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Hurricane Maria poses a catastrophic threat to the Caribbean
Maria is expected to grow stronger as it heads toward the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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Florida’s best defense against natural disasters is nature
The key to fighting hurricanes? Just act natural.
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Hurricane Irma’s power leaves Florida powerless
A last-minute turn inland spared the state even more damaging storm surge, but the electric grid took a lashing.
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Hurricane Irma is a monster storm. Here’s where it might be headed.
The storm is “starting to give me that uncomfortable feeling in my gut,” one meteorologist wrote.
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The U.S. should go Dutch to avoid building another Houston
Americans focus more on recovering from floods brought on by disasters like Harvey than planning for them.
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Hurricane Harvey brings some of the heaviest downpours anyone has ever seen
A year's worth of rain could fall on parts of Texas this week.
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Hurricane Harvey aims for the Texas fracking boom’s favorite port
Corpus Christi’s oil infrastructure has grown tremendously over the past decade.
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A Texas-size flood threatens the Gulf Coast, and we’re so not ready
As much as 40 inches of rain could hit parts of Texas and Louisiana. Meteorologists are getting worried.
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Greenland, the land of ice and snow, is burning
A wildfire like this is so unusual in Greenland that it caught experts off guard.
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Death Valley had the hottest month ever measured on Earth
Unusually hot desert nights contributed to what may well be a new planet record.