How California Became Ground Zero for Climate Disasters
California is one of America’s marvels. By moving vast quantities of water and suppressing wildfires for decades, the state has transformed its arid and mountainous...
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Hurricane Sally Slams the Florida Panhandle With Deluge of Rain
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Massive National Guard trucks navigated subdivisions engulfed by raging floodwaters. Hundreds of people were rescued from flooded homes and cars. And on...
Live Hurricane Sally Updates
Here’s what you need to know: ImageA flooded parking lot in Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Tuesday.Credit…Gerald Herbert/Associated Press As Sally churns just off the coast,...
Hurricane Sally Is a Slow-Moving Threat. Climate Change Might Be Why.
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Hurricane Sally parked itself over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, churning slowly and lumbering at a sluggish pace toward...
Tropical Storm Sally Barrels Toward the Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Sally, the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was positioned to strengthen into a hurricane as it barreled toward the Gulf...
Severe floods hit 760,000 people in West and Central Africa
Nigerien student Hachimou Abdou has had to catch a boat to classes since river water swamped his route to university in the capital Niamey –...
Japan Urges Millions to Evacuate as Typhoon Looms
TOKYO — Japanese authorities on Sunday ordered more than a million residents of western Japan to seek shelter as a major storm lashed the coast...
Melting Glaciers Are Filling Unstable Lakes. And They’re Growing.
Nearly freezing and often an otherworldly shade of blue, glacial lakes form as glaciers melt and retreat. These lakes are a source of drinking and...
Sudan declares three-month state of emergency over floods
Sudan’s Security and Defense Council declared a national state of emergency for three months because of floods that have killed 99 people this year and...
Snapped Poles, Shredded Roofs: A Long Road to Recovery After Laura
WESTLAKE, La. — In a neighborhood along the Calcasieu River, Hurricane Laura transformed the roads into a perilous labyrinth of snapped utility poles, tangles of...