America’s heartland will bake this week, but heat will be hard to find in the Northeast.
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UMaine professor’s computer model tells the story of Earth’s changing climate
Recent news coverage of the planet’s record-breaking heat wave relied on the online climate visualization tool developed Sean Birkel, who is also the state climatologist.
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Here’s how the Hawaii fires spread so fast
A combination of weather systems and geography drove raging winds over a drought-plagued landscape.
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Unprecedented damage from storms this year is upending the insurance industry
The storms in the U.S. were so severe, there were 10 that resulted in damages of $1 billion or more, and Texas was the state most severely effected.
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Eastern U.S. cleans up after deadly storms as New England braces for flooding
The storms spawned tornado watches and warnings in 10 states from Tennessee to New York with more than 29.5 million people under a tornado watch Monday afternoon.
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Heavy rains flood roads, cause rivers to surge in southern, central Maine
Five inches of rain fell in parts of central Maine on Tuesday, continuing a summerlong pattern of downpours and wet weather.
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Two dead, thousands of flight cancellations, 1.1 million lose power in eastern U.S. storms
The Federal Aviation Administration said it was rerouting planes around storms heading to the East Coast and warned it would likely start pausing flights in and out of the New York City area, Philadelphia, Washington, Charlotte and Atlanta.
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Beijing records heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing severe flooding and 21 deaths
China’s capital has recorded 29.3 inches of rain over the past few days. At least 26 people remain missing from the rains.