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The rainfall that drove catastrophic flooding in Pakistan this summer — killing more than 1,500 people, impacting 33 million people, and submerging about one-third of the country — was made worse by climate change, according to an analysis from
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A massive cyclone hammered northwestern Alaska over the weekend, sweeping north through the Bering Strait and flooding coastal communities following the worst storm in at least 50 years.
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Hurricane Fiona dumped catastrophic flooding on Puerto Rico over the weekend, knocking out the entire island's electrical grid and dropping as much as 30 inches of rain.
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Hurricane Fiona's destruction across the Caribbean continues to mount as the now-Category 3 hurricane barrels toward the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas after pummeling the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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Extreme heat across the country is disrupting education as high temperatures force schools without sufficient ventilation or air conditioning to cancel classes or send students home early.
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Jackson, Mississippi, has been flooded by heavy rain, but its residents have no potable running water, and not enough water pressure to fight fires or even flush toilets.
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A third of Pakistan — a land mass about the size of Colorado and home to about 220 million people — is underwater, the country's climate change minister, Sherry Rehman said Monday.
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More than 120 trillion tons of Greenland's ice is doomed to melt because of climate change and will raise global average sea levels by at least 10 inches, new research published in
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As a massive heatwave spreads across California and the Western U.S., officials are warning of both rolling blackouts and increased wildfire activity.
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Climate Signals Summary: Elderly people are especially vulnerable to wildfires both because of decreased mobility and geographic location, the LA Times reports.
