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BANDA, India — In this northern Indian town that has recorded some of the country's highest temperatures, residents face heat at all hours and frequent power cuts that leave homes without fans. Global warming is making heat waves more…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READThe June 24 twin earthquakes that struck coastal La Guaira state have killed at least 4,118 people and injured 17,000, with 30,000 still missing, The Wall Street Journal reported, as international medical teams set up field hospitals to…
2026-07-11 · 3 MIN READA very strong El Niño event has developed in the Pacific Ocean and forecasters say there is a strong possibility it will intensify into a historically powerful "Super El Niño" during the second half of 2026, according to the U.S. National…
2026-07-08 · 4 MIN READAt least 25 people have died amid the record-setting heatwave that scorched the eastern United States over the July Fourth holiday weekend, officials said. The deaths include 22 suspected heat-related fatalities in New Jersey, two in…
2026-07-05 · 3 MIN READExtreme heat is imposing a growing and recurring cost on the global economy, restricting work, disrupting transportation, and straining public budgets. An academic study estimated that last year's European heat waves and floods cost $43…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READMore than 100 million Americans face a potentially record-breaking heatwave over the July 4 holiday weekend, with heat indexes topping 115 degrees Fahrenheit from Washington, D.C., to New York, according to the National Weather Service. A…
2026-07-02 · 3 MIN READA May 2026 study led by Tulane University academic Torbjörn Törnqvist concluded that New Orleans has reached a "point of no return" due to rising sea levels and subsidence, requiring eventual relocation of the city's population, drawing…
2026-07-01 · 4 MIN READAnimal welfare activists in Montenegro raised alarm this week as a record-breaking European heat wave reached the Balkans, leaving abandoned horses without shelter, water or food as temperatures approached 40 degrees Celsius (104…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READA prolonged and dangerous heat wave is intensifying across the central and eastern United States this week, with the National Weather Service placing approximately 120 million people under extreme heat warnings as the July 4 holiday…
2026-06-30 · 3 MIN READThe three wildland firefighters who died Saturday while battling the Knowles and Gore fires along the Colorado-Utah border were members of an elite helicopter-deployed crew trained to reach remote terrain quickly, federal officials said…
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READThe Venezuelan government blocked exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado from returning to the country Monday as she sought to assist with earthquake relief efforts, and U.S. officials urged her to delay her trip. Machado, a Nobel…
2026-06-29 · 4 MIN READHeat domes — high-pressure systems that hover above a region and trap heat and humidity — cause heat waves that last for multiple days at a time and help amplify high temperatures, according to experts.
2026-06-29 · 3 MIN READDangerous flooding intensified across Texas on Thursday, cutting off access to the city of Uvalde as emergency crews conducted overnight rescues and forecasters warned of a 'large and deadly flood wave' barreling down a river that killed…
2026-07-16 · 3 MIN READThe World Health Organization has linked Europe's record-breaking heatwave to more than 1,300 excess deaths recorded since June 21, as France's Health Ministry separately reported about 1,000 additional deaths since Wednesday.
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The National Weather Service on Friday issued its first-ever Notably Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning for Salt Lake City, warning of extreme wildfire danger across southern and central Utah as the Cottonwood Fire continues to grow.
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READVenezuelan diaspora members in Doral, Florida, have mobilized donation drives to send water, food and other supplies to their home country after a pair of deadly earthquakes struck near Caracas on June 24, as many await news of missing…
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READAn economic development organization for the city of Presidio and Presidio County filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration, alleging that federal plans to install border barriers and surveillance technology along the Rio…
2026-06-18 · 3 MIN READTropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, formed along the Texas coast on June 17, the National Hurricane Center said, with a tropical storm warning stretching from High Island, Texas, to Morgan…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Forest Service says it has exceeded its wildland firefighter hiring targets for this summer's fire season, newly released numbers show, even as Western states face historically dry conditions and fast-moving fires near populated…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READTwo college students died after being swept out to sea from a Santa Cruz beach as massive waves and dangerous rip currents inundated the California coastline. Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were pulled from the water by rescue…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READA new study finds the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in Southern California are at their highest tectonic stress levels in at least 1,000 years, putting the region at increased risk for a major earthquake.
