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Arizona Will Work Out A Colorado River Drought Plan

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Arizona water officials committed Thursday to reach a multi-state plan by the end of the year to stave off Colorado River water shortages, or at least lessen the impact.
06/29/2018

When You Can’t Find Shelter From the Heat

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Last year was the third hottest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
Paul Chakalian
06/18/2018

Upper Peninsula Flooding June 2018

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A Minimum Temperature of 42.6 °C (108.7 °F) in Oman on June 26, 2018: a New World Record?

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ou may think it’s been hot where you are, but the coastal city of Quriyat (Qurayyat) in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman established a singularly unenviable heat mark on Tuesday: a 24-hour low temperature of 42.6°C (108.7°F), including the period from local midnight to midnight.
Dr. Jeff Masters
06/27/2018

A Massive Wildfire Is Burning Near Manchester in the United Kingdom

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The bucolic countryside surrounding Manchester has been turned into a fiery inferno. The Saddleworth Moor fire erupted on Sunday night as hot, dry weather fanned the flames across the fields and peatlands.
Brian Kahn
06/27/2018

A huge stretch of the Arctic Ocean is rapidly turning into the Atlantic. That’s not a good sign

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Scientists studying one of the fastest-warming regions of the global ocean say changes in this region are so sudden and vast that in effect, it will soon be another limb of the Atlantic Ocean, rather than a characteristically icy Arctic sea.
Chris Mooney
06/26/2018

Deadly floods and landslides destroy hundreds of homes, Vietnam

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Heavy rains caused deadly flash floods and landslides in northern Vietnam over the weekend, claiming lives of at least 7 people and leaving 12 missing.
06/25/2018

Immense rains are causing more flash flooding, and experts say it’s getting worse

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Experts say the immense rains — some spawned by tropical ocean waters, others by once-routine thunderstorms — are the product of long-rising air temperatures and an increase in the sheer size of the storms.
Tim Craig and Angela Fritz
06/24/2018

Warming drives spread of toxic algae in US, researchers say

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The words blasted to cellphones around Oregon’s capital city were ominous: “Civil emergency . prepare for action.”Within half an hour, a second official alert clarified the subject wasn’t impending violence but toxins from an algae bloom, detected in Salem’s water supply.
Tom James
06/22/2018

Texas region with ‘tender age’ shelters face disaster declaration with torrential rains, flooding

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Flash flood warnings have been issued in Hidalgo County, southwest Texas.
Kyla Mandel
06/22/2018
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