Climate Change

The challenge of retrofitting millions of aging homes to battle global warming

By Willem Marx, Joan Martelli

A landmark climate report released this month by the United Nations predicted dire consequences for the world if more is not done to reduce CO2 levels in the atmosphere. More than 100 countries including the U.S. have committed to a…

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Gulf Coast preps for Ida landfall, possibly a Category 4 storm

By PBS NewsHour

Evacuations are underway as the U.S. Gulf Coast prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Ida. New Orleans is expected to be in the center of the storm. Ida made landfall in Cuba on Friday after which it quickly moved to…

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Live Map: Track the path of Hurricane Ida

By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press

Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters and utility crews mobilized Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and made a shambles of the electrical grid.

Gaps in U.S. wildfire smoke warning network leave many exposed

By Matthew Brown, Padmananda Rama, Associated Press

Government programs to alert the public when smoke pollution becomes unhealthy rely on about 950 permanent monitoring stations and dozens of mobile units that can be deployed around major fires.

California wildfire dangers may be spreading across state

By Christopher Weber, John Antczak, Associated Press

A wildfire that burned several homes near Los Angeles may signal that the region is facing the same dangers that have scorched Northern California this summer.

California firefighters battle a dozen large wildfires

By Associated Press

More than 13,500 firefighters are working to contain a dozen large California wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to flee.

Crews search for missing after floods surge parts of Tennessee

By Associated Press

Search crews worked through shattered homes and tangled debris on Monday, looking for about a dozen people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee, killing at least 22 people.

Henri’s remnants hinder cleanup, threaten inland floods

By David Porter, Dave Collins, Associated Press

The storm system named Henri drenched much of the inland Northeast with rain Monday, hampering cleanup efforts and threatening further flooding in areas with ground already saturated from a wet summer.

Booming Colorado town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Figures released this month show that population growth continues unabated in the South and West, even as temperatures rise and droughts become more common.

2 dead, 20 missing in North Carolina county flooded by Tropical Storm Fred

By Bryan Anderson, Associated Press

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Henri is sending dangerous swells onto East Coast beaches and is expected to become a hurricane as it approaches the northeastern U.S. early next week.