2026-06-16 · 3 MIN READMassive waves, coastal flooding and dangerous rip currents are roiling the California coastline this week after king tides killed two people and prompted authorities to urge beachgoers to take precautions. A five-year-old girl was swept…
2026-06-15 · 4 MIN READThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed Thursday that El Niño has formed in the Pacific Ocean, with a 63% chance the natural climate pattern will rank among the strongest since 1950, meteorologists said. Experts…
2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READTropical Storm Cristina strengthened Monday into the third named storm of the eastern Pacific season, placing Central America on high alert with heavy rainfall, evacuation warnings and reports of five people missing after two boats…
2026-06-09 · 3 MIN READA 'super' El Niño — marked by a 2°C (3.6°F) or greater increase in sea surface temperatures — is now highly probable this year and could last into 2027, according to Benjamin Selwyn, a professor of international relations and international…
2026-06-09 · 4 MIN READArizona officials have closed San Carlos Lake to the public indefinitely after drought conditions and upstream dam releases caused the death of the lake's entire fish population. The San Carlos Recreation and Wildlife Department announced…
2026-06-08 · 3 MIN READA 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck approximately 14 miles west of Las Vegas on Thursday afternoon, with no immediate reports of damage or injury, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
2026-06-04 · 3 MIN READA shortage of Scotch bonnet peppers, driven by extreme weather, disease, and pests, is forcing Caribbean hot sauce manufacturers to cancel orders, raise prices, and scramble for alternative ingredients as demand for the region's signature…
2026-05-31 · 3 MIN READRising waters in Lake Turkana, the world's largest permanent desert lake, have submerged homes, schools, and burial grounds across northern Kenya, displacing thousands of residents and severely disrupting the region's fragile fishing…
2026-05-31 · 4 MIN READKansas wheat farmers are facing a near-collapse this season as record drought, hotter temperatures, and rising input costs cut yields and quality, with the crop forecast to be the smallest since 1972. Growers in the Plains region also…
2026-05-23 · 3 MIN READSeventeen years after a massive, multi-vortex tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, NPR revisits how the town’s recovery became known for cooperation and “kindness carries on” long after the storm. The story, published May 23, 2026, includes…
2026-05-23 · 3 MIN READNOAA forecast Thursday gives a 55% chance of a below-average Atlantic hurricane season, with fewer named storms and fewer hurricanes expected as El Nino develops in the Pacific. Meteorologists said the outlook does not eliminate risk for…
2026-05-23 · 3 MIN READNOAA forecast a below-average Atlantic hurricane season as a developing El Niño pattern weakens conditions for storm formation. The agency put the outlook at a 55% chance of a below-average season, with eight to 14 named storms expected,…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READThe Texas Board of Nursing has suspended the registered nurse license of Camp Mystic’s co-director and medical officer, Mary Liz Eastland, after finding she failed to help evacuate children during the July 2025 flood that killed 25 girls…
2026-05-21 · 3 MIN READA Texas regulatory board has suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic co-director Mary Liz Eastland, accusing the registered nurse of failing to assist children and staff during the July 2025 flood that killed 25 girls and two teenage…
2026-05-21 · 3 MIN READNOAA on Thursday issued its seasonal outlook for the Atlantic, predicting a below-average hurricane season influenced by El Niño. The agency forecast eight to 14 named storms, with three to six becoming hurricanes and one to three reaching…
2026-05-21 · 3 MIN READTexas’ Board of Nursing suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic co-director Mary Liz Eastland, saying she did not help evacuate children during last year’s July 4 floods that killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors. Eastland, a…
2026-05-21 · 3 MIN READThousands of people were ordered to evacuate Monday as the wind-driven Sandy Fire burned more than 500 acres of dry brush and damaged at least one home in the hills above Simi Valley, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, according to…
2026-05-19 · 3 MIN READThousands of people were ordered to evacuate Monday as the wind-driven Sandy Fire threatened suburban homes in Simi Valley, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, the Ventura County Fire Department said.
