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Heat, wind and drought conditions spark wildfires in U.S. West
Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.
Three older hikers found dead in sizzling Grand Canyon
The National Park Service on Friday said three hikers died in two separate incidents at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, with officials believing heat-related illness caused the fatalities.
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France sizzles in punishing heat that is already causing deaths
France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering in a heat wave with daytime highs above 104 degrees Fahrenheit and sleep-robbing sweaty nights.
Mexico, Italy and others see up to two more months of heat stress than in the 1970s, study says
Mexico, Kenya, Italy and other nations around the world are experiencing one to two more months of heat stress than they were several decades ago, new research published Monday says, and some areas even more so. Regions previously untouched by heat stress are now feeling it, too.
Watch Duty, the fire tracking app used by millions, expands to help monitor dangerous floods
When a fire broke out a few miles from his Altadena, California, home the evening of Jan. 7, 2025, Matt Blea and his family needed to make a crucial decision: Should they stay home, or evacuate?
France restricts public alcohol consumption and outdoor sports as heat wave bakes parts of Europe
France put emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricted public alcohol consumption and canceled some outdoor sports events to cope with a heat wave unfurling across parts of Europe. Multiple drowning deaths have been reported.
Nature’s worst traffic jam: 250 million bees unleashed after truck overturns near Yellowstone
Millions of bees were unleashed after a tractor-trailer carrying beehives overturned on a highway near Yellowstone National Park in Montana.
Police in Bali foil an attempt to trade protected 21 live green sea turtles and arrest a suspect
Authorities in Indonesia's tourist island of Bali foiled an attempt last week to illegally trade 21 protected green sea turtles, police said on Friday.
Tropical storm remnants pound Gulf states with heavy rain after tornadoes hit the Midwest
The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with heavy rain and wind on Thursday, damaging buildings, downing trees and knocking out power as flash flood and tornado warnings were issued along the Gulf Coast.
Trump administration to buy back another energy company’s offshore wind leases for 4 more projects
The Trump administration said Wednesday it's buying back another energy company's U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, bringing the total amount spent on these agreements to nearly $2.6 billion.
15 countries in Kenya adopt the Mombasa Declaration to fight illegal fishing
Fifteen countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Pacific adopted a declaration on Wednesday to step up efforts to combat illegal fishing, a practice that experts say costs the world economy up to $50 billion annually.
Protesters block copper exports to China from Rio Tinto mine in Mongolia
Protesters blocked copper exports from a huge Rio Tinto mine in Mongolia on Wednesday, partially cutting off the supply of a mineral vital to China's renewable energy ambitions.
In boost to Musk, Justice Department seeks to dismiss air pollution lawsuit against xAI data center
The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk's companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in Mississippi.
Rain along the Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season
A cluster of storms along the Gulf Coast could become the first named tropical storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said.
Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network, with House lawmakers going further and accusing the agency of acting illegally.
California’s San Andreas Fault hits highest stress level in a millennium: Study
Researchers found in a new study that California's San Andreas and San Jacinto tectonic faults are at their highest stress levels in 1,000 years.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia, causing damage and injuries
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of central Indonesia 's Sulawesi island Tuesday, injuring dozens of people, damaging homes and infrastructure and rattling residents of a city devastated by a quake and tsunami eight years ago, officials said.