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Swath of South faces wintry mess: Snow, sleet, freezing rain

By Associated Press

Governors and local officials in several states declared emergencies ahead of the storm, freeing up funds and manpower to help mitigate its effect.

Climate change has intensified hurricane rainfall, and now we know how much

By Julia Griffin

Hurricane Harvey wasn’t an outlier. A new study reports that climate change intensified the rains of other recent cyclones by between 4 and 9 percent.

Live map: Track Hurricane Florence as it heads for the East Coast

By Nsikan Akpan

Update: Sept. 13, 6:58 a.m. ET Overnight, Hurricane Florence’s winds continued to decline. However, its rain and storm surge forecasts remain unchanged. The outer bands of its tropical storm-force winds are now reaching shore. Florence’s winds dropped by 20…

This scientist chases wildfires to better predict fire behavior

By Andrea Thompson, Scientific American

To know what a wildfire might do next, researchers need to know how an inferno interacts with the atmosphere.

More flooding expected as deadly nor’easter moves out to sea

By Associated Press

On Saturday, areas from Maryland to Maine remained under flood warnings.

Column: Six rules for rebuilding infrastructure in an era of ‘unprecedented’ weather events

By Thaddeus R. Miller and Mikhail Chester, The Conversation

After extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey, city planners need to think about the smartest way to rebuild.

What you need to know about Hurricane Irma

By Erica R. Hendry, Michael D. Regan

In a news briefing Friday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called it “a catastrophic storm” like “our state has never seen.”…

Hurricane Irma could be catastrophic. Here’s how officials are preparing

By PBS News Hour

Hurricane Irma is punishing Puerto Rico with 185 mph winds as it takes aim at the U.S. mainland. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Ed Rappaport of the National Hurricane Center, Kathleen Fox of FEMA and Key West Mayor Craig Cates about…

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What we know about Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm ever recorded in the open Atlantic

By PBS News Hour

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First Harvey, now Irma. Why are so many hurricanes hitting the U.S.?

By Nsikan Akpan

Some uncertainty still surrounds Hurricane Irma’s fate, but here’s what to expect -- plus an explainer on why this hurricane season is churning out so many extreme storms in the Atlantic Ocean.