Soaring Temperatures Scorch America
With many areas sweltering in triple digit temperatures, the heatwave gripping the US looks set to continue.
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Career fire lookout dies in McKinney Fire, Forest Service says
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Tourist boats marooned, farm land parched as drought lowers Europe's rivers
VILLERS-LE-LAC, France (Reuters) - Business for Francoise Droz-Bartholet has reduced to a trickle, just like stretches of the Doubs River straddling the French-Swiss border that her cruise boats usually ply. Water levels in rivers, lakes and reservoirs across western Europe are running low, or even dry, amid the severest drought in decades which is putting stress on drinking water supplies, hampering river freight and tourism and threatening crop yields. She now has to bus clients along the gorge to a starting point further upstream to a point in the river where there is enough water for her cruise boats to navigate.
- Idaho Statesman
Monsoonal moisture, heavy rain and thunderstorms are coming to Idaho. Here’s what to expect
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A fourth Idaho water destination is under public health advisory. The cause is the same
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Tropics watch: Tropical wave weakens over Atlantic; chance of tropical depression down
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‘Bitterly cold air.’ Farmers’ Almanac predicts another chilly Texas winter
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Landmark US climate bill will do more harm than good, groups say
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Emerald Tutu being developed to protect Boston neighborhoods from increased threat of flooding
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Strip mining aided deadly Kentucky flooding, ex-regulators say. They want an investigation
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