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The 15 most destructive hurricanes in US history
Hurricane Harvey is currently making its way toward Texas with winds as high as 80 miles per hour in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane season lasts from June to the end of November for the Atlantic Ocean....
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Trump is facing the 'first serious' crisis of his presidency — and no one...
President Donald Trump is on the verge of facing the first non-self-inflicted crisis of his presidency — and it remains a mystery whether he's ready.The potential crisis comes in the form of a massive...
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California's carbon market is roaring back to life
Legal challenges and political uncertainty had etherized the scheme — at an auction last year, 98 percent of the credits were left unsold.Nobody wanted to buy into a program that might die.But now that...
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One photo reveals how insanely big Burning Man is — and how completely it...
Burning Man is many things.It is a place where 65,000 people descend on a 7-square-mile patch of Nevada's Black Rock Desert, getting whipped by sandstorms and, of course, burning "the man."But as the...
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Here's why a park is a better vision for the US-Mexico border than a wall
The United States and Mexico have shared their current international border for nearly 170 years.Today they cooperate at multiple levels on issues that affect the border region, although you would not...
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The world is on course to warm beyond a crucial threshold— here's why 2...
If you read or listen to almost any article about climate change, it’s likely the story refers in some way to the “2 degrees Celsius limit.” The story often mentions greatly increased risks if the...
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Hurricane Harvey is expected to drop so much rain in some parts of Texas that...
Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit the coast of Texas by Friday night as a Category 3 storm. In addition to winds that have reached 125 miles per hour, Harvey is expected to dump between 15 and 30...
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Harvey downgraded to a tropical storm, but details of devastation are...
Hurricane Harvey made landfall between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor in Texas Friday night.On Friday, the Category 4 hurricane packed maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, but it has been downgraded to...
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17 facts that show why bottled water is one of the biggest scams of the century
There's nothing quite like the feeling of pure, ice-cold hydration. Some of us get our water for free from the tap. The rest pay for it — at the cost of roughly $100 billion a year.At that steep a...
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Hurricane Harvey is causing destruction and flooding in Texas — here's what...
Hurricane Harvey made landfall between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor in Texas on Friday night, with wind speeds as high as 130 mph.The storm continues to move inland, and has been downgraded to a...
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Trump has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana due to threats of...
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Monday declared an emergency in Louisiana as part of the southern state was pelted with rain from tropical storm Harvey.The declaration allows the...
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Tracking Harvey: Before-and-after images show the catastrophic flooding in...
Hurricane Harvey, which has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, has dumped over 2 feet of rain on Houston, Texas, and two more feet are expected.The forecast suggests Houston will get 50 inches...
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Why evacuating major cities before a hurricane can be deadly
Many Texas counties struck by Hurricane Harvey didn't issue evacuation orders ahead of the storm.Evacuations are typically ordered in areas prone to storm surges — not flooding by rain.A previous...
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This map projects where climate change could endanger the most lives — and...
A report published in June in the journal Science predicted that climate change would hit America hard but unevenly, with Texas among states bearing the brunt of the damage.The findings highlighted...
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Hurricane Harvey was ‘almost certainly’ more devastating because of...
Climate change was not the cause of Hurricane Harvey, but there's reason to think a warmer planet can make such storms more devastating."Harvey was almost certainly more intense than it would have been...
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Houston police chief: 'I'm really worried about how many bodies we're going...
On the fifth day of Harvey, it's still raining in Houston.The storm, which made landfall on Friday as a Category 4 hurricane but has been downgraded to a tropical storm, has caused devastating,...
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Harvey will make a second 'landfall' on Wednesday — here's what it could mean...
The bulk of Tropical Storm Harvey may be deteriorating and drifting back over the Gulf of Mexico, but meteorologists say its threat is far from over.After making landfall as a category-4 hurricane last...
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Kenya just banned plastic bags —and the fine is up to $38,000 and jail time
Plastic bags have become an epidemic in Kenya, but as of today they are banned from use in the country by one of the most stringent laws in the world. Violations of the law are punishable by fines of...
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Rains from Hurricane Harvey broke 60 years of US continental records — here's...
As its murky waters continue to flood homes and overwhelm barriers, Tropical Storm Harvey has already set a major record: the most rainfall ever from a single storm in the continental United States.In...
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Heartbreaking photos show Houston's devastating flooding from the sky
Harvey has pummeled Texas with rain since the storm made landfall on Friday, leaving Houston and other areas underwater.By Tuesday, more than 49 inches of rain had fallen in parts of Houston. Tens of...
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