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Everett Sloane

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FEMA approves disaster aid for 20 Kentucky counties hit by summer flooding

A shuttered California nuclear plant sends tritium-laced water toward the Pacific

10 hydroelectric dams with the biggest generating capacity in the US

9 of the costliest hurricanes to hit the United States since 1990

Lightning kills about 23 Americans a year, and hair standing on end can mean a strike is seconds away

A South Dakota hailstone nearly 8 inches wide still holds the US record for size

Yellowstone’s ground rose nearly 3 inches a year in a burst three times faster than any uplift on record

A lahar off Mount Rainier could put 80,000 people and homes directly in its path

Southern California’s San Andreas fault hasn’t ruptured in 300 years and one model puts the toll at 1,800 deaths

The New Madrid fault threatens seven states and carries a 7 to 10% chance of repeating its 1811 quakes within 50 years

The Cascadia fault could unleash a magnitude 9 quake with up to a 37% chance in 50 years

The NRC just proposed the biggest overhaul of nuclear reactor rules in years

A flash flood emergency hit a New Mexico town still scarred by the state’s largest wildfire

The Hayward Fault has a 72% chance of a major quake before 2045 and could cut water to 2.4 million people

A geomagnetic storm warning is lighting up auroras over Canada and Alaska

10 of the largest wildfires to burn in the US since 2000

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