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Home lithium-battery fires are surging, and most ignite while the device is charging.

Flash floods killed one person and forced more than 350 rescues in Missouri.

A contractor struck an unmarked gas line, and the blast leveled a Dallas apartment, killing three.

A rain-soaked landslide in China killed five people and left a dozen more trapped.

Salt Lake City and Billings both smashed all-time heat records as a brutal heat wave held on.

Canadian wildfire smoke has pushed Toronto and Detroit into the world’s most polluted cities.

Four tiny US reactors started nuclear chain reactions to beat a July 4 deadline.

This summer’s heat dome pushed over 165 million Americans into dangerous temperatures.

A derecho blasted the Midwest with 90-mph winds before slamming the Northeast.

Severe storms battered 31 states on July 4, generating more than 1,000 damage reports.

Wind-driven flames on Oregon’s Umatilla reservation have burned close to 5,000 acres

Tropical Storm Boris formed off Mexico and threatens its Pacific coast with flooding.

Solar just passed wind as the largest source of US clean-power capacity.

Lake Mead is sinking toward the lowest level ever recorded this month.

Giant swirling plumes buried deep in Greenland’s ice finally have an explanation.

The largest US power grid shattered its all-time demand record as heat blanketed the East.

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