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In the American West, wildfire comes for the suburbs
Despite decades of warnings, neighborhoods in Reno and Spokane have sprawled ever closer to a hotter, drier wilderness.
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![A collage of national park landscapes in Utah, a car, the highway, a road map, wind turbines, and a prescribed burn landscape]()
![A collage of national park landscapes in Utah, a car, the highway, a road map, wind turbines, and a prescribed burn landscape]()
The great American road trip is in peril
Along my family's 9,000-mile trip this summer, our days whiplashed between grandeur and extreme weather crises.
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Even meteorologists are baffled by the Midwestern tornado season
More than 200 tornadoes have hit Illinois this year. Here's how the twisters form, and how climate change might be influencing them.
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Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’
Firefighters describe being pushed to limit by a brutal wildfire season, with key leadership roles going unfilled.
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Solar buoyed Europe’s grid amid record-breaking heat and drought this summer
The season of extreme weather holds lessons for how the continent can climate-proof its energy systems.
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![Collage of yellow circles containing a West Nile virus micrograph on top of a photo of a lake with low water levels]()
![Collage of yellow circles containing a West Nile virus micrograph on top of a photo of a lake with low water levels]()
In a drier world, some infectious diseases are unexpectedly thriving
Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works.
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![Residents inspect the damage amid debris and destroyed homes a day after a tornado ripped through Menasha, Wisconsin, on July 28, 2026.]()
![Residents inspect the damage amid debris and destroyed homes a day after a tornado ripped through Menasha, Wisconsin, on July 28, 2026.]()
Extreme weather is changing how Americans see the world
A Gallup survey finds that disaster victims are more likely to feel that the future is out of their hands.
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![A construction worker in a bright yellow shirt wearing a white work helmet with a towel underneath takes a drink of an electrolyte beverage in the oppressive summer heat.]()
![A construction worker in a bright yellow shirt wearing a white work helmet with a towel underneath takes a drink of an electrolyte beverage in the oppressive summer heat.]()
Congress may kill the federal heat rule before OSHA can
The Biden-era heat safety rule was already languishing. Now, in a summer of record-breaking heat, a congressional committee has moved to block it entirely. What gives?
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As Montana warms, Missoula’s first heat map reveals hidden hotspots
The mapping effort is uncovering unexpected patterns, with some undeveloped and heavily forested areas holding more heat than researchers anticipated.
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Scientists define a new category of heat wave: ‘Snow eaters’
Unseasonably warm weather that rapidly melts snowpack is becoming more widespread in the U.S. West and happening earlier in the year.
