After torrential rains struck parts of northeastern Texas and sent floodwaters rushing through streets and homes, rescue crews fanned out across the region on Monday, responding to hundreds of calls for aid from residents stunned by the MORE
The child may have contracted the infection while swimming in a river. A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will MORE
An extraordinary drought in the West is drying up the Colorado River and draining the nation’s largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell. And amid the overuse of the river and the aridification of the region, the federal government is implementing MORE
CDC: US Case Count: 10,392 Total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases as of August 10, 2022 As monkeypox cases mount and the disease spreads, some people might have déjà vu — here comes another potentially life-disrupting virus. MORE
This is the fourth time human remains have been found at Lake Mead National Recreation Area since May. In the latest incident, park rangers got a call Saturday morning about skeletal remains at Swim Beach MORE
The deadly heat wave that has been roasting Europe is reaching historic levels across Britain, with schools and transportation services alike disrupted by the soaring temps. A new all-time record high was set in the MORE
Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying ticks pose the most danger. In the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area around Lyme, Connecticut. Scientists MORE
With drought and growth taking a toll on the Colorado River, the source of 90 percent of the region’s water, a new law mandates the removal of turf, patch by patch. Outlawing grass is perhaps MORE
A large, deadly tornado battered parts of the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, with damage reported in Arabi and the Lower Ninth Ward. St. Bernard Parish president Guy McInnis told CNN one person had died in MORE
It feels like the aspirin just wore off from this week’s travel headaches and the last thing you’ll likely want to read about is another impactful winter storm potentially snarling transportation across the nation. Unfortunately, this is MORE
WASHINGTON — The most powerful part of President Biden’s climate agenda — a program to rapidly replace the nation’s coal- and gas-fired power plants with wind, solar and nuclear energy — will likely be dropped MORE
The Biden Administration is finalizing its first major ruling in the fight against climate change on Thursday by limiting the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons used in most refrigerators and air conditioners. Following through on MORE
At least nine people have died in New York City and New Jersey as remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped heavy amounts of rain on the nation’s largest city. “We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight MORE
Hurricane Ida is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it draws closer to the northern Gulf Coast this weekend, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall flooding, potentially catastrophic winds MORE
(CNN)Henri weakened slightly from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Sunday morning, as its outer bands continued moving over the Northeast, saturating many areas and posing flooding danger for millions.Henri’s anticipated landfall on Long Island MORE
Global warming is happening much faster than scientists expected, according to a UN-sponsored review of climate change that was published Monday. The report says that a crucial temperature threshold is on pace now to be MORE
Massive wildfires have raged in parts of Europe over the last six days, forcing thousands from their homes in several Greek villages. The worst of the fires Sunday were on Evia — Greece’s second largest MORE
Wells in the historic tourist town of Mendocino, California, are drying up amid a devastating drought. One business, the Alegria Inn, has been trucking in water at a rate of $600 for 3,500 gallons, which MORE
The hilarious 2006 film “Idiocracy” offers a vivid depiction of American politics. The movie is classified as a sci-fi comedy, but it is more like a searing documentary. It almost perfectly describes America’s crisis of MORE
By Angela Dewan, CNN Updated 3:58 AM ET, Sun July 4, 2021 (CNN) The tiny town of Lytton has come to hold a grim record. On Tuesday, it experienced Canada’s highest-ever temperature, in an unprecedented heat wave MORE
Thirteen million people in the Pacific Northwest will contend with a historic heat wave. 70-79 F// 80-89 F// 90-99 F// 100+ F NOAA This Sunday could be the hottest day on record in Portland, Oregon, MORE