Mari Ramos is a weather anchor for CNN International based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta. She presents weather segments on Business International, World News Asia, World News and Your World Today.
Ramos is also a contributor to Weather FX, CNN’s monthly feature program that takes an in-depth look at what causes weather phenomena around the world. She presents the ‘Weather FX Files’ segment, which highlights different aspects of weather technology.
Many of the weather segments Ramos presents on CNN’s daily programs cover more than the global weather forecast as she includes elements involving science, environment and space. She also regularly brings viewers the ‘best of’ i-Report submissions in her segments.
She has contributed to CNN’s coverage of many global weather disasters including the earthquake in China; Myanmar’s Cyclone Nargis; Bangladesh’s Cyclone Sidr; Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma; and the South Asian quake and tsunami, for which CNN garnered a 2005 DuPont Award.
In addition to her role with the International network, Ramos also appears occasionally on CNN/US, Headline News and Airport Network. Since 2003, Ramos has also taken on the role of weekend news anchor on CNN Español covering major news and breaking stories such as the aftermath of the March 11 bombings in Madrid, the war in Iraq, the departure of former Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide and the death for former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
Prior to joining CNN in May 1999, Ramos worked at The Weather Channel as an on-camera meteorologist and reporter for the Latin America division of the network. In that role, she traveled throughout Latin America and the United States reporting in both English and Spanish on hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters.
Ramos began her broadcasting career at WPLG, an ABC affiliate in Miami, where as an intern she practiced newsgathering and writing for the station's evening newscasts.
Ramos received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and broadcast journalism from Florida International University in Miami. She is a member of the International Association of Broadcast Meteorologists (IABM), The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and the American Meteorological Association (AMS).
Ramos is bilingual and bicultural. She was born in Nicaragua, but moved to the United States when she was only 8 years old. She is fluent in English and Spanish and speaks conversational French.
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