Weather

South Asia's heat wave leaves a billion people in danger of related health problems

6:34am May 03, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Some schools have closed early for summer. Hospitals are on watch for heat stroke. South Asia is already hard-hit by climate change. Summer's early arrival this year also threatens the grain harvest.

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Chris Castillo throws a freshly cut log as he and his cousins clear a wireline along a family member's home in Las Vegas, N.M., on Monday. Wind-whipped flames are marching across more of New Mexico's tinder-dry mountainsides, forcing the evacuation of are

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As a wildfire closes in, New Mexico residents prepare to flee

10:08pm May 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Firefighting crews were battling to keep the fire in northern New Mexico, the largest fire burning in the U.S., from making another run across the state's drought-parched landscape.

This photo taken on April 25 shows the top of Lake Mead drinking water Intake No. 1 above the surface level of the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam. The intake is the uppermost of three in the deep, drought-stricken lake that provides Las Vegas

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A barrel containing a body was exposed as the level of Nevada's Lake Mead drops

8:57pm May 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Police predict that as the water level drops because of drought, more bodies will be found.

Firefighters search what's left of John's Animal World on Saturday in Andover, Kan., after a tornado hit the area.

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A tornado in Kansas injured several people and damaged multiple buildings

9:51pm April 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

In addition to wreckage from the tornado itself, three meteorology students traveling back from storm chasing in Kansas were killed in a crash. The twister knocked out power for over 15,000 people.

World News

Dozens still missing in wake of catastrophic South Africa floods

4:28pm April 21, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Eligon of The New York Times about the catastrophic flooding in Durban, South Africa.

A fast-moving storm dropped over a foot of snow in some areas of New York, including in Binghamton, where the National Weather Service reported a record snowfall.

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A late spring storm leaves thousands in the Northeast in the dark

5:27pm April 19, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Some local officials say it could be some time before power is restored in hard-hit Broome County, New York.

Philadelphia firefighters walk through a flooded neighborhood on Aug. 4, 2020, after Tropical Storm Isaias moved through.

Science

Climate change fueled extreme rainfall during the record 2020 hurricane reason

4:16pm April 19, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

Human-induced climate change fueled one of the most active hurricane seasons on record in 2020, with rainfall totals up to 10% higher than in the pre-industrial era, according to a new study.

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North Dakota is digging out from a historic Spring blizzard

5:20am April 19, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

That snowfall could offer some reprieve to farmers and ranchers who have been struggling through a punishing drought. Many of them have been teetering on bankruptcy.

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Why is Texas facing so many extreme weather events?

8:06am April 17, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to environmental reporter Amal Ahmed about extreme weather in Texas.

More than 3 months after the Marshall Fire, clean up is only beginning near Louisville, Colo.

After a rough year, new wildfire warnings have Boulder, Colorado on edge

5:38pm April 14, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

Boulder, Colorado is again under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire danger as powerful winds like those that fanned a destructive blaze in December return to the drought stricken region.