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Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'
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Earth from spaceStunning cloud vortices swirl off 6 different Atlantic islands
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Thunderstorm 'Ring of fire' erupts around 'heat dome' and Tropical Storm Andrea named in the Atlantic
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Massive 'heat dome' is bringing 'extremely dangerous' temperatures to the eastern half of the US
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OpinionIn 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies — and it's been a violent year
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Earth from spaceGiant 'Saharan dust' plume swirls around Africa a week before it hit Florida
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Tropical storm Alvin will form in next 48 hours, forecasters say — kicking off this year's Pacific hurricane season
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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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A 'wobble' in the moon's orbit could result in record flooding in the 2030s, new study finds
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'Ballooning' spiders leave behind sea of silk after flood in Australia
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Steaming river of black sludge floods through Arizona
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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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Conspiracy theory that Hurricane Milton was 'engineered' explained by psychologists
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Hurricane Milton is tied for the fastest-forming Category 5 hurricane on record. It could become the new normal.
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Here's why storm surge during hurricanes can be so catastrophic
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How strong can hurricanes get?
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Hurricane season 2024: How long it lasts and what to expect
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Hurricane Milton: Jaw-dropping images taken from space show the storm rapidly intensifying as it approaches Florida
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'This is the most impactful storm we have faced': 'Major' storm Hurricane Milton to make landfall as Florida reels from Helene
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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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Why does lightning zigzag?
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Rare, 'rule-breaking' quasicrystal found in chunk of 'fossilized' lightning
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