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Death Valley's 'world's hottest temperature' record may be due to a human error
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Bizarre, UFO-like halo of red light appears over small Italian town — for the second time in 3 years
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Earth from spaceTwin tornadoes tear perfectly parallel tracks through Mississippi during deadly 'superstorm'
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Why do European cities have milder winters than those in North America, despite being at the same latitude?
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Watch Air Force fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa as experts warn 'storm of the century' will be catastrophic for Jamaica
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'Near stationary' Tropical Storm Melissa is moving slower than a person walking — and it may bring deadly flash floods to the Caribbean
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Tropical Storm Melissa puts Caribbean's most flood-vulnerable places at risk
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OPINIONIn disasters like the Texas floods, warning people of danger isn't so simple
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Texas flood devastation revealed in before-and-after satellite images
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Why were the Texas flash floods so catastrophic?
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1-in-1,000-year flood about to hit central US
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'Stay off the roads': Winter storm warning as deadly floods strike Kentucky
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El Niño could unleash several '10-year flood events' this winter in cities such as Seattle and San Diego
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Rare lake forms in Death Valley
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'Monsoon on steroids' has flooded vast swaths of Pakistan, disturbing satellite images show
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Satellite images show extreme flooding in New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida
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Watch Air Force fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa as experts warn 'storm of the century' will be catastrophic for Jamaica
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Tropical Storm Melissa puts Caribbean's most flood-vulnerable places at risk
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'A serious threat': China braces as Super Typhoon Ragasa, this year's strongest storm, nears with winds of up to 177 mph
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Category 4 Hurricane Kiko is heading for Hawaii — but it will weaken before it gets there, forecasters say
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'Now is the time': Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale
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Watch Hurricane Erin reach Category 5 strength in a blaze of lightning
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Hurricane Erin could unleash 100-foot waves across the East Coast this week, forecasters warn
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'Above normal' conditions could bring as many as 10 hurricanes to the US this summer
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La Niña is dead — what that means for this year's hurricanes and weather
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Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 years burn an area larger than Paris
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Grand Canyon Dragon wildfire burns down historic lodge and triggers toxic gas leak
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'We are creating the fire equivalent of an ice age': Humans have plunged Earth into the 'Pyrocene'
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What's in pink fire retardant being dropped on LA, and is it dangerous?
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Stark 'drought' maps reveal just why wildfires have blazed through Los Angeles
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Giant wildfires can create their own weather. Here's how.
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'Wall of flames' from out-of-control Canadian wildfire devastates town of Jasper and national park
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Canadian wildfire smoke detected thousands of miles away in Norway
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NYC's air quality ranked worst of any major city on Wednesday. With climate change, will it happen again?
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