Christine Rapp

Meteorologist at NBC News

⚡️ meteorologist/producer for @NBCNews 📍phoenix, az 🐯 @mizzou alum 👶🏻 👶🏻 twin mama

Articles

Severe storms continue rolling through South and East Coast as heat persists in the West

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Christine Rapp

Over 4 million people across parts of the South, the Plains and the East Coast are at risk for damaging winds, large hail and possibly a tornado or two this weekend. Storms have already been sweeping through these areas for the past few days, bringing EF2 tornado damage to Washington County, Kentucky, and EF0 damage to Loudon County, Tennessee.
Tormentas causan retrasos en viajes de Memorial Day mientras millones buscan regresar a casa

1 month ago | telemundo47.com | Erik Ortiz |Christine Rapp

Una serie de tormentas destructivas en partes del sur y centro de EEUU podría arruinar los planes para el Día de los Caídos y dificultar el regreso a casa de millones de estadounidenses. Hasta el lunes por la mañana, cientos de vuelos se habían retrasado en EE. UU. y decenas más se habían cancelado, según datos de FlightAware.com.
Memorial Day storms cause travel delays as millions prepare to head home

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Erik Ortiz |Christine Rapp

May 26, 2025, 12:03 PM EDTA series of destructive storms across parts of the South and central U.S. could wash out Memorial Day plans and snarl millions of Americans’ return trek home. As of Monday morning, hundreds of flights had been delayed in the U.S., with dozens of others canceled, according to data on FlightAware.com.
Severe thunderstorms in the South threaten Memorial Day weekend travel

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Mirna Alsharif |Christine Rapp

May 24, 2025, 1:38 PM EDTSevere weather may put a damper on Memorial Day weekend travel plans for millions across the South, Plains and Mississippi Valley. Around 13 million people from Texas to Alabama are in the risk area, including Memphis, Tennessee and Oklahoma City and Tulsa in Oklahoma. Very large hail and damaging wind are the primary expectation this weekend, though a tornado or two cannot be ruled out.
At least one dead in Oklahoma flooding as millions in region face severe weather risks

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Christine Rapp

At least one person has died in southwest Oklahoma after flash flooding hit the region, with authorities warning people to stay off the roads as severe weather warnings continue. “Emergency responders reported witnessing a vehicle drive into standing water earlier today,” Lawton Police Department said in a statement on Saturday. “Responders were not able to safely get to the submerged vehicle.”The investigation into the death is ongoing, officials said on Saturday.
Mother and son among 3 killed during storms spanning the South to the Northeast

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Mirna Alsharif |Christine Rapp |Dennis Romero

One person died during a tornado, and two others — a mother and her 12-year-old son — died amid floodwaters as a severe storm system continues to hover from the South to the Northeast, authorities said.
Severe storms from the South to the Northeast put a damper on Easter travel

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Mirna Alsharif |Christine Rapp |Dennis Romero

Severe storms triggered tornado watches and warnings in Texas and Oklahoma Saturday night and produced baseball-sized hail across an area stretching from the South to the Northeast.
10 million at risk of fire weather across the Plains, West and South

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Christine Rapp |Mirna Alsharif

Around 10 million people remain under fire alerts in an area stretching from South Dakota down to Texas and Arizona on Sunday afternoon. Wind gusts as high as 30-40 mph, combined with warm temperatures, dry vegetation and relative humidity values as low as 5%, are expected to create hazardous conditions for the development of new fires. San Antonio, Texas; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Tucson, Arizona, are among the areas at risk.
Snow, rain and strong winds descend on the Northeast

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Mirna Alsharif |Christine Rapp

A slow-moving low-pressure system is bringing snow, rain and gusty winds to the Northeast this weekend. Winter alerts are in effect from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET for parts of the Green Mountains in Vermont, the Berkshires in Massachusetts and the Catskill Mountains in New York. An additional 1 to 3 inches of snow are possible across parts of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine.
Storms blast across the South and Midwest amid increasing death toll

2 months ago | nbcnews.com | Mirna Alsharif |Christine Rapp

A weekend of heavy rainfall and deadly flash flooding continues for parts of the South and Midwest, with around 34 million people under flood alerts across the Mid-South and Southeast on Sunday. At least 17 people have been killed as a result of severe weather, with a majority of the deaths — 10 — reported in Tennessee. The latest death, a 57-year-old O'Fallon, Missouri man whose car entered flood waters, was reported Sunday morning by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.