2026-05-19 · 3 MIN READA fast-growing wildfire in southern New Mexico was sparked by the crash of a small medical plane outside Ruidoso, officials said Monday. The crash killed four people and the blaze, fanned by dry conditions and wind, prompted evacuations…
2026-05-18 · 3 MIN READThousands were ordered to evacuate Monday in and around Simi Valley, California, as the wind-driven Sandy Fire threatened suburban homes, the Ventura County Fire Department said. The blaze was reported around 10 a.m. in hills above Simi…
2026-05-18 · 3 MIN READTexas youth camps have closed or cut back operations after the state of Texas imposed new regulations following last year’s deadly Hill Country floods, according to camp operators and state officials. A Texas campground that served about…
2026-05-18 · 4 MIN READBack-to-back storms in March brought Hawaii's worst flooding in two decades, causing an estimated $50 million in damage across nearly 2,000 farms on Oahu's North Shore and leaving the state's small-scale growers struggling to recover…
2026-05-16 · 3 MIN READHawaii farmers on Oahu’s North Shore are struggling after back-to-back storms in March brought the state’s worst flooding in two decades, leaving some farms wiped out and reducing what they can sell at farmers markets. The damage threatens…
2026-05-16 · 3 MIN READSevere flooding triggered by torrential rains struck the Havza district of Turkey's Samsun province late Tuesday, causing rivers to overflow and sending water rushing through streets. The floods swept away vehicles and debris, inundated…
2026-05-14 · 3 MIN READTorrential rains triggered severe flooding in the Havza district of Turkey’s northern Samsun province, officials said. The floods inundated homes and businesses and swept through streets, sending at least 12 people to hospitals with minor…
2026-05-14 · 3 MIN READAt least 10 people have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed after torrential rains and flooding swept across six provinces in South Africa since May 4, prompting the government to declare a natural disaster on Tuesday. The…
2026-05-13 · 4 MIN READSouth African authorities declared a national disaster as flooding, thunderstorms, high winds and even snowfall affected parts of six provinces since May 4, leaving at least 10 people dead. The disaster declaration allows the government to…
2026-05-13 · 3 MIN READA pair of wildfires burning in South Florida spread across thousands of acres in the Everglades on Monday, with the larger fire reaching 5,600 acres and containment operations increasing despite smoky conditions and reduced visibility, the…
2026-05-10 · 3 MIN READCrews battled two South Florida wildfires that spread Monday after burning thousands of acres in the Everglades over the weekend, officials said. The Florida Forest Service reported smoky conditions with reduced visibility as containment…
2026-05-10 · 3 MIN READIndonesian rescuers recovered the body of one hiker and searched for two missing Singaporeans after Mount Dukono erupted on Friday, catching a group of 20 climbers who were ascending the volcano in defiance of a government closure order,…
2026-05-10 · 3 MIN READSeasonal forecast models are projecting a powerful El Niño event that could become the strongest on record, fueling extreme weather from heat waves and drought to intensified rainfall, meteorologists and climate researchers said Friday.…
2026-05-10 · 3 MIN READRescuers in Indonesia have recovered the body of an Indonesian woman caught in a volcanic eruption at Mount Dukono on Halmahera island, officials said Saturday. The search continues for two Singaporean climbers after Dukono erupted early…
2026-05-10 · 3 MIN READTexas health officials agreed Thursday to waive a requirement that youth camps install fiber-optic internet connections before operating, a mandate enacted after a flash flood killed 28 people at a Hill Country camp last July. The deal…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READJEAN LAFITTE, La. — Five years after Hurricane Ida flooded Louisiana’s Barataria Preserve with saltwater, shattered its boardwalk trails, and swamped its visitor center, the National Park Service has launched a two-year, federally funded…
2026-05-09 · 4 MIN READTexas health officials on Thursday agreed to lift a requirement that youth camps install “end-to-end fiber optic facilities,” clearing the way for some camps to reopen this summer while other safety conditions remain in place. The…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READBarataria Preserve, a mostly freshwater marsh site about 20 miles south of New Orleans, was badly damaged by Hurricane Ida in 2021 and closed to visitors for long-needed repairs, the Associated Press reported. Five years later, the…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READIndonesian rescuers on Sunday found the bodies of two Singaporean hikers on Halmahera, officials said, two days after the men became stranded in a volcanic eruption on Mount Dukono. A third hiker, an Indonesian woman, was found dead…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READVenezuela’s Foreign Ministry warned Saturday that an oil spill originating in Trinidad and Tobago has caused serious environmental damage along the coastlines of at least two Venezuelan states and in the Gulf of