Ginger Zee
Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist and chief climate correspondent at ABC News. She has been there before, during and after almost every major natural disaster, reporting for “Good Morning America” and across ABC News programs and platforms. From Hurricane Katrina to being in the eye wall of Hurricane Helene, Zee has covered wildfires in California, France and Australia, blizzards across the nation and tornado outbreaks from Alabama to Oklahoma. She has employed her lifelong passion for the atmosphere and married it with compassion and humanity, as these stories are always about the people the storms impact.
For ABC News Live, Zee has hosted several climate specials and has a recurring climate segment called “Climate A to Zee.” She is committed to being the conduit for the latest science in the climate crisis and solutions around the world. From the drawdown of carbon dioxide using rock dust on fields in North Carolina (enhanced rock weathering) to the complexity of the megadrought plaguing Lakes Mead and Powell, and the impact of sea-level rise from the Maldives to Maryland, showcasing the faces of human-induced climate change is important to Zee.
Zee’s passion does not stop with storm chasing and climate. Her love of adventure has taken her and ABC News viewers across the world. She has gone parahawking in Nepal, flown a drone into the fissure of a volcano in Iceland, hiked the largest cave in the world in Vietnam, paraglided from the Himalayas to the Andes, dove with sharks in the Bahamas, rappelled 27 stories down the exterior facade of the Wit Hotel in Chicago, explored the 275 waterfalls of Iguazú Falls in Argentina plus Victoria Falls in Africa, as well as 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 to 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 was part of Storm Team 8, also covering the environment, science and the impact of weather throughout western Michigan. From 2003 to 2005, Zee worked at WEYI NBC 25 in Flint, Michigan. She began her career at WLAV FM/ WXMI in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and WYIN PBS in Merrillville, Indiana.
Zee, who has storm-chased since college, has a genuine passion for the atmosphere and a dedication to getting young people interested in science. She lent her voice to Dr. Zephyr Skye, the storm-chasing alien in Disney Junior’s “Miles from Tomorrowland.”
Beyond her work in weather and climate, Zee co-hosts the ABC weekend show “Hearts of Heroes,” shining a light on first responders. She and her husband, Ben Aaron, starred in “Renovation Realities: Ben & Ginger” on DIY Network, and she created and hosted the original digital series “Food Forecast.”
She is the author of five books, including the bestseller “Natural Disaster” (2017) and her memoir, “A Little Closer to Home: How I Found the Calm After the Storm” (2022).
The Emmy® and Murrow Award-winning meteorologist was inducted into the Weather Hall of Fame. Zee attended Valparaiso University and holds a Bachelor of Science in meteorology. She also served as an adjunct professor at the University from 2008 to 2011. Zee also holds the CBM Seal for Meteorology.
