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Flash flooding in Midwest, southern states leaves 21 people dead
As of Monday morning, about nine million people are under a flood watch.
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Hawaii Fire: Death toll rises to 55 with 1,000 missing and a thousand structures damaged or destroyed
As of Wednesday evening, at least 36 had died from the fire, making it the deadliest U.S. fire since 2018, when at least 85 people were killed in a fire in California
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Severe East Coast storms leave 1 million without power, kill at least 2
Multiple tornado watches were also issued on Monday, covering a large area from western Tennessee and Kentucky, into Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, affecting over 30 million people
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California fire expands, crossing state borders into Nevada
The fire continued to grow and on Sunday it had expanded to 70,000 acres, crossing into Nevada
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Arizona residents in hospital after pavement reaches 180 degrees
At dangerously high temperatures, the ground can heat up, especially in areas where the asphalt is dark since it absorbs more heat than other surfaces
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South Florida ocean tops 100 degrees, possibly setting world record
The triple-digit reading could be a new global record for ocean temperatures, breaking the previous record of 99.68 set in the Persian Gulf, one of the hottest bodies of water in the world, experts say
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Los Angeles man dies in Death Valley in 121-degree heat
Before collapsing Curry had been interviewed by the Los Angeles Times reporter at Zabirskie Point, about two miles from Golden Canyon, for a piece about extreme heat
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Phoenix keeps breaking records amid scorching heat wave
On Wednesday, temperatures in Pheonix reached around 117 degrees at around 2 p.m., breaking the 34-year-old daily temperature record of 116 degrees set in 1989
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Landslides in Colombia kill at least 14 with 20 still missing
Rescue teams from the Civil Defense, Red Cross, and firefighters are still searching for any survivors that might still be buried under the debris
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NBC meteorologist cites U.N. doomsday report, says southern states too hot for humans by 2070
The alarming comments come one month after ADN America reported another NBC meteorologist said a recent, extreme heat wave in Puerto Rico was “due to manmade global warming”
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Los Angeles landslide forces dozens of evacuations as houses lean over canyon
At least 12 homes were deemed uninhabitable and were given evacuation orders. Residents were told they had about 20 minutes to gather their belongings