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New England Storm Leaves Hundreds of Thousands Without Power; Officials Monitor New Hampshire Dam as Water Levels Slowly Fall

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Crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers who have been in the dark for more than a day after a coastal storm clobbered New England.
Sean Breslin
10/31/2017

Jordan water crisis worsens as Mideast tensions slow action

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From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley below, reduced from a once important water source to a sluggish trickle overgrown with vegetation.
Karin Laub
10/31/2017

Climate change fueling disasters, disease in ‘potentially irreversible’ ways, report warns

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Climate change significantly imperils public health globally, according to a new report that chronicles the many hazards and symptoms already being seen. The authors describe its manifestations as “unequivocal and potentially irreversible.”
Ben Guarino and Brady Dennis
10/30/2017

Northeast Coastal Storm Knocks Out Power to 1 Million; Schools Closed in New England

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More than a million people in the Northeast lost power after a powerful coastal storm packing winds up to 80 mph hit the region overnight. 
Eric Zerkel and Sean Breslin
10/30/2017

As typhoons wreak greater havoc, what is the link to climate change?

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It has been a wild and wet 2017. As Typhoon Hato battered Hong Kong and Macau in August, grounding flights and killing 10 people, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria unleashed hell on the Americas, causing hundreds of deaths....
Ernest Kao
10/29/2017

Extreme heat may lead to record number of home runs World Series

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Record heat may partly be to blame for the bizarre, historic, and exciting second game of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros on Wednesday night. 
Andrew Freedman
10/26/2017

Two California Locations Tied the U.S. Record for the Hottest Temperature So Late in the Year Tuesday

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Southern California endured a brutal autumn heat wave earlier this week, which sent temperatures into the triple digits in a number of locations.
Brian Donegan
10/25/2017

Rising Seas Are Flooding Virginia’s Naval Base, and There’s No Plan to Fix It

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The one-story brick firehouse at Naval Station Norfolk sits pinched between a tidal inlet and Willoughby Bay. The station houses the first responders to any emergency at the neighboring airfield. Yet when a big storm hits or the tides surge, the land surrounding it floods.
Nicholas Kusnetz
10/25/2017

Utahns are feeling more extreme summer heat due to climate change, study says

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Most Americans — and Utahns — face more days of extreme heat each summer than they did a few decades ago, according to a study that highlights the health effects of that trend.
Luke Ramseth
10/25/2017

How Climate Change Is Playing Havoc With Olive Oil (and Farmers)

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It was in June, the time of year when the first olives normally burst from their blossoms in the mild warmth of early summer, when Irene Guidobaldi walked through her groves in blistering heat and watched in horror as the flowers on her trees began to wither and fall.
Somini Sengupta
10/24/2017
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