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'A Hotter Future That's Hard to Imagine': Super-Charged by Climate Crisis, New Study Warns of 'Killer Heat' Set to Overtake US
Eduardo Velev cools off in the spray of a fire hydrant during a heatwave on July 1, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An excessive heat warning has been issued in Philadelphia and along the East Coast as hot and humid weather hits the region this week. (Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)
Heavy Rainfall Barry's Real Danger—and Climate Crisis is to Blame
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Infrared captures Hurricane Barry on Saturday morning ahead of making landfall. Barry was downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting the Louisiana coast.
"When the air is warmer, it can hold more water vapor. So that when a storm moves through an area that has warmer, wetter air, there's more of a source for the precipitation."
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Days Before Hurricane Expected to Hit New Orleans, City Endures 10 Inches of Rain as Mississippi River Swells
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Annunciation Street in New Orleans was flooded Wednesday morning.
"Overlapping extreme-weather events aren't just a New Orleans problem."
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Ahead of Trump 'Utter Fantasy' Speech on Environmental Record, DC Flooding Sparks Warnings on Danger of Climate Inaction
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A park bench sits under water in East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 2019, after a storm caused flooding.
"We don't have time for more lies. We must address the climate crisis now,"...
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After Data Shows Last Month Was Hottest June on Record, Sanders Says Maybe Now Is 'Time to Start Treating This Like a Crisis and Not a Hoax'
A collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost along Drew Point, Alaska.
'Canary in the Coal Mine': Experts Warn of Climate Tipping Point as Scientists Find Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Ahead of Schedule
Over a Million Forced to Evacuate as 'Potentially Catastrophic' Cyclone Fani Makes Landfall in India
'Call It a Crisis': New Report Details Failure of Cable and Network Outlets to Accurately Describe Climate Emergency
People stand on top of a broken bridge
Latest 'Wake-Up Call' of Climate Emergency as Historic Cyclone Hits Still Reeling Mozambique
The now-closed Crystal River 3 Nuclear Power Plant in Florida.
Watchdog Sounds Alarm Over Regulatory Capture as New Reporting Shows Nuclear Plants Unprepared for Climate Crisis
Puerto Ricans receive food and water,
Researchers Tie Climate Crisis to Hurricane Maria's Record-Breaking Rainfall Over Puerto Rico
The Yukon River winds through western interior Alaska in early April. (Photo: UAF/Todd Paris)
Researchers Warn Arctic Has Entered 'Unprecedented State' That Threatens Global Climate Stability
Flooding at Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
'State of Emergency': Pine Ridge Reservation Flooding Exposes Racial Divide in Climate Crisis
wildfire
'The Trend Is Unmistakable': New Analysis Shows Heat Records Broken Twice as Often as Cold Ones
The Nebraska National Guard prepares to carry out an air rescue near Arlington.
'Off the Charts': Catastrophic Flooding Wallops Midwest
Beira, Mozambique
'Everything Is Destroyed': 90% of Mozambique Port City Wrecked by Tropical Cyclone Idai

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