A year after Maui wildfire, chronic housing shortage and pricey vacation rentals complicate recovery
LAHAINA, Hawaii (news agencies) — Josephine Fraser worried her young family’s next home would be a tent.Fraser and her partner, ...
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Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it’s happening earlier than expected
BRASILIA, Brazil (news agencies) — Holder of one-fifth of the world’s fresh water, the Amazon is beginning the dry season ...
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In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system
MEXICO CITY (news agencies) — Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios ...
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Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity
PHOENIX (news agencies) — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he ...
Read moreIncreasing wind and heat plus risk of thunderstorms expected in fight against California wildfire
CHICO, Calif. (news agencies) — Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions entering the ...
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Rain-related disasters have killed more than 200 in a deadly week across Asia
In India and China, torrential rains have killed more than 200 people in the past week. Three others died in ...
Read moreHopes of finding more survivors in the mud and debris wane after landslides in India kill 194
WAYANAD, India (news agencies) — Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive waned as rescue workers searched through ...
Read moreVermont gets respite from flood warnings as US senator pushes for disaster aid package
LYNDON, Vt. (news agencies) — Vermont residents awakened Thursday to a quieter weather forecast with no flood warnings following another ...
Read more1 person killed in Colorado wildfires as blazes torch large areas of the U.S. West
LOVELAND, Colo. (news agencies) — A person was killed in one of several wildfires threatening heavily populated areas of the ...
Read moreGovernor calls on flood-weary Vermonters to ‘stick together’ with more thunderstorms on the horizon
LYNDON, Vt. (news agencies) — Vermont’s governor said Wednesday that the latest storms to hit the state have undone much ...
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