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Lake Elsinore, Calif., was drenched Thursday by a storm that dropped rain and snow across much of the state. The National Weather Service is providing forecasts and warnings as usual, but employees are working without pay.

Back-To-Back Storms And No Pay For Federal Weather Forecasters

4:15pm January 18, 2019

by Rebecca Hersher

Despite the shutdown, the National Weather Service is putting out forecasts and helping local officials prepare for dangerous weather, even as employees worry about making ends meet at home.

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A map provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the region that felt Wednesday's magnitude 4.4 earthquake.

National

Quake-Up Call: Magnitude 4.4 Temblor Rattles People Out Of Bed Across Southeast U.S.

3:10pm December 12, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The earthquake struck eastern Tennessee before dawn Wednesday. As mild as it was, its effects were felt from eastern Kentucky all the way to Atlanta.

A screenshot from a video posted by the Renville County Sheriffs Office shows the aftermath of a car driving into a chasm in the road.

National

Minnesota Teen Drives Straight Into Gaping Chasm In The Ground, Survives

4:56pm July 05, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

A 16-year-old in southwestern Minnesota drove into an unexpected cleft that had opened up in the earth; he escaped safely by crawling out of the back window of his car.

Lava steams after it hit Hawaii's Green Lake, which had been filled with water hours before, on Saturday.

Lava From Kilauea Boils Away Freshwater Lake In Hawaii

7:15pm June 07, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

The lava entered Green Lake at 10 a.m. local time and had evaporated all the water by 3 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Soldiers remove debris from a partly collapsed municipal building, which was felled by a massive earthquake, in Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on Friday.

World News

Powerful Earthquake Off Southern Mexico Kills More Than 60 People

10:59pm September 08, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

The magnitude 8.1 quake hit off Mexico's southern coast, toppling houses in Chiapas state and causing buildings more than 600 miles away in Mexico City to sway violently.

Native westslope cutthroat trout swim in the north fork of the Flathead River in northwestern Montana. However, cutthroat trout populations are threatened by hybridization from mating with rainbow trout.

In The Rockies, Climate Change Spells Trouble For Cutthroat Trout

4:55am April 18, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

Native cutthroat trout, an iconic part of the mountain West, thrive in cold streams. But warmer weather has allowed invaders to move in — and it's killing off the cutthroats.

Oklahomans Feel Way More Earthquakes Than Californians; Now They Know Why

2:25pm April 23, 2015

by Joe Wertz

The U.S. Geological Survey issues a report Thursday on quakes linked to oil and gas drilling, but Oklahoma has said that the industry's wastewater disposal is the cause. What's unknown is a solution.

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