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.

 
