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From record-shattering hurricanes to deadly heat waves, the 2010s delivered some of the