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The Deadliest Weather of 2018 May Surprise You

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Extreme heat was the deadliest weather in 2018 with 108 lives lost, according to statistics recently released by NOAA.
Chris Dolce
04/23/2019

SA cities ‘ill-prepared for harsh weather, climate change’

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South Africa’s major cities are “ill-prepared” to deal with harsh weather consequences as a result of them not being able to keep up with sustainable urbanisation – and this is evidenced by the death toll and destruction after the past few days’ rainfall in various centres around the country, acc
Chisom Jenniffer Okoye
04/24/2019

One of Alaska’s warmest springs on record is causing a dangerous thaw

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Alaska is in the midst of one of the warmest springs the state has ever experienced — a transformation that has disrupted livelihoods and cost lives.
Sarah Kaplan
04/19/2019

99.9999% chance humans are causing global warming, and other science-based facts on climate change for Earth Day

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First among them, there's no longer any question that rising temperatures and increasingly chaotic weather are the work of humanity. There's a 99.9999% chance that humans are the cause of global warming, a February study reported.
Doyle Rice and Elizabeth Weise
04/21/2019

Extreme weather continues to batter USA this year: Is global warming to blame?

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Tornadoes in the South, floods and snow in the Midwest, crazy heat in Alaska. What's going on with the extreme weather this year?
Doyle Rice
04/15/2019

Alaska Rivers Smash Records for Earliest Spring Ice Breakup

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Two Alaskan rivers have smashed records for their earliest spring ice breakup in about 100 years of records after recent mild and record-breaking temperatures.
Chris Dolce
04/15/2019

‘I Don’t Want to Stay Here’: Half a Million Live in Flood Zones, and the Government Is Paying

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When a deadly rainstorm unloaded on Houston in 2016, Sharobin White’s apartment complex flooded in up to six feet of water. She sent her toddler and 6-year-old to safety on an air mattress, but her family lost nearly everything, including their car.
Sarah Mervosh
04/11/2019

March Temperatures in Alaska: 20 Degrees Hotter Than Usual

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By local standards, Alaska has been sweltering this spring. Temperature records have been set across the state, including in Kotzebue, where the thermometer reached 42 degrees Fahrenheit on the last day of March — 30 degrees above normal.
Henry Fountain
04/09/2019

Factbox: Cyclone Idai's death toll stands at 847, cholera cases rise

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Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
04/08/2019

Flooding In Iran Kills At Least 70, Forces Evacuation Of Thousands

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Flooding in Iran has killed at least 70 people, and forced the mass evacuation of thousands, as heavy rain continues to fall on much of the country.
Shannon Van Sant
04/07/2019
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