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IPCC report warns intensifying water cycle spells more intense storms, flooding

By Mathew Barlow, The Conversation

Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is increasingly evident, a lead author of the new report warns…

Massive forest fire continues to burn on Greek island

By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press

The fire, which began Aug. 3, is the most severe of dozens in the past week across Greece. The country has been baked by its worst heat wave in three decades.

Climate change report is ‘a code red for humanity,’ U.N. warns

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a new report.

Floods make thousands homeless in Bangladesh Rohingya camps

By Julhas Alam, Associated Press

Days of heavy rainfall have pounded Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, destroying dwellings and sending thousands of people to live with extended families or in communal shelters.

China’s Zhengzhou begins cleanup after floods ravage city

By Associated Press

Rains continued to pound parts of Henan province of which Zhengzhou is the capital city.

Wildfires rage as U.S. West grapples with heat wave, drought

By Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Firefighters were working in extreme temperatures across the U.S. West and struggling to contain wildfires, the largest burning in California and Oregon, as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids.

Tropical Storm Elsa carves destructive path up East Coast

By Russ Bynum, Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Elsa's winds weakened, but it was dropping torrential rains over the Carolinas as it made its way through South Carolina early Thursday.

Six dead, thousands displaced as tornadoes leave path of destruction in Georgia, Alabama

Americans in Alabama and Georgia are now facing a future of rebuilding as they awoke Friday to heavy damage and the loss of six lives after a series of powerful tornadoes that wreaked havoc in the region Thursday night. The…

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4 questions about weather-driven power outages, answered

By Michael E. Webber, The Conservation

Heat waves, droughts and deep freezes can all strain the electric grid, leading utilities to impose rolling blackouts. Climate change is likely to make these events more common.

Major winter storm pummels Northeast, closing schools and vaccination sites

By Jennifer Peltz, Karen Matthews, Associated Press

A sprawling, lumbering winter storm walloped the East Coast on Monday, shutting down coronavirus vaccination sites, closing schools and halting transit.