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Bidens Visit Kentucky After Historic Flooding
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden toured storm-ravaged areas in eastern Kentucky and met with local officials and families affected by the historic flooding.
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South Florida Farmworkers Fight for Protections as Climate Change Threatens Worker Safety
Farmworkers in South Florida are supporting efforts to create safety standards, including heat provisions and treatment for heat illness, as climate change makes working conditions deadly for some.
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Death Toll in Kentucky Flooding Hits 28 Under Threat of More Heavy Rain
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims.
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Record Rainfall in St. Louis Causes Extreme Flooding, Evacuations
A record 12 inches of rain fell overnight in parts of St. Louis, Missouri, causing extreme flash flooding and prompting evacuations from residents trapped in their homes and vehicles.
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UK Shatters Record for Highest Temperature Ever as Historic Heat Wave Sizzles Europe
Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.
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‘This Thing Is Insane!': Rare Storm Turns the Sky Green in South Dakota
The skies over Sioux Falls, South Dakota, turned an eerie shade of green Tuesday night as a derecho storm rolled in.
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Yellowstone Park Reopens After Changes Wrought by Flood
Hundreds of cars, trucks and recreational vehicles are backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopens following destructive floods that closed the park last week.
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Sweltering Streets: Hundreds of Homeless Die in Extreme Heat
Hundreds of homeless people die in the streets each year from the heat, in cities around the U.S. and the world. The ranks of homeless have swelled after the pandemic and temperatures fueled by climate change soar. Global warming is ramping up the dangers of being outside on hot days and not just in desert areas like Las Vegas or...
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Historic Floods Leave Yellowstone Landscape ‘Dramatically Changed'
Historic floodwaters that raged through Yellowstone National Park may have permanently altered the course of a popular fishing river and left the sweeping landscape forever changed.
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Severe Storms Strike in Kansas City
Severe storms hit Kansas City, Missouri late Tuesday night through early Wednesday morning, leaving damage and prompting a Severe Thunderstorm Warning from the National Weather Service.
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Here's How the Government Wants to Disaster-Proof Your Home
A new initiative is designed to modernize building codes so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and other extreme weather events.
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Female Storm Chasers Pursue Passion as Climate Change Creates Extreme Weather
People of various ethnic groups and gender identities are also getting into the business in a quest to document and report tornadoes, hurricanes and other high-impact events.
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This Kentucky Man Played Piano in His Home Destroyed by a Tornado
Jordan Baize recently went viral when he played the grand piano in his damaged home — missing its roof after a storm and destructive tornado hit Kentucky on December 10. Though the storm was tragic, it has also brought people together to help rebuild, he says.
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Tornado Victims Include Seven Members of Kentucky Family
A week after a deadly tornado outbreak, families of the victims are still processing the terrible toll
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How a Thai Refugee, 22, Saved His Elderly Neighbor's Life After the Kentucky Tornado
When Maung Oo heard the screams on Friday night, he knew he had to act. Just a few hours before, while at work, he saw the news about an impending tornado and thought about the many warnings that had come before but never amounted to anything. So he went home to his neighborhood in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and went to…
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‘We Need a Lot of Things': Hear From a Kentucky Community Rebuilding After Tornado
Sarah Farmer is helping Mayfield, Kentucky rebuild after a tornado and devastating storm struck. The community needs food and assistance repairing damaged homes as some families prepare to bury loved ones lost in the storm.
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Is ‘Tornado Alley' Shifting East?
Climate change may not be increasing the number of tornadoes, but some parts of the country are seeing tornado-friendly conditions more often than in the past. NBCLX Storyteller Chase Cain explains the science behind the climate shift after a destructive storm spawned several tornadoes that destroyed parts of Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri.
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Severe Tornadoes in December Are Rare. Did Climate Change Cause Friday's Disaster?
December is typically the least active month for tornadoes in the United States, but a powerful outbreak of more than 30 tornadoes hit six states in the mid-Mississippi River Valley Friday night, killing at least 88 people. Scientists still have a lot to learn about the connection between climate change and tornado outbreaks because any links between them are “difficult…
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Kentucky Tornadoes Remind Veteran Meteorologist of Hurricane Katrina Damage
Allison Rogers has seen tornado damage before in her career, but the damage in Mayfield, Kentucky brings back memories of one of the worst storms the U.S. has seen – Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed her Mississippi hometown in 2005. Rogers, a meteorologist at WLWT in Cincinnati, Ohio, shows us the scene in Kentucky and explains how the National Weather Service...
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Inmates Employed at Candle Factory ‘Were Working Their Tails Off' to Rescue Tornado Victims
When a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, collapsed with dozens of workers inside during a massive tornado on Friday evening, a group of inmates enrolled in a work-release program at the facility joined the rescue efforts to help free fellow employees from under the rubble.