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Eastern U.S. braces for flooding while fire-damaged California city now faces mudslides
Read full article: Eastern U.S. braces for flooding while fire-damaged California city now faces mudslidesMuch of the Eastern U.S. braced for a renewed round of harsh, soggy weather on Saturday, with thunderstorms and melting snow combining to pound the Ohio and Tennessee valleys.
Heavy rain pummels slide-prone Southern California as crashes close roads in the Northwest
Read full article: Heavy rain pummels slide-prone Southern California as crashes close roads in the NorthwestHeavy rain is falling across Southern California, creating deluges of water and mud on roads at the bottom of hillsides left barren by recent wildfires.
It's not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?
Read full article: It's not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?Here's what experts say is turning Southern California's speedy wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration that is defying the calendar.
Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?
Read full article: Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change.
Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat wave
Read full article: Millions swelter under dangerous Fourth of July heat waveThe National Weather Service says that around 134 million people in the U.S. are under alerts as an extremely dangerous and record-breaking heat wave broils much of the country.
How a mix of natural and human-caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary's soggy mess
Read full article: How a mix of natural and human-caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary's soggy messScientists figure a natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation’s midsection and other factors cooked up Hilary’s record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada.