Texas Floods, Canada Smoke and Western Heat Batter US
More than 75 people have been rescued in Texas as floodwaters rise, while Canadian wildfire smoke is choking skies across the Midwest and Northeast, including New York, and heat…
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Scientists Affirm Climate Change Fuels Extreme Weather
Human-induced changes to the global climate have “a direct and well-understood impact” on extreme heat and rainfall, according to a landmark new U.S. National Academies report. The assessment comes…
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El Niño Likely Strongest in 75 Years, Forecasters Say
The weather-roiling El Niño that emerged across the Pacific last month has continued to build and will likely be one of the strongest in more than 75 years, the…
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Southwestern Japan Prepares for Powerful Typhoon Bavi; Taiwan Expects Deluge of Rain
A large and powerful typhoon approached a remote chain of islands in Japan’s southwest on Friday, prompting authorities to warn of violent winds, torrential rain, landslides and flooding in…
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Faster, Fiercer Wildfires Are Testing Evacuation Plans
On a warm summer morning, two fire officials navigate an SUV along a narrow road that switchbacks high into the hills above the town of Fairfax, California, where thickets…
