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The US fire season is heating up. Are we in for severe blazes and burns?

Extreme temperatures and flammable grass fed by a wet winter are among this year’s biggest risks, experts say

The Guardian - US

2024 U.S. wildfire season: A slow start, but potentially active finish

California's wet winter does not guarantee a below average wildfire season.

Axios

Storm-caused fallen trees kill three in California; flooding risks increase

Powerful storm in California causes three deaths as fallen trees, heavy rain, and mudslides create hazardous conditions. Stay alert and safe.

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Another atmospheric river has soaked California. What role has climate change played?

California is in the grips of an atmospheric river that's causing flooding all over the state. Climate change might be intensifying storms like it — but scientists are still working out the details.

WEKU

‘Life-threatening’ storm system batters California, with flooding and high winds

First-ever hurricane-force wind warning along coast, with millions of people under flood watches and power out for close to a million

The Guardian - US

‘Pineapple express’ storms bring strong winds and flash flood risk to California

The atmospheric river systems have the potential to wreak havoc, especially in areas where wildfires have left burn scars

The Guardian - US

California snowpack lowest in decade despite hope with December storms

First survey of season shows snow at 25% of historical average, with brown patches of vegetation across Sierra Nevada

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Severe rainstorms hit southern California, with more to come

Torrents of rain on Wednesday night submerged streets and prompted rescues of people and pets

The Guardian - US

After America’s summer of extreme weather, ‘next year may well be worse’

A freakish season of record temperatures, wildfire smoke and the destruction of Lahaina could soon become normal, climate experts say

The Guardian - US

How a mix of natural and human-caused caused factors cooked up Tropical Storm Hilary's soggy mess

Scientists figure a natural El Nino, human-caused climate change, a stubborn heat dome over the nation’s midsection and other factors cooked up Hilary’s record-breaking slosh into California and Nevada

The Independent UK

What role did the climate crisis play in Storm Hilary – and could there be more like it?

Such storms landing on California are extremely rare – but experts say they could become more common as the ocean heats up

The Guardian - US

Tropical Storm Hilary moves on from California, leaving a trail of damage and debris

The first tropical storm to hit Southern California in more than 80 years sparked road closures, school cancellations and power outages on Sunday evening before moving north to Nevada.

WEKU

Hurricane Hilary will bring rainfall and flooding to Southern California

Hurricane Hilary continues her march to Baja California, and people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are getting ready for projected heavy rains and flooding.

WEKU

Record heat boosting wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest

Record high temperatures, strong winds and thunderstorms are prompting warnings for high wildfire danger across the Pacific Northwest.

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The Guardian - US

Hawaii: growing threat of ‘devastating’ fires as island landscape dries and warms

Severe blazes, once a rarity in Hawaii, are increasing in strength and scale, complicating rescue efforts for the small local fire crews

Tribune News Service

Extreme heat, weather conditions attributed to stagnant jet stream

It’s no coincidence that extreme heat is engulfing huge swaths of Asia, Europe and North America all at the same time. Powerful weather forces are combining to create the planet-wide conditions, and there’s unlikely to be relief from the scorching temperatures anytime soon.

Bangkok Post

Record-breaking heat bakes US, Europe, China

WASHINGTON: Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate.

WEKU

Global heat waves show climate change and El Niño are a bad combo

Scientists say worsening heat waves have a clear link to climate change. This year, a seasonal El Niño pattern will also be adding fuel to the fire.

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Los Angeles Times

Triple-digit heat wave set to sizzle California, stoking fire fears this holiday weekend

Much of California is expected to bake this weekend as the first major heat wave of the summer will send temperatures into the triple digits in several regions, stoking fears of wildfires sparked by Fourth of July festivities.

Los Angeles Times

Ocean temperatures are off the charts, and El Niño is only partly to blame

In a world of worsening climate extremes, a single red line has caught many people's attention.

Los Angeles Times

Risk of ‘catastrophic flooding’ has diminished in Tulare Lake Basin, officials say

The risk of catastrophic flooding in the Tulare Lake Basin has diminished as cool temperatures have predominated this spring, flattening the melt curve of the Sierra’s epic snowpack, state officials said Monday.

Axios

Pacific Northwest heat wave shatters early season records as wildfires burn in Canada

With Canada seeing the hottest temperatures compared to average, wildfires are now burning in three provinces.

Daily Mirror

US weather: California major flood warning as heatwave set to trigger 'big snow melt'

Rescue crews are set to be put on standby amid fears that a mini-heatwave will speed up Sierra Nevada snowpack melts and cause devastating flooding to communities such as those in the Tulare Basin

Axios

California's big melt is set to accelerate amid the first spring heat wave

Downstream communities under threat as state's historic snowpack melts.

The Guardian - US

California’s ‘big melt’ has begun and could bring perilous flooding with it

The snowpack contains enough water to fill downstream reservoirs ‘multiple times over’, which could mean a rapid runoff

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