Weather

Jacqueline Arellano hikes through a wash she suspects migrants move though on their way north after crossing the border. She volunteers with Border Kindness , a group that is extending its services to desert areas around Yuma, Ariz., to assist lost or hurt migrants.

Desperate migrants are choosing to cross the border through dangerous U.S. desert

6:06am May 03, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

The humanitarian aid group Border Kindness leaves water and other aid in areas along the U.S.-Mexico border. They say people are ill-prepared for conditions on uncharted trails.

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In Upstate New York, spring is breathing new life into the woods

4:51pm April 27, 2023

by Emily Russell, NCPR

In upstate New York, spring is breathing new life into the woods. We go for a hike in the Adirondack Mountains.

In this photo provided by the National Park Service, a structure at Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, Calif., is covered in snow on Feb. 28.

Yosemite National Park will be closed for days due to flooding from melting snow

12:05pm April 26, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The Sierra Nevada region where the park is located experienced snowfall at over 300% than usual this past winter. Flooding may happen into May and June, the park said.

National

Huge Rocky Mountain snowfall provides drought relief but causes flood worries

5:07am April 25, 2023

by Ryan Heinsius

Rain after big fires last year had whole neighborhoods in Flagstaff, Ariz., sandbagging to protect homes. Near-record snowpack in the mountains are threatening to test larger scale flood controls.

A man walks out of a flooded Fort Lauderdale neighborhood on April 13. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall.

DeSantis seeks federal aid for Fort Lauderdale flood victims

2:11pm April 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall.

People view fields of flowers at Carrizo Plain National Monument, California's largest remaining grassland.

California's destructively wet winter has a bright side. You'll want to see it

9:16pm April 21, 2023

California's year of endless storms has seeded superblooms of wildflowers and provided a boost to some of the state's endangered ecosystems.

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A pickup bed liner is lodged into a tree after a tornado in Montebello, Calif., in March.

National

Tornado forecasts are more accurate. Why aren't they saving more lives?

5:12am April 20, 2023

by Julie Depenbrock

People in the paths of tornadoes — especially in rural areas without cell service — too often miss warnings that save lives.

National

A once vibrant California lake is back. Why that's not necessarily a good thing

5:12am April 20, 2023

by Soreath Hok

Tulare Lake used to be the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. A wet winter in California has revived the dried up lake — leaving whole communities under water.

Local officials issued evacuation orders for at least 20 homes as temperatures spiked and snowmelt coursed through the streets on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in Kaysville, Utah. A record-breaking snow season has raised fears of spring flooding throughout Utah as the weather in mountain regions warms.

National

Utah is in a state of emergency as melting snow is likely to cause months of flooding

4:47am April 19, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The state experienced record snowfall last winter, and as snow melts, it could cause natural disasters, such as avalanches and mudslides, Gov. Spencer Cox says.

Arts

Clouds remind me that magical things in life can come out of nowhere

6:01am April 17, 2023

by Tamar Charney

Much like clouds, we are all shifting and changing, solid one moment only to dissolve in the next. And who knows what form our lives will take next?