Weather

Emergency personnel arrive to evacuate people at a mass shelter, on Sept. 2, 2021 in Independence, La. The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse for Hurricane Ida has bee

National

The owner of nursing homes whose residents suffered during Hurricane Ida is arrested

4:22pm June 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse as Hurricane Ida approached last year was arrested on Wednesday.

Minerva Contreras, 44, connects climate change to her health because she has a lung problem that makes it harder to breathe on hot days. Keeping her house near Bakersfield, Calif., cool costs as much as $800 a month in the summer.

Americans connect extreme heat and climate change to their health, a survey finds

8:05am June 22, 2022

by Molly Peterson

A new NPR survey shows 11% of Americans have experienced extreme heat in the past five years and had health problems stemming from a lack of air conditioning at home.

Queue Listen Now

Environment

A New Mexico firewatcher describes watching his world burn

5:03am June 20, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with a Forest Service fire lookout who's watching New Mexico's largest ever wildfire and grieving the landscape he knows and loves.

The northern half of Yellowstone National Park may remain closed the rest of the year

8:01am June 18, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Catastrophic damage by flooding earlier this week in Yellowstone National Park likely means that the northern half of the park will remain closed the rest of the year.

A child plays in a fountain in the warm weather in London, Friday, June 17, 2022. A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is giving much of western Europe its first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures forecast to top

World News

Europe wilts under early heat wave from Med to North Sea

7:19am June 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on April 28 in Washington, DC.

Flight cancelled? Pete Buttigieg is telling airlines to step up their game

9:09pm June 17, 2022

by David Schaper

The transportation secretary is one of the many travelers who had their flights cancelled in recent days. His happened the day after he met with airline CEOs about their operational struggles.

National

Texas has been facing unusually early hot weather — and there's more heat ahead

4:43pm June 16, 2022

by Jill Ament

As a heatwave grips the middle third of the country, Texas residents have been dealing with triple-digit heat for nearly two weeks. That's unusual for June and forecasters say there's more to come.

A washed out bridge shown along the Yellowstone River Wednesday, June 15, 2022, near Gardiner, Mont.

Yellowstone's northern half is unlikely to reopen this summer due to severe flooding

8:35pm June 15, 2022

by Austin Cope

Yellowstone National Park prepares for limited reopening as surrounding communities grapple with flood damage

National

Yellowstone backpacker on community that sheltered him during flooding

4:43pm June 15, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Brendan Phillips, a backpacker who was stranded due to the flooding that slammed Yellowstone National Park.

High water levels in the Lamar River eroding the Northeast Entrance Road.

Yellowstone-area floods strand visitors and residents, prompt evacuations

5:13pm June 14, 2022

"Unprecedented" floods wash out bridges, basements, and roads, close hospital