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Flash Flooding Prompts Water Rescues in Texas and Oklahoma

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Torrential rainfall caused significant flooding in northeast Texas Sunday morning. Water rescues and evacuations have been reported in some towns. Flooding has also occurred in eastern Oklahoma. 
Chris Dolce
08/14/2017

How climate change harms Lake Tahoe and how to stop it

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The warming climate is taking a toll on Lake Tahoe.According to a recent report the average daily minimum temperature in the Lake Tahoe basin is more than four degrees warmer than it was 100 years ago.
Benjamin Spillman
08/10/2017

As glaciers melt, "Land of Fire and Ice" watches its history seep away

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Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon in southeast Iceland is one of the country's top attractions. It is also a vivid warning of the glacier's predicted disappearance, a devastating consequence of climate change in a nation where these slow-moving rivers of ice are a cultural and social touchstone.
Thin Lei Win
08/10/2017

As glaciers melt, 'Land of Fire and Ice' watches its history seep away

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The tourists come in droves, aboard buses, bicycles and camper vans. They stand at the water's edge in awe of the icebergs floating before them - some as white as snow, others radiating a deep blue. They gasp when a chunk breaks off and topples into the chilly turquoise water.
Thin Lei Win
08/10/2017

Climate change likely triggered wildfires raging through Greenland, scientists warn

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Greenland is burning. Not all of it—this northern island is mostly ice—but a cluster of large wildfires is currently spreading through western Greenland, near the town of Kangerlussuaq, a base camp for researchers studying the island’s ice sheets.
Douglas Main
08/09/2017

Sacramento breaks a heat-wave record

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Downtown Sacramento on Monday broke its record for the number of consecutive days that temperatures topped out at 90 degrees or higher.
Cathy Locke
08/07/2017

New Orleans flood fact check: Did drainage system work as intended? Why some pumps were inactive

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The flooding in New Orleans on Saturday happened even though the drainage system was working as it was supposed to and didn’t have any unexpected failures, Sewerage & Water Board officials said Monday.
Jeff Adelson
08/08/2017

Homes Evacuated, Drivers Rescued as Flooding Swamps San Antonio

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Flooding triggered by heavy rainfall prompted water rescues and evacuations, sparked fires, closed roads and knocked out power to thousands in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday.
Ada Carr
08/07/2017

Tropical Storm Noru Lashing Central Japan With Heavy Rain and Strong Winds; More Than Two Feet Of Rain Reported

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Typhoon Noru made its final landfall Monday in central Japan, and, while now a tropical storm, continues to bring pockets of heavy rain, keeping the threat of flash flooding and landslides high. 
Jon Erdman, Brian Donegan and Chris Dolce
08/07/2017

Record Dry Streak Set in One of America's Notoriously Rainy Cities

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The Pacific Northwest has been an epicenter of weather extremes so far in 2017, and yet another record has been surpassed in the region this week.
Chris Dolce
08/09/2017
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