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Cape Town is headed for unknown territory. After years of drought, the city of 4 million on the Western Cape of South Africa is facing an unprecedented disaster: Unless a major rainstorm occurs, officials are predicting that on or around April 12 the city’s water supply will run dry.
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California’s Sierra Nevada is plunging deeper into a warm, dry winter that shows little sign of a turnaround....
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University of Colorado hydrologist Keith Musselman's research in the southern Sierra Nevada shows how sensitive mountain snowpack is to global warming.
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....Climate scientists are finding that it’s not just warming temperatures that are causing the transition from snow to rain but also the altering intensity and variability of winter storms in the Sierra Nevada.
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Article excerptA week-long heatwave has floored New Zealand, breaking temperature records across the country and causing a nationwide shortage of fans.
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Winter Storm Kalani dumped heavy snow over parts of Michigan Monday and is now wringing out snow over parts of the East.Small-scale bands of heavy snow developed over parts of Lower Michigan Monday morning, producing accumulations of a half-foot or more.
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Tens of thousands of homes in the Australian state of Victoria were left without power on Sunday night as soaring temperatures crippled the state's electricity network.
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A January “warm wave”Wednesday was the mildest January day on record across parts of northern Europe. This includes the coastal German town of Cuxhaven, which reached 13.8°C (56.8°F).
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Less Arctic ice has been linked to more winter cold snapsExtreme positions of jet stream ‘mean more extreme weather’...Because the world is getting warmer, it’s getting colder, too.
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A new global hurricane model has been developed to estimate the long-term danger from rare, high-impact hurricanes in a changing climate....
