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A city in Pakistan may have just endured the hottest April temperature ever observed on Earth

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On Monday, a city in the southern part of Pakistan soared to 122.4 degrees (50.2 Celsius). This might just be the highest temperature ever reliably measured on the planet during April.
Jason Samenow
05/01/2018

Arizona's Tinder Fire Advances as Evacuees Wait for Updates

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A wildfire burning in north-central Arizona continued its rapid growth on Tuesday, and residents eagerly awaited updates on which homes burned and which were spared.
Sean Breslin
05/01/2018

Epic deluge in Hawaii may have broken all-time U.S. rainfall record, with 4 feet in 24 hours

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A devastating flash flood event in mid-April caused widespread damage on the lush Hawaiian island of Kauai. Now comes word that during the 24-hour period between April 14 and 15, a staggering 49.69 inches of rain fell at a rain gauge about 1 mile west of Hanalei.
Andrew Freedman
04/26/2018

No respite from heat; Bundi hottest at 46.5 degrees Celsius

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There was no respite from the heat wave conditions across the state for the third consecutive day on Sunday. Be it early morning or afternoon, majority of places witnessed a rise in their minimum and maximum temperatures.
04/30/2018

A Hawaiian island got about 50 inches of rain in 24 hours. Scientists warn it's a sign of the future

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Since the 1940s, the Hawaiian island of Kauai has endured two tsunamis and two hurricanes, but locals say they have never experienced anything like the thunderstorm that drenched the island this month.
Heidi Chang
04/28/2018

Global temperatures have dropped since 2016. Here’s why that’s normal.

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It was only two years ago that a new record-warm global temperature was set, but things have already cooled off significantly. Temperature anomalies hit record peaks in 2016 but have been sliding since then.
Matt Rogers
04/26/2018

Double the average: Snowiest winter on record in Billings, Montana

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The winter of 2017/18 will go down in the record books as the snowiest on record in Billings, Montana's largest city.
Matti K
04/24/2018

London has warmest April day in nearly 70 years, as enormous heat dome consumes Europe

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An enormous heat dome, parked over Germany, has covered a large part of the continent in record or near-record warmth.High temperatures in the 70s and 80s (roughly 20 to 30 Celsius) were widespread Thursday.
Jason Samenow
04/19/2018

Montana Flooding Update: Passing Driver Saves Trapped Woman in Dramatic Rescue; Gov. Steve Bullock Declares Emergency

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Snowmelt flooding has been reported in parts of northern Montana, leading to evacuations.Facebook video shows the dramatic rescue of a 61-year-old woman whose vehicle was nearly submerged.Some local farmers say they have never seen flooding this bad in their lives
04/20/2018

In the coastal communities near the Bering Strait, a winter unlike the rest

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Typically, sea ice forms in protected waters of the southern Chukchi and northern Bering seas during October. Freeze-up in 2017/18 was exceptionally late, and in the Bering Strait, ice moved in and out of the region repeatedly. Communities were significantly impacted....
International Arctic Research Center
04/16/2018
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