Natural disasters and extreme weather
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California wildfires: Trump declares major disaster as state braces for worsening conditions
Forecasters have issued a red flag warning for Sunday morning through Monday night as blazes have burned more than 900,000 acres
The Californians with nowhere to go as wildfires rage – photo essay
Tens of thousands have been forced to leave their homes to escape the flames. Photographer Rachel Bujalski meets evacuees
Amid fire and pestilence, floods and storms, the personal is political: Trump must go
Robert ReichAmericans face existential challenges. The president has done nothing to help and much to make things worse
Could the US and Caribbean be heading for their worst hurricane season?
Experts say they are concerned as two potential hurricanes head north – and coronavirus is complicating matters
'We are struggling': California under strain as fires burn area the size of Rhode Island – as it happened
Wildfires in California which have displaced tens of thousands of people and killed at least six people, in the midst of a heatwave and a pandemic
California's wildfires explained: how did they start – and is this normal?
Extreme weather set the stage for the blazes tearing through cities and rural areas. They are likely to continue for weeks
California wildfires torch area bigger than Rhode Island as resources stretched thin
US faces threat of two Caribbean storms hitting simultaneously as hurricanes
Climate countdown
The climate crisis has already arrived. Just look to California’s abnormal wildfiresAlastair Gee and Dani Anguiano
California wildfires: firefighters stretched thin as blazes grow rapidly
California fires: hundreds of blazes burn amid scorching heatwave – as it happened
China floods: Three Gorges dam gushes with water while streets are submerged – video
Anxiety grows as China’s Three Gorges dam hits highest level
Smoke chokes California as dozens of wildfires rage – as it happened
California wildfires: thousands evacuate as 'siege' of flames overwhelms state
China floods: 100,000 evacuated as waters reach Giant Buddha statue
NSW weather warning: damaging winds, dust storms and bushfires lash state
California governor declares state of emergency as dozens of wildfires rage
Fires prompt some areas to issue mandatory evacuations and temperatures soar into triple digits in historic heatwave
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