Extensive early warnings and years of adaptation made the floods less deadly than they otherwise might have been.
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He survived the water, but not the flood
Climate-driven flooding destroyed Tony Calhoun’s home in 2022. But as the water receded, his despair only grew. Now, his family hopes to bring attention to the mental health toll of extreme weather.
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Debby left thousands in the dark, and threats of more flooding
The weather system previously known as Hurricane Debby was not quite done with parts of the U.S. Sunday as flood warnings remained in effect in North Carolina and thousands were without power in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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We asked, you answered: How do you stay cool without air conditioning?
How do you cool down without air conditioning? Our readers respond with clever hacks involving towels, ice packs — anc pickle.
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Soda cans are exploding on Southwest flights due to sky-high temperatures
The extreme heat searing the U.S. this summer is having an unexpected consequence thousands of feet in the air: It’s causing some beverage cans on Southwest Airlines flights to burst when opened.
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Drinks to keep you cool as the world heats up
Given all the heavy news swirling around these past few weeks, we wanted to try to bring the temperature down a little. So here it is: drinks to help you cool down.
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Border town firefighters scramble to save migrants from extreme summer heat
Over two hot days, the Sunland Park Fire Department responded to 10 calls to help migrants overcome by heat illness. Firefighters say heat emergencies are increasingly common along the border.
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Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj
Collective prayers and struggles are core to Islam’s Hajj, but heat took a toll this year: Hundreds died and thousands sought treatment for heat exhaustion.
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Heat and snowfall, rain and wildfires. It’s a week of extreme weather in the U.S
As New England sweated through a record heat wave, Montana got rare late-June snow. Firefighters are battling wildfires out West, while forecasters eye another possible tropical storm in the Atlantic.
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National security experts warn that extreme weather threatens elections this year
National security professionals are warning that there’s a growing threat to global elections — one that is on par with disinformation, foreign interference and even the threat of political violence.