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High tide floods – when water collects in streets or even seeps into buildings on days without rain – are increasingly common in coastal areas as sea levels rise, a new report warns.
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All you who fear the LORD, trust the LORD! He is your helper and your shield. Psalm 115:11 (NLT)
Image: 'The Angel Nemamiah', courtesy of Project OverSoul.
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Texas has been experiencing a major drought for the past couple of years, but an active weather pattern has resulted in marked improvement in the state’s dryness.
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Three western U.S.states have announced a new two-year deal to stabilize the Colorado River...
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It’s only early May, and the state’s fisheries biologists are already prepping anglers for a summer of low, hot flows, sluggish fish, and the possibility that some waters will dry up completely, especially in the state’s southeast corner.
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A group of emergency experts wants the Trump administration to raise the bar for federal help after disasters, and also make it easier for survivors to get money quickly.
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A new UT Austin report estimates data centers could account for up to 9% of Texas water use by 2040.
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Oklahoma faces a marginal risk of severe weather on Friday, with potential for hail, strong winds, and a low tornado threat.
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A study published Monday warns that New Orleans must immediately begin planning and gradually implementing its permanent evacuation to avert a dangerously rushed exodus later, because it has passed a “point of no return” as climate-driven sea-level rise slowly swallows the storied city.
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Sweeping changes are coming for the U.S. Forest Service, which manages roughly a third of America’s public land. The agency announced a dramatic overhaul of cuts, closures and consolidation. That’s on top of the Trump administration's latest budget request that seeks to slash billions of dollars.
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California school officials are raising concerns about planned power outages and the impacts they have on students and families.
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The thunderstorms, which will span dozens of states through Thursday, could pack damaging wind gusts, hail and even a tornado or two.
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Prior to this week, the last time the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that 100 percent of Colorado was experiencing drought was December 28, 2021 – the same week as Boulder County’s Marshall Fire, which killed two people, torched more than 1,000 homes, and caused more than $2 billion in damages to become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.
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South Carolina has moved into severe drought conditions statewide after officials unanimously voted to upgrade the status for all 46 counties, citing record-low streamflows, falling groundwater levels, growing wildfire danger and mounting losses for farmers.
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In some areas, rainfall rates were as high as 3 inches per hour, prompting the urgent warnings.
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A fire covering at least five square miles burned through the exclusion zone around the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster on Friday after two drones crashed into the area
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From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer. This year, Western states are heading into the summer with a desperately low snowpack balance — threatening wildfires, drinking water, crops, electricity and more.
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New research shows every $1 the U.S. Forest Service spent to minimize wildfire risk prevented nearly $4 in damages.
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Officials said cutting about 50,000 tons of peaches from production could prevent about $30 million in additional losses for farmers
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Sweltering spring heat is sweeping into drought-stricken Florida, heightening concerns over dangerous fire weather on the Sunshine State's East Coast. The cold front will open the door for warm air to surge into the Sunshine State and making for another hot, dry day.
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A new report found that toxic materials from the White House's East Wing demolition were dumped at a historic golf course, according to The Associated Press on Tuesday. A Virginia engineering firm report, which was shared by the National Park Service, revealed that toxic debris, which included...
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The WA government is preparing to walk away from its own greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and dramatically reshape how the state addresses climate change, the ABC can reveal.
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State’s top insurance regulator says insurance company violated law while handling claims from 2025 wildfires
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Highway 5 is closed from Canora to Wadena as a result of the spring thaw and floods, according to Saskatchewan’s Highway Hotline.
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“We know that if this project goes through, our land and our water are in danger. Our future is in danger,” warned Krystal Two Bulls, one of many community, conservation, and Indigenous group leaders speaking out after President Donald Trump granted a cross-border permit to what critics called “nothing more than an attempt to resurrect the unpopular Keystone XL pipeline.”
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Most of Mecklenburg is in extreme drought, with new rules affecting lawns, pools and cars.
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There's an increased risk of tornadoes, damaging winds, and heavy rain as the powerful storm system sweeps eastward.
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