Jan 13, 2022
Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist at ABC News, reporting on
the nation’s weather for “Good Morning America” and across ABC News
broadcasts and digital platforms. Additionally, Zee is the managing
editor of the climate unit at ABC News.
Since joining ABC News, Zee has covered almost every major weather
event and dozens of historic storms. She broadcasted from the
devastated Jersey Shore during Hurricane Sandy, the Colorado floods
and wildfires, and covered the aftermath from tornados in Moore and
El Reno, Oklahoma. In 2018, she was in the eye wall of Category 5
Hurricane Michael live in the Florida Panhandle and in the 2020
hurricane season, Zee told the stories of devastation from the
record number of named storms. From the epic bushfires in Australia
to Boston blizzards and record-breaking heat in Death Valley, Zee
is there to warn and show the impacts including the relationship to
climate change.
Zee’s passion does not stop with storm chasing. Her love of
adventure has taken her and ABC News viewers across the world. She
has gone para-hawking in Nepal, flown a drone into the fissure of a
volcano in Iceland, hiked the largest cave in the world in Vietnam,
para-glided from the Himalayas to the Andes, dove with sharks in
the Bahamas, rappelled 27 stories down the exterior façade of the
Wit Hotel in Chicago, explored the 275 waterfalls of Iguazú Falls
in Argentina and talked climate change on the edge of Victoria
Falls in Africa. Plus, skydiving, ice boat racing and surfing live
on “GMA.”
Prior to joining ABC News, she was a meteorologist at NBC station
WMAQ-Channel 5 in Chicago from 2006-2011, also filling in for
several NBC and MSNBC News programs. Before that assignment, Zee
worked at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she part of the
Storm Team 8, also covering the environment, science and the impact
of weather throughout West Michigan. From 2003-2005, Zee worked at
WEYI NBC 25 in Flint, Michigan. She began her career at WLAV FM/
WXMI in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Zee, who has storm chased since college, has a genuine passion for
the atmosphere and a dedication to getting young people interested
in science. Zee is the author of a trilogy for 8-12 year olds
called “Chasing Helicity.” Additionally, Zee and her husband, Ben
Aaron, star in “Renovation Realities: Ben & Ginger” on DIY
Network.
Zee is the co-host of “Hearts of Heroes” on ABC Saturday’s,
highlighting the natural disasters she knows so well from the first
responder and heroes point of view.
The Emmy Award-winning meteorologist attended Valparaiso
University and holds a Bachelor of Science in meteorology. She also
served as an adjunct professor at the University from 2008-2011.
Zee also holds the CBM Seal for Meteorology.
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