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News Articles: weather

Firefighters battle the Caldor Fire this month along Highway 89 west of Lake Tahoe in California.

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  • Climate

How A Blistering Housing Market Could Be Making Wildfires Even More Dangerous

California homes are burning. Why are they still increasing in value in regions prone to fire?

September 14, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
Western wildfires have given Boise, Idaho, one of its smokiest summers on record. President Biden visited the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise on Monday.

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  • National

Biden Tours Western Fire Center And Tells Firefighters, 'You Saved Lake Tahoe'

The president viewed the wildfire ravaged West Monday, to renew warnings about climate change its role in extreme weather and fire events.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
The city of Galliano, La. is still recovering after Hurricane Ida ripped through the southeastern part of the state on August 29. In addition to the destruction, more than 100,000 homes and businesses are still without power.

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  • Weather

Two Weeks After Hurricane Ida, Tens Of Thousands in Louisiana Are Still Without Power

Ida's ferocious 150 mph winds decimated parts of Louisiana's electrical grid. At the height, more than a million homes and businesses were without power. The remaining 117,000+ are having to make do.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Frank Morris
A huge swath of the Gulf Coast is under a "moderate" flash flood risk for the next three days, the NWS warns, as Tropical Storm Nicholas approaches.

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  • Weather

People On The Texas Gulf Coast Brace For Tropical Storm Nicholas

Nicholas could strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall Monday. The storm will trigger "considerable flash and urban flooding," the National Hurricane Center says.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
The projected path of Tropical Storm Nicholas.

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  • Weather

Tropical Storm Nicholas Heads Toward Texas And Louisiana

Heavy rain could start late Sunday and run through at least Tuesday, causing flooding, high winds and deadly storm surge.

September 12, 2021
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
A webcam still showing blizzard conditions at Summit Station, a weather research station at Greenland's highest point. In August, the station recorded rain for the first time ever.

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  • Weather

Greenland Pummeled By Snow One Month After Its Summit Saw Rain For The First Time

The remnants of Hurricane Larry, this season's longest-lasting storm, brought 100-mph gusts and feet of snow to some places in Greenland as its summer of record-breaking warmth came to a close.

September 12, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Peter Hemans spent the night at New Jersey's Hackensack Middle School, where he is the head custodian, to make sure emergency sump pumps were working properly.

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  • National

This Custodian Stayed At His School All Night Pumping Water During Ida's Storms

The hurricane's remnants hit New Jersey just days before classes were to begin at Hackensack Middle School. Its custodian was determined to keep the students on track.

September 11, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Crews set a backfire in an effort to gain control of the massive Caldor fire near the Tahoe basin in California on Aug. 26.

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  • Climate

Climate Change Is Making Natural Disasters Worse — Along With Our Mental Health

With so many disasters happening so frequently, many people are feeling overwhelmed or hopeless. Reflecting on what you can do personally to combat climate change may help, a psychiatrist says.

September 11, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
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  • Politics

White House Climate Advisor Says Despite Recent Disasters, Don't Lose Hope

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with White House Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy about this summer's extreme weather events and how the Biden administration is trying to address climate change.

September 10, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Amy Isackson,
  • and 1 more
Upper Little Caillou Elementary School in Terrebonne Parish, La., saw significant storm damage from Hurricane Ida almost two weeks ago.

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  • Education

More Than 45,000 Louisiana Students Could Be Out Of School Until October Due To Ida

Louisiana's K-12 students started the school year almost fully in-person. But almost two weeks after Hurricane Ida hit, more than 250,000 students are again waiting for their classrooms to reopen.

September 10, 2021
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By:
  • Aubri Juhasz
Pope Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Portal Welby and Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, shown at a meeting of prayer in the Basilica of St. Francis in 2016, are asking for climate action.

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  • Climate

Pope Francis And Other Christian Leaders Are Calling For Bold Climate Action

The world's most prominent Christian leaders issued a rare joint statement calling for government climate action. What that will look like in the U.S. is unclear.

September 10, 2021
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
Climate change is increasingly becoming a public health threat, experts warn. Thousands were displaced and dozens died during Hurricane Ida.

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  • Climate

Climate Change Is The Greatest Threat To Public Health, Top Medical Journals Warn

With the global pandemic still in the spotlight, more than 200 leading health journals say climate change is an even more urgent threat.

September 07, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Smoke shrouds parts of Lake Tahoe visible from the Ski Run Marina in downtown South Lake Tahoe on Monday.

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  • National

Responders Are Gaining On The Caldor Fire, But Now They've Got New Blazes To Battle

More containment on the fire near Lake Tahoe means that some residents have been able to return, but a rash of new "suspicious" fires erupted over Labor Day weekend, officials say.

September 07, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Members of the fire department in Lodi, N.J., perform water rescues Thursday on residents trapped after torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

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  • National

Why Ida Hit The Northeast So Hard, 1,000 Miles Away From Its Landfall

The right mix of weather conditions combined to create extreme rainfall over New York and surrounding areas. Once extremely rare, such storms may become the norm as the climate warms.

September 04, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Sam Catrambone clears debris away from a friend's home that was damaged by a tornado in Mullica Hill, N.J., on Thursday after record-breaking rainfall brought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida that swept through the area.

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  • Weather

Stunned By Ida, The Northeast Begins To Recover And Worry About The Next Storm

At least 49 people are confirmed dead, and in some areas, the search for the missing continues. Residents digging out from the wreckage are asking whether the region is prepared for the next storm.

September 04, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez,
  • Hansi Lo Wang,
  • and 1 more
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