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Americans are so desperate for cheaper houses that they're willing to live in flood and wildfire zones
Cheaper housing and a lower cost of living has lured many Americans into regions of the country mos…
Eliza Relman
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The housing affordability crisis has boosted migration to areas vulnerable to floods, wildfires, and extreme heat
Net migration into counties with flood risk was 384,000 in 2021 and 2022, up 103% from the 2019-202…
Filip De Mott
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Hawaii natives are begging tourists to stay away from Maui after devastating wildfires killed at least 99 people
Wildfires devastated Maui last week, and it's reignited a longstanding tension between Hawaii local…
Charissa Cheong
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PG&E charged with manslaughter after equipment sparked deadly California wildfire in 2020
The nation's largest utility was charged on Friday with manslaughter and other crimes following a n…
Jake Epstein
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One of the 2020 California wildfires was started to cover up a murder, officials say
The Markley Fire began near a dam in Solano County in August. The burned body of Priscilla Castro w…
Alexandra Ma
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'It'll start getting cooler, you just watch': Trump denies scientific consensus that climate change is supercharging the West's wildfires
The president dismissed that the wildfires in California and Oregon were related to climate change:…
Oma Seddiq,Eliza Relman
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Google's trending 'near me' searches of 2020 show exactly how life changed in the US
The searches are broken down into several categories, and none better tells the story of 2020 than …
Mary Meisenzahl
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Every region of the US suffered record-breaking extreme weather in 2020. Find yours on the map.
These disasters affected you if you inhaled the smoke, shivered in the polar vortex, took shelter f…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Trump hasn't said a word for weeks about the record-breaking fires ravaging California, Oregon, and Washington — all Democratic strongholds
The president hasn't even sent a tweet addressing the deadly, record-breaking fires devastating the…
Eliza Relman
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2020 as seen from space: Satellite images reveal wildfires, oil spills, hurricanes, and catastrophic explosions
With each new disaster of 2020 - record-breaking fires, lockdowns of major cities, the shocking exp…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Climate disasters in the US broke records in 2020. Scientists may now know why: Earth was the hottest it has ever been.
2020 was likely the hottest year ever on Earth. A warming climate is linked to more intense hurrica…
Aylin Woodward,Morgan McFall-…
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Body found in a barrel at Lake Mead is the tip of the iceberg. Forensic anthropologists are now recovering human remains following droughts, sea-level rise, and wildfires.
Forensic anthropologists expect to see more human remains unveiled by receding water and ice. They'…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Air pollution levels usually dip in the summer. Smoke from Western wildfires changed that, with pollutants now peaking in August.
Researchers found that raging wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are altering seasonal air pollutio…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The ozone hole is set to heal by 2060 — a rare climate success story — but wildfires could slow its progress
Wildfires across Australia in 2019 and 2020 funneled smoke into the stratosphere, where ozone prote…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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In two years, US wildfires have torched nearly 20% of all giant sequoia trees
Giant sequoias have long lived with fire, which has been critical in maintaining healthy forests, b…
Peter Coutu
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A criminology professor was charged with wildfire arson in California. The crime is far more common than you think.
Nine percent of wildfires in California are linked to arson, according to the California Department…
Erin Schumaker
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People are flocking to Colorado for the great outdoors, but air pollution is leading to more days when residents are stuck inside
Traffic, oil and gas, and wildfires are taking a toll on the fresh mountain air of Colorado, where …