce Partnership to Strengthen Public Understanding of the UV Index
The Foundation adds AccuWeather's Daily Max UV Index to its website as partners join forces to share informational content regarding UV exposure and skin cancer. AccuWeather® Global Weather Center STATE COLLEGE, PA and NEW YORK - March 5, 2026 - The Skin Cancer Foundation and AccuWeather today announced a new partnership to improve public understanding of ultraviolet (UV)...
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Blockbuster Blizzard and widespread travel shutdown results in a preliminary estimated $34 billion to $38 billion in total damage and economic loss
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - Feb. 23, 2026 - The historic Blockbuster Blizzard that brought feet of snow and blizzard conditions to parts of the Northeast resulted in $34 billion to $38 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to a new preliminary estimate from AccuWeather experts. "This winter has been remarkably costly and disruptive for people across the...
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Blockbuster Blizzard shuts down cities across the Northeast; two more rounds of wintry weather are on the way this week
> The Interstate 95 corridor has received more than a foot of snow from Philadelphia to New York City and southern New England > Heavy, wet snow and gusty winds have knocked out power to more than 600,000 homes and businesses > More than 10,000 flight cancellations and rail service suspensions are causing widespread travel disruptions across the Northeast > Heavy snow in Boston and across New England will continue into...
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Elevated Spring Wildfire Risk as Drought Conditions Expand Across the U.S.
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - Feb. 18, 2026 – Expanding drought conditions across more than 45 percent of the contiguous United States are rapidly increasing the risk of wildfires as spring approaches, according to AccuWeather long-range experts. "There is no true wildfire season in America anymore. If vegetation dries out and winds are strong, fires can ignite and spread rapidly regardless of the month on the calendar," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said....
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Heating bills on the rise across the eastern half of the country amid widespread bitter cold
> Heating demand is 115% to 150% of historical averages in areas of the eastern and central U.S. impacted by intense cold between Jan. 15 and Feb 8, according to a new AccuWeather analysis > Extreme cold and gusty winds will return to the Upper Midwest and the Northeast this weekend before the frigid pattern finally starts to ease next week > Check AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature forecasts in your area > Request an interview with an AccuWeather® Expert Meteorologist > Download the latest AccuWeather® forecast graphics > Get the latest updates...
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Florida freeze causes citrus damage and burst pipes, contributing to costly impacts and losses from extreme cold
> 8% to 10% of Florida's citrus crop on the trees may have been damaged by recent freezing conditions > Record-shattering cold led to pipes freezing and bursting across Florida, contributing to an AccuWeather preliminary estimate of total damage and economic loss of $13-$15 billion > Check AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature forecasts in your area > Request an interview with an AccuWeather® Expert Meteorologist > Download the latest...
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Bomb cyclone and deep freeze reaching Florida citrus groves cause an estimated $13 billion to $15 billion in total damage and economic loss
> Blizzard conditions, powerful winds and coastal flooding disrupted travel, commerce, and deliveries across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic over the weekend > Heavy snow from the bomb cyclone that blanketed ice and snow from the previous winter storm is compounding cleanup and recovery efforts in some areas > Arctic air that surged deep across Florida over the weekend is putting citrus and other crops at greater risk of freeze damage...
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Bomb cyclone rapidly strengthening off the East Coast as dangerous cold intensifies across the eastern and central US this weekend
Bomb cyclone and deep freeze reaching Florida citrus groves cause an estimated $13 billion to $15 billion in total damage and economic loss
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AccuWeather 2026 U.S. Spring Forecast: Slow Transition to Spring Warmth, Elevated Risk of Floods and Fires
> Higher heating bills are likely this spring as lower-than-historical-average temperatures linger in parts of the Northeast and Upper Midwest > Slower transition to springlike weather is forecast across parts of 16 states in the Northeast, Great Lakes, Upper Midwest and Northwest > Higher risk of floods in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys is forecast this spring, compared to 2025 > Elevated wildfire threat across Florida, the Southeast and the mid-Atlantic due to drought...
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Historic winter storm damage and losses expected to top $100 billion according to an AccuWeather preliminary estimate
> Extreme cold surging in behind the storm will increase safety risks for people left without power and heat in subfreezing conditions > More than a foot of snow has been reported across 14 states, with more than half of the nation left blanketed in snow after the historic storm > Travel, commerce and supply chain logistics are slowly rebounding from widespread shutdowns and disruptions over the weekend. AccuWeather®...
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Groundbreaking AccuWeather® Climate Study Reveals Profound Climate Trends with Far-Reaching Impacts
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center, STATE COLLEGE, PA - JANUARY 5, 2026 - AccuWeather® today is releasing a new and important study of climate trends for the contiguous United States. If the climate trends we have identified continue, they are likely to have major impacts on the U.S. economy, our food and water supply, human comfort levels, energy needs and the health and welfare of citizens over the coming decades. For additional information, graphics and...
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Extreme Weather Impacts Cost More Than $300 Billion in the U.S. This Year, Significantly Less Than the Catastrophic Losses in 2024
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - Dec. 18, 2025 – Seven major weather disasters in the United States resulted in $378 billion to $424 billion in total damage and economic loss this year, according to preliminary estimates from AccuWeather® experts. "The financial impact from extreme weather in America this year is staggering, even without a single hurricane landfall or a major fire impacting a highly populated area during the peak...
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White Christmas hopes hinge on holiday week storm and warmer air
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - Dec. 17, 2025 – The return of warmer air and a storm that AccuWeather long-range experts are predicting ahead of the holiday will play a pivotal role in which parts of the Midwest and Northeast will have snow on the ground on Christmas morning this year. > The central and northern Rockies, Cascades, Sierra Nevada, parts of the Midwest,...
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New AccuWeather Climate Analysis Reveals a 2.7% Drop in U.S. Annual Precipitation Since 1995 While Heavy Flooding Rainfall Events Have Dramatically Increased
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - Nov. 3, 2025 – AccuWeather® - the most trusted source of weather forecasts and warnings with proven Superior Accuracy™ - today released a new climate analysis which revealed an average 2.7% decline in total annual precipitation across the contiguous United States since 1995. This equates to approximately a one-percent decrease (1%) in...
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MS NOW AND ACCUWEATHER® INK MULTI-YEAR DEAL FOR WEATHER COVERAGE
AccuWeather’s Weather Data, More Advanced Forecasts and Warnings With Proven Superior Accuracy™ To Be Featured on MS NOW and CNBC NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2025 – MS NOW has signed a multi-year deal with AccuWeather®, the most trusted source of weather forecasts and warnings with proven Superior Accuracy™, to bring its weather forecasts, content, data, and access...
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October tropical wind and rainstorm causes an estimated $3 billion in total damage and economic loss
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - Oct. 14, 2025 – AccuWeather®experts say a major East Coast storm that brought widespread coastal flooding, torrential rainfall, gusty winds and beach erosion caused $3 billion in total damage and economic loss, according to a preliminary estimate. This storm, categorized as a tropical wind and rainstorm by AccuWeather® hurricane experts, brought the most...
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Independence Day flash flood tragedy in Texas causes an estimated $18 billion to $22 billion in total damage and economic loss
AccuWeather® Global Weather Center - July 7, 2025 – Slow-moving downpours that unleashed more than a foot of rainfall along the Guadalupe River and parts of the Texas Hill Country triggered an extreme flash flood disaster over the Independence Day holiday weekend, claiming more than 80 lives and causing an estimated $18 billion to $22 billion in total...
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Rare multiday severe weather outbreak and widespread flooding in central US brings preliminary estimate of $80 billion to $90 billion in total damage and economic loss
Journalists: Click here to download video soundbites from AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter AccuWeather Global Weather Center - April 7, 2025 – A rare atmospheric river that funneled extreme rainfall into the central United States, combined with a multiday severe weather and tornado outbreak over the same region due to a series of slow-moving storms, caused an estimated...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: AccuWeather increases estimate of total damage and economic loss ascatastrophic wildfires in Southern California continue to ravage the Los Angeles area; updated preliminary estimate is $135-$150 billion
AccuWeather Global Weather Center - Jan. 9, 2025 – As fires continue to rage across Southern California and the scope of catastrophic damage, loss of life, business disruptions and other economic impacts become clearer, AccuWeather has updated and increased its preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss to between $135 billion and $150 billion. "These...
