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‘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

30 Die Fighting Forest Fire in China

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A forest fire in southwestern China turned deadly over the weekend when winds shifted unexpectedly, trapping firefighters and local officials in a maelstrom.
Steven Lee Myers
04/01/2019

Climate Change Unleashes Giant Wave of Landslides on Canadian Island

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As temperatures climb in the Arctic, the landscape is becoming unsettled. Literally.
Brian Kahn
04/02/2019

Canada is warming at twice the global rate, report says

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Canada is warming up faster than the rest of the world, according to a report commissioned by the Canadian Environment and Climate Change Department.
Amir Vera
04/02/2019

Alaska bakes under heat wave linked to climate change

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Alaska residents accustomed to subzero temperatures are experiencing a heat wave of sorts that is shattering records, with the thermometer jumping to more than 30 degrees Fahrenheit (16.7 Celsius) above normal in some regions.
Jocelyne Zablit
03/30/2019

Western Arctic Warm Wave Is Smashing Early-Spring Records

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A tenacious weather pattern that led to the loss of great chunks of Bering Sea ice in February is now pushing ever-warmer air well into the Arctic. The result is a phenomenally strong and prolonged “warm wave” that’s vanquishing monthly temperature records across northwest Alaska.
Bob Henson
03/28/2019

Wildfires blaze across unseasonably hot, dry Portugal

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Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters struggled on Wednesday to contain wildfires which erupted far earlier in the season than usual because of unexpectedly hot and windy weather.
Catarina Demony
03/27/2019
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