Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin, satellite data show
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Lessons from hurricane Helene on evacuation orders, messaging and emergency managers
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Running the first 100km of the oldest river in the world to see what all the fuss is about. Unlike rivers affected by local populations of people, the Finke is affected by those who don’t live there.
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Living among volcanoes is nothing new in Iceland – but as a new eruptive era begins, the Reykjavík region is honing defenses and rethinking development
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Arctic haze induced by an Icelandic volcanic eruption – evidence from China's highest-resolution trace gas monitoring
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Race to save lives and ancient artefacts in South Korea as wildfires rage
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New fire maps put nearly four million Californians in hazardous zones
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Record-breaking wildfires in the Western US (2020) reduced solar radiation by up to 70%, darkening skies and lowering temperatures by 5°C
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Donald Trump says he opened California’s water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them.
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Photos and videos of latest Kilauea eruption - March 6, 2025
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The Japanese mayor who built a floodgate no one wanted — and saved his town from a massive tsunami after his death
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Massive sinkholes put hundreds in Amazonian town at risk
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Fog harvesting could provide water for the driest cities
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A visualization of wildfires and climate change
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State of emergency declared on Santorini after earthquakes shake island
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Power company finds evidence of unusual flashes around start of Eaton fire in Los Angeles
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Playing God - Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina (2017)
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Some residents say they were in the dark as Los Angeles fires spread with no evacuation order
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FireAid Los Angeles Benefit Concert livestream
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Slush flows can be more deadly than avalanches – Norwegian scientists are racing to help predict this hidden hazard
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Did a private equity fire truck industry consolidation worsen the Los Angeles fires?
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Eighteen months after Maui wildfires destroyed over 2,000 homes, only three have been rebuilt
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Wildfire smoke is always toxic. Los Angeles's is even worse. Experts expect long term health impacts.
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California fire facts
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How Watch Duty app became crucial for tracking the Los Angeles wildfires
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What's in the pink flame retardant planes are dropping on the Los Angeles fires?
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Why fire hydrants ran dry as wildfires tore through Los Angeles
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Los Angeles area wildfires: over 5K acres burned and over 30K people forced to evacuate so far
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California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones
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Physical protective barriers have been built to hold back avalanches – but Svalbard has also turned to tech, with the help of a telecom firm and the University of Svalbard
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In a first, Arizona’s attorney general sues an industrial farm over its water use
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Costs from hurricane Helene more than $53 billion in North Carolina. Currently available funding is significantly less than that.
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California tsunami hazard area map
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Tsunami warning issued in Northern California after 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast
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Scientists are racing to find out whether the rapid retreat of glaciers could drive a surge in eruptions as magma builds under Iceland
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At least 158 people die in devastating flash floods in eastern Spain
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Cubans begin third day without power as hurricane nears
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Our US disaster recovery system must evolve to respond more effectively to climate change
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The "dirty side" of a hurricane, explained
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A report, county-by-county North Carolina recovery from Hurricane Helene after two weeks
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Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century
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Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida with 155 MPH winds
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At least sixty-four dead and millions without power after hurricane Helene devastates south-eastern US states with landslides and flooding, washing away roads and bridges
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Southern Water, serving 4.7mn UK customers, in discussions with private supplier to tanker water from Norwegian fjords to mitigate against potential supply shortages and drought
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'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5,000-year flood
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Parts of the Sahara Desert are turning green amid an influx of heavy rainfall
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Wrecked rain gauges. Whistleblowers. Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got really crazy.
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Storm Boris casualties rise as floods ravage Central Europe
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A seismic signal heard across the world last September for nine days has been traced back to a trapped tsunami triggered by a landslide in the remote fjords of Greenland
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Large wildfires choke 60% of Brazil and large chunks of neighboring countries in smoke
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