Paria, while Trinidad’s…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READRescue teams on Indonesia’s remote Halmahera island recovered the bodies of two Singaporean hikers on Sunday, two days after a sudden eruption on Mount Dukono, bringing the death toll to three, officials said. The hikers had been part of a…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READVenezuela’s Foreign Ministry warned in a letter late Saturday that an oil spill it says originated in Trinidad and Tobago had caused “severe risks” to ecosystems along Venezuela’s coast and in the Gulf of Paria. Trinidad and Tobago…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READA series of powerful tornadoes ripped across southern Mississippi on Wednesday night, flattening trailer parks, shredding homes, and injuring more than a dozen people — yet for the second time in less than a month, the state reported no…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READA kitten was pulled alive from the debris of a tornado-ravaged Mississippi trailer park early Wednesday, after storm chaser Ashton Lemley heard its faint meow piercing the predawn darkness. The rescue came hours after at least three…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READIn a predawn search through a tornado-ravaged trailer park in Mississippi, a storm chaser heard a kitten’s faint meow and tracked it to the rubble. The kitten was pulled from insulation between wooden posts and later handed to a volunteer…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READKathmandu, Nepal — Hundreds of climbers and their Nepali guides are assembling at Mount Everest’s base camp as the climbing season gets under way, despite a warning about an unstable ice block above a key route. The Sagarmatha Pollution…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READMore than a dozen houses of worship were burned or damaged in the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, and many faith leaders say the recovery effort has strengthened relationships across religious lines. Rabbi Amy Bernstein of Kehillat…
2026-05-07 · 3 MIN READA late spring snowstorm swept across parts of Colorado on Wednesday, closing schools and disrupting travel as slushy roads and slick conditions prompted warnings from the National Weather Service. The storm eased through the day, but…
2026-05-07 · 3 MIN READThe small Taiwanese town of Fenglin, a designated slow city with a shrinking, super-aged population, has turned its embrace of a slow pace of life into a quirky tourism draw: annual snail races. Organizers say the event, now in its third…
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READThe University of Vermont opened a new extreme-weather monitoring station in Lyndonville on Tuesday, part of a planned statewide network designed to give more localized data for flood and winter-storm predictions. UVM said the station, the…
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READA heavy late spring snowstorm swept across Colorado and Wyoming on Tuesday, closing schools and threatening power infrastructure after Denver recorded its driest winter on record, according to National Weather Service officials.
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READA late spring snowstorm eased across parts of Colorado after closing schools and snarling flights and commutes Wednesday, with crews and residents digging out under a winter storm warning. The National Weather Service said several…
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READColorado and Wyoming are bracing for a late-season snowstorm that began Tuesday, bringing heavy, wet accumulation north of Denver and into southeastern Wyoming, forecasters said. Denver area conditions shifted from mostly rain to snow by…
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READAs the West braces for another severe wildfire season, a growing network of AI-powered cameras is spotting smoke before any human calls for help, giving firefighters a critical early edge.
2026-05-05 · 3 MIN READWildfire-prone states across the Western U.S. are installing AI-monitored cameras that flag possible smoke and alert human analysts for verification, with the aim of dispatching firefighters sooner. In Arizona, artificial intelligence…
2026-05-05 · 3 MIN READA late spring snowstorm swept across parts of Colorado on Wednesday, closing schools, snarling flights and leaving roads slushy for commuters, the National Weather Service and officials said. The storm eased later in the day after dumping…
2026-05-05 · 3 MIN READFlooding from weeks of intense rainfall across Kenya has killed 18 people in the past week, police said Sunday, with most of the deaths attributed to drowning. More than 54,000 households have been affected nationwide, including 6,000 in…
2026-05-04 · 3 MIN READFlooding from ongoing heavy rains in Kenya has killed 18 people over the past week, police said Sunday. Most of the deaths were attributed to drowning, according to the Interior Ministry.
2026-05-04 · 3 MIN READSpringfield, Missouri, was hit Tuesday by a severe hailstorm that knocked out power, damaged hundreds of vehicles and even aircraft, and killed an emu at the Dickerson Park Zoo, officials and witnesses said. The storm also delayed or…
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