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

By Everett Sloane

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

By Everett Sloane

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

By Everett Sloane

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

By Everett Sloane

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

By Everett Sloane

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

By Everett Sloane

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The Gann Fire east of Stockton jumped to 9,363 acres and pushed 1,473 residents out

By Everett Sloane

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Kilauea’s Episode 53 shot lava fountains 500 feet over Halemaumau before dawn

By Everett Sloane

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The New Madrid zone once shook so hard the Mississippi ran backward

By Everett Sloane

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Utah’s Widemouth 2 fire has torched more than 118,000 acres to become the state’s biggest of the year

By Everett Sloane

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More than 60,000 people flee the Spokane area as complex fires overrun 600 structures

By Everett Sloane

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The New Madrid seismic zone could shake the middle of the country hard enough to level cities

By Everett Sloane

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A wildfire sparked by a crash forces evacuation orders near Yosemite

By Everett Sloane

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Tropical Storm Edouard slams the Texas-Louisiana line, knocking out power in heavy rain

By Everett Sloane

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The Plaskett Fire explodes to nearly 27,000 acres along the Big Sur coast

By Everett Sloane

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A polar vortex can plunge parts of the U.S. colder than Antarctica

By Everett Sloane

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More than 40,000 people fled the Reno area as the Hawk Fire tore across northern Nevada

By Everett Sloane

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Wildfires tore across Louisiana this summer, a rare disaster for the humid Gulf state

By Everett Sloane

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The Dead Sea is so salty that swimmers float on top and its shoreline keeps dropping

By Everett Sloane

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The Aral Sea drained so fast that ships now rust in the middle of a desert

By Everett Sloane

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