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![Dry farm land in the Gila River Valley near Kinter, AZ.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HrtssD3tfTgzowa3NhSwTE-320-80.jpg)
Will El Niño end the Southwest's megadrought?
By Kelly Oakes published
El Niño is set to collide with a megadrought in the Southwest. Will the pattern of wet, warmer weather in the Pacific help end the drought?
![Three images of red lightning bolts sprouting upward like trees out of a dark storm cloud](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N3pNP9NPi4vJnG6i2gUSdg-320-80.jpg)
Photographer captures rare 'gigantic jets' of upside-down lightning blasting out of Atlantic hurricane
By Brandon Specktor published
Gigantic jets, which are 50 times more powerful than typical lightning bolts and can reach the edge of space, were seen erupting out of Hurricane Franklin near Puerto Rico.
![Hurricane Idalia hits Florida's Big Bend region.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2ePNEkDew5UmGPtjHencdJ-320-80.jpg)
A blue supermoon and soaring ocean temperatures created a perfect storm for Hurricane Idalia
By Sascha Pare published
The storm intensified overnight and made landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida, on the morning of Aug. 30, supporting predictions that soaring sea temperatures would boost storms and hurricanes this year.
![a map of Maui with Lahaina highlighted y a white box. A majority of the town is covered in flames.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Pr2AAfeDwQUtrtiBDVYpF5-320-80.jpg)
Hawaii satellite photo shows devastation wildfires inflicted on Maui
By Harry Baker published
The Landsat 8 satellite captured the deadly flames that burned through the town of Lahaina in Hawaii and killed at least 99 people.
![A man stannds on a road with shining silver clouds in the dark sky above](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XjZwNXZZorBr5WGy9c2iQV-320-80.jpg)
Where are the noctilucent clouds we were promised? The sun might be to blame.
By Harry Baker published
Photographers hoping to capture stunning "night-shining" clouds have been left frustrated this year. The fast-approaching solar maximum may be to blame.
![Lightning crackles in the sky above the U.K. in first images from Europe's new weather satellite.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tfpn57Zp4SuHXGMeDAAdkm-320-80.gif)
Watch thousands of lightning bolts crackle over Europe in stunning new satellite video
By Tereza Pultarova published
Stunning first videos from a new space-borne instrument designed to improve the monitoring of thunderstorms show the crackle of lightning over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean.
![Hundreds of lightning bolts illuminate the night sky during thunderstorm](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zGwMxtaHBeMaDRCSZWGaFB-320-80.jpg)
Electrifying time-lapse image captures 100 lightning bolts torching the sky over Turkey
By Harry Baker published
The photographer combined individual images collected over a 50-minute period during an intense thunderstorm in Turkey.
![Big cloud of smoke surrounding trees and buildings](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bPiiYLrgCiUPBRtjoVRM9Z-320-80.jpg)
Canadian wildfire smoke detected thousands of miles away in Norway
By Kiley Price published
Wildfire smoke from Canada has hit Norway, which is more than 3,000 miles from the North American country.
![photo shows the empire state building as viewed from a nearby skyscraper; the building and those nearby are surrounded by a dense cloud of yellow-orange smog made up of wildfire smoke](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xFM5Hctrfbt6jVeaxPWN4o-320-80.jpg)
NYC's air quality ranked worst of any major city on Wednesday. With climate change, will it happen again?
By Rebecca Sohn published
New York City's normally good air quality rating recently plummeted to the worst of any major city in the world, as wildfire smoke drifted over the city from Canada.
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