Hundreds of records fell as temperatures climbed to levels higher than nearly the rest of the planet. The heat wave will expand across Europe through the weekend.
NOAA warned of a rare high-risk level for excessive rainfall that could cause flash flooding in a stretch from eastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle on Thursday.
Expected extreme weather combined with high fuel and fertilizer prices triggered by the war could cause severe food shortages around the world this year, experts say.
The new research found managing low-severity fires across 1 million acres a year could reduce the amount of land that burned from severe fires by about 25 percent, protection that lasts for years.
Independent Sen. Angus King joined them in alleging that “much, if not all” of the revenue from online sales of park passes is going toward D.C. "vanity projects."