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A woman stands near the corner of a house next to a flooded field.

In Idai's wake, aid groups worry about 'double tragedy' of cholera

Weeks after Cyclone Idai devastated the coast of Mozambique, coastal cities are still struggling to recover. Disease and poverty have created increasingly dangerous circumstances to those who have lost their homes.

In Idai's wake, aid groups worry about 'double tragedy' of cholera
The moon over Earth, as seen from the GOES-16 satellite

Satellites are destined to become space junk. But in the future, we may be able to retool them.

Satellites are destined to become space junk. But in the future, we may be able to retool them.
Winter boots

What are the best snow boots to wear?

What are the best snow boots to wear?
Men salvage metal sheets from a destroyed house after Hurricane Matthew ravaged Jeremie, Haiti.

Almost 1 million Haitians are in 'urgent need of humanitarian assistance' after Hurricane Matthew

Almost 1 million Haitians are in 'urgent need of humanitarian assistance' after Hurricane Matthew

Weaving Climate Change Data into Art

Weaving Climate Change Data into Art
El Niño from NOAA

The current El Niño may hold lessons for how to deal with a warming planet

As scientists have been predicting since 2014, a powerful El Niño in the Pacific ocean is triggering extreme weather events and changes in weather patterns around the world. Some climate scientists are saying the lessons learned from this El Niño could help the world cope with the weather changes we can expect from climate change.

The current El Niño may hold lessons for how to deal with a warming planet
Snow water equivalent across the upper Conejos Watershed, located in south central Colorado and part of the headwaters for the Rio Grande, on April 6th, 2015. Image by Airborne Snow Observatory program, NASA/JPL, California Institute of Technology

Can the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño’ solve California’s drought problem?

California is in its fourth year of devastating drought. This year’s "Godzilla" El Niño is dropping a lot of rain on the state, but is it enough to resolve a problem that has been building for years.

Can the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño’ solve California’s drought problem?
Shovellers dance in Montreal.

Shoveling snow while showing off their dance moves

Three Canadian men who specialize in African dance moves have turned snow shoveling into more than just a grind.

Shoveling snow while showing off their dance moves
Near Al Mukalla, Yemen, where people were isolated by heavy flooding from Cyclone Chapala

A rare first-person account of living through the tropical cyclone that struck Yemen

Tropical Cyclone Chapala struck Yemen on Nov. 3 — leaving flooding and destruction in its wake. Abdullah Nasser Alseele lives in Yemen and lived through the cyclone, just the latest misery for a country torn apart by war.

A rare first-person account of living through the tropical cyclone that struck Yemen
A man gestures as he tries to save a vehicle swept away by flood waters in Yemen's island of Socotra November 2, 2015.

The ‘Galapagos of the Arab World’ was just lashed with a cyclone. Now it's headed for Yemen

On Monday, Cyclone Chapala slammed the island of Socotra, known for its unusual vegetation. Now the storm — traveling toward the mainland — is headed for war-torn Yemen.

The ‘Galapagos of the Arab World’ was just lashed with a cyclone. Now it's headed for Yemen
hurricane

8 hurricanes that almost packed the punch of Patricia

A look at powerful hurricanes that struck land in the eastern Pacific, western Atlantic and the US Gulf Coast.

8 hurricanes that almost packed the punch of Patricia
Wildfires

Canada is burning and America is choking on its smoke

Canada's wildfires are sending smoke billowing south, thanks to the jet stream and changes in the location of high pressure systems across the US. All that smoke has led to air quality alerts around the US — from the Pacific Northwest to the Upper Midwest.

Canada is burning and America is choking on its smoke
A man uses a hand-held fan to cool down his son, while waiting for their turn for a medical checkup, outside Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) during intense hot weather in Karachi, Pakistan, June 23, 2015.

Pakistanis must deal with a heatwave while fasting for Ramadan

A heatwave has increased temperatures well past 100 degrees in Pakistan, recently. Islamic leaders are telling people in Pakistan not to fast for Ramadan if they feel vulnerable to the heat wave.

Pakistanis must deal with a heatwave while fasting for Ramadan
A passenger cools off a child using a pipe that supplies water to trains at a railway station on a hot summer day in the northern Indian city of Allahabad April 23, 2015.

Despite the extreme heat wave hitting India 'you have to keep going'

An extreme heat wave is hovering over parts of India. More than 800 people have died from heat related stress in rural areas of India, while city life mostly goes on.

Despite the extreme heat wave hitting India 'you have to keep going'
A sea surface temperature anomaly in the tropical Pacific Ocean during the peak of the 2009-10 El Niño.

El Niño is back, and global temperature records are in danger

El Niño is back. That could mean trouble for crops from Africa to Australia, drought relief for Brazil and California — and new record global temperatures as the Pacific Ocean warms up and brings the heat along with it.

El Niño is back, and global temperature records are in danger