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Three mega-fires have burned in Oklahoma over last three years.
Unusually hot temperatures amplified the drought conditions that fueled the Rhea fire.
Grass and shrubland fires have increased by 100,288 acres per decade since t
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Rivers continue to swell in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. More than 10 inches of rain fell last week in Arkansas and Louisiana. While the individual weather pattern may allow for heavy rain, the heaviest of this precipitation is increasing as the world warms from climate change.
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With flooding in parts of the Mississippi Valley and a strong Pacific storm coming into the Northwest, we examined the trend in the number of days each year with heavy precipitation at 244 individual sites in the U.S.
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Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico are still recovering from last year’s devastating hurricane season, the most destructive in U.S. history. And it looks like another rough hurricane season is just eight weeks away.
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Weatherwise, it's already been a disastrous start to the year in the U.S., even before the tornado season ramps up and long before any direct hits from hurricanes.
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Exactly a year after more than 100 scientists gathered to discuss the connections between Arctic sea ice loss and midlatitude climate (see our coverage), the picture has become a bit clearer.
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The nation saw a preliminary total of 626 record highs and 253 daily record lows for March, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). As of April 3, this year had racked up 7171 record highs and 5700 record lows, according to NOAA/NCEI.
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Despite late-season snow and chill, spring is blossoming. According to the National Phenology Network, leaves are arriving early this year in the West, Southwest, Ohio Valley, and parts of the Mid-Atlantic.
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Flash flood watches were in effect on Wednesday from eastern Texas to parts of West Virginia, as a slow-moving front and upper-level low drenched the corridor.
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Mariposa County Sheriff Doug Binnewies on Tuesday told the Board of Supervisors the March 22 storm caused significant destruction countywide.
