@EricZerkel

supervising weather editor @cnn email: [email protected]

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Joined September 2011
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My favorite capture of the night: The moment the moon's shadow split the sunset in half, leaving a diamond ring in the sky and a breathtaking view. I call it "Shadows on the Balearic Sea". I'll have prints available for this one linked in my bio for a few days only.
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The damage just keeps going. Nothing but leveled homes as far as the eye can see right now in the Indian Trail neighborhood. It’s hard to put into words the amount of destruction that we’re seeing right now. This is on N Westgate & Tiffany. #SpokaneComplexFire @kxly4news
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Andrew Freedman@afreedmaApr 28
Together with my CNN Climate & Weather colleagues, I'm writing a newsletter (again!), this time a weekly on extreme weather and climate. It's free, and you can sign up here: cnn.com/newsletters/weather-…

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Dakota Smith
@weatherdakApr 1
Absolutely breathtaking view of the Artemis II launch. Wow.
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6 AM Sun: Light precip is spreading into the region. Mainly rain at the onset from around I-78 and south, then precip will become heavier and transition to snow starting late morning and into the afternoon. Snow for most areas by evening. Latest briefing: weather.gov/media/phi/curren…
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Atmospheric River getting going in Southern California. Rare high risk excessive rainfall for this area. #cawx #AtmosphericRiver #California #CaliforniaWeather
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Desperation has set in for Black River after Hurricane Melissa destroyed the city and rescue/aid efforts have been slow. @jpetramala @BryceShelton01
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NEW: A significant gap in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska, caused by Trump admin cuts to NOAA/NWS, may have hurt the forecast accuracy for the deadly storm there over the weekend. cnn.com/2025/10/14/weather/a…

Lack of weather data due to Trump’s budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administrati...

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Rehoboth Beach, DE, disappearing under surf and surge as a nor'easter continues to cruise up the coast. #noreaster #DEwx #NJwx
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VIDEO courtesy Don Bowers/@IslandFreePress of this afternoon's house collapse in Buxton. 8th this week, 9th in last 2 weeks.
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How about *only* hurricane pairings in the Atlantic and for the entire period of record (since 1851). What are the closest two hurricanes have ever been recorded? Humberto and Imelda right at the top. The nearest reliable contender was Easy and Fox back in 1951.
Kathryn Prociv@KathrynProciv30 Sep 2025
Can't get enough of this stat! #Imelda and #Humberto are the closest two #hurricanes have come to one another in the satellite era. All other cases involved at least one tropical storm!
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The track trend from the NHC since #PTC9 was designated on Friday for future #Imelda #TD9
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Jonny Kim
@JonnyKimUSA28 Sep 2025
Hurricane Humberto, Cat 4 (at the time taken), from the @Space_Station, Sept 27, 1512 GMT. Nikon Z9 | 24/50-500mm.
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#Humberto has a meso sector on it now. As a strong Category 4, it has a nice, cleared out stadium effect eye. You can even see the low level clouds spinning around in the eye! Always love the views like this
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CIRA@CIRA_CSU27 Sep 2025
The sun sets on Hurricane Humberto. Today, Humberto rapidly intensified into a Category 3, major hurricane.
A still satellite image of Hurricane Humberto over the Atlantic. This image contains the GeoColor product from the GOES-19 weather satellite. It was captured at 20:40 UTC on 2025-09-26.

ALT A still satellite image of Hurricane Humberto over the Atlantic. This image contains the GeoColor product from the GOES-19 weather satellite. It was captured at 20:40 UTC on 2025-09-26.

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Definitely feels like a hurricane is just off the coast. #hurricaneerin #obx
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NOAA buoy 41001 (~170 mi. E of Hatteras, NC) is in teeth of #Erin. So far, peak gust to 85 mph, with significant wave height of 39.7 feet. With max wave heights usually 2x sig. wave heights, that could mean 80-foot peak waves! Can't wait to see cam photos after sunrise. 🍿
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No two #hurricanes, or their impacts, are exactly alike. But I feel some deja vu seeing the #Erin forecast with Earl almost 15 years ago. Earl was closer to the OBX than Erin's current forecast. But Erin is already larger than Earl was at its closest pass.
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If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️ michaelrlowry.substack.com/p…
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This past week, visualized through river gauges. All 1,000-year #flood events. #Chicago metro also had an extreme flood event last night too, but fortunately rivers are holding. *Hill Country, Texas *Chapel Hill, North Carolina *Ruidoso, New Mexico
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