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People bike on the beach ahead of Hurricane Matthew in Atlantic Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. Droves of people in the U.S. have begun evacuating coastal areas ahead of the storm, which tracked a deadly path through the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud a

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Millions Of Coastal Residents Warned To Flee Inland As Hurricane Nears Florida

5:08pm October 06, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

More than a hundred people died as Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center says the Category 4 storm will near the U.S. coast late Thursday or early Friday.

'Roaring Wind' Examines Extreme Weather, And The Power Of Air

1:40pm August 16, 2016

Biologist Bill Streever sailed from Texas to Guatemala while doing research for his new book, And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind. He says the wind was working against him "most of the time."

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A photo shows the community of Coscomatepec, Veracruz, in eastern Mexico on Saturday. Homes were buried by landslides following heavy rains from Earl, which reached Mexican territory on Thursday as a tropical storm.

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Storm-Triggered Mudslides Kill Dozens Of People In Mexico Over The Weekend

1:11pm August 08, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Hurricane Earl had been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hit southern Mexico, but heavy rains prompted mudslides that killed at least 39 people.

How Jupiter's Red Spot Makes Things High Above It Hot, Hot, Hot

4:07pm July 27, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Think summer's hot on Earth? Space physicists tracking weather on Jupiter say the roar of the raging storm we call the Great Red Spot heats the outer atmosphere above it by more than 1,000 degrees F.

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Construction workers pour concrete at 1 a.m. in Chandler, Ariz.

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When The Going Gets Hot, Construction Workers Get Nocturnal

8:43am June 29, 2016

by Sarah Ventre

Arizona is getting so hot during the summer days, one construction site in Phoenix has to redefine "nightlife" and pour concrete at 1 a.m.

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A Los Angeles County fire helicopter makes a night drop while battling the Fish Fire above Azusa, Calif., on Monday.

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Wildfires And High Temperatures Scorch The Western U.S.

3:08pm June 21, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Hundreds of people have evacuated their homes because of fires in California, New Mexico and Arizona. A heat wave across the region is contributing to the problem — and in some cases, setting records.

The National Weather Service has issued excessive heat warnings, designated in magenta, for parts of several states beginning Saturday and continuing until Tuesday.

Southwestern, Plains States Brace For Record High Temperatures This Weekend

3:16pm June 17, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Temperatures in Phoenix are forecast to go as high as 120 degrees. A massive high-pressure system has prompted excessive-heat warnings for parts of five states in the Southwest and the Plains.

El Niño Does Bring Floods And Drought, But There's A Silver Lining

1:33pm January 22, 2016

by Nurith Aizenman

We're in the middle of an El Niño that's already caused weather-related disasters and will last at least several more months. Now for the good news.

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A member of a search and rescue team scans a stream after a flash flood in Colorado City, Ariz. Officials say the bodies of two people killed in flash flooding in southern Utah were recovered in Arizona about two and a half miles downstream.

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2 Separate Flash Floods In Utah Leave 16 Dead, 4 Missing

6:58am September 16, 2015

Two vehicles carrying 16 women and children were swept into a sudden rush of floodwater in southern Utah on Monday.

Melbourne visitors and residents took to the waters of Australia's St. Kilda Beach in January 2013 to escape a fierce heat wave.

When Can A Big Storm Or Drought Be Blamed On Climate Change?

8:52pm October 01, 2014

by Christopher Joyce

Scientists wince when people blame every big tropical cyclone, heat wave or drought on a shifting climate. But now some are trying to figure out just what the evidence for such a link would be.

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