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Professors discuss extreme weather in Ohio for Severe Weather Awareness Week

Michael Neenan, KSTV Reporter March 23, 2025

The state of Ohio established Severe Weather Awareness Week to inform Ohioans about extreme weather. Kent State climatology professors discuss the cause of severe weather in Ohio and how climate change...

Weather radar shows a wide-reaching storm bringing snow, an icy mix and rain to the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.

First winter storm of many forces water rescues, knocks out power and creates dangerous travel conditions

Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist February 6, 2025

(CNN) — A wide-reaching storm forced water rescues, knocked out power to tens of thousands and made for dangerous travel as it hit the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and Northeast Thursday. It’s a preview...

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade attendees wait for festivities to begin in the cold rain Thursday.

Soggy, sloppy conditions smother the chilly Northeast as an Arctic blast takes aim for Thanksgiving weekend

Holly Yan and Gene Norman November 28, 2024

(CNN) — While the Northeast gets hammered by frigid rain or snow this Thanksgiving, much of the US can be thankful for calm, dry weather. But a bitter blast of Arctic air will envelop much of the country...

Northeast Ohio dodges the severe weather bullet

Jacob Brooks, TV2 Reporter April 5, 2023

The threat of severe storms in northeast Ohio largely diminished Wednesday afternoon because of some unexpected rain. TV2's Jacob Brooks explains how to stay safe in severe weather and how Portage County's...

A Kent State student walks along Kent State's front campus on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019.

Ridiculously cold weather closes campus Wednesday

Valerie Royzman January 29, 2019

Kent State’s main campus will be closed Wednesday due to severe weather, the university announced in an email Tuesday afternoon."The Kent Campus will be closed, and all classes are canceled, for Wednesday,...