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Everett Sloane

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Yellowstone’s odds of erupting in any given year are about 1 in 730,000

The New Madrid fault could shake eight states harder than any California quake

A Cascadia megaquake could hurl a 40-foot wall of water into coastal towns

Utah’s mapped Wasatch fault runs along the Salt Lake City metro

The strongest quake in 40 years just rattled the half-million people living on Europe’s supervolcano

Kilauea shot lava fountains 500 feet into the air before shutting off overnight

A derecho packing 100-mph winds killed four and cut power to 700,000 across the Midwest

A Western heat dome can push Southwest cities toward dangerous triple digits

The New Madrid fault once rang church bells in Boston and could shatter the Midwest again

A local report says Spokane-area fires destroyed 600 buildings, pending official confirmation

Dry lightning can ignite dozens of wildfires across a state in a single night

Lightning kills dozens of Americans a year, and one rule cuts the risk sharply

Mount Rainier’s greatest threat is not lava but a wall of mud called a lahar

A stubborn heat dome pushed the Southwest to 118 degrees and tied 65 records in a day

Forecasters watch Invest 92L as the quiet Atlantic nears its September peak

Oregon and Washington have now burned past 3 million acres, the worst since 2000

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