Phoenix sets record of 31 straight days of 110-degree temps
A billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit, or 48 degrees Celsius, on July 18, 2023, during a record heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp …
Natural disasters
India’s rice export ban to impact millions in Asia, Africa, Middle East
Women planting rice seedlings in a paddy field in Nagaon district of India’s northeastern state of Assam. India, the world’s largest rice exporter banned the exports of non-basmati white rice …
These are the 10 states that are the most prepared for extreme weather
In a summer of extreme weather events including disastrous floods, oppressive heat, and choking wildfire smoke, climate risks are touching all aspects of our lives. At the non-profit, non-partisan First …
July is set to be hottest month on record, according to WMO, EU data
25 July 2023, Greece, Gennadi: A relief worker, who has been on duty for days, has laid down on a piece of cardboard by the side of the road to …
South Florida ocean temperature tops 101 degrees, potentially a record
Fish swim around a coral reef in Key West, Florida on July 14, 2023. The coral reef, the largest in the continental US, is considered a barrier reef and is …
A vital system of ocean currents could soon collapse
A cargo ship seen from a distance. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A critical system of ocean currents could collapse much sooner than expected as a result of the …
U.S. needs to go ‘further and faster’ to achieve climate goals, lawmakers say
Bill Forte from North Sky Communications works on a fiber optic line during a heat wave gripping the Pacific Northwest in Lake Forest Park, Washington, U.S., June 26, 2021. Karen …
No major tornado damage to drug manufacturing in NC facility
In this aerial image, damage is seen to a Pfizer pharmaceutical factory after a tornado hit the facility two days earlier, on July 21, 2023 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. …
Volcano survivor Jesse Langford ‘still bothered’ by leaving parents Anthony and Kristine Langford during White Island disaster
An Australian survivor of a New Zealand volcano eruption is “still bothered” by having to leave his critically injured parents and seek help, a criminal trial has heard. Jesse Langford, …
El Niño exacerbates global warming: Record heat, flooding, wildfires
Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during an 8-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid …