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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.

News Wrap: Third vaccine dose recommended for people with weakened immune systems

In our news wrap Friday, a CDC panel advised people with weakened immune systems should receive a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for full protection. A federal judge struck down a challenge to the Biden administration’s eviction moratorium and more.

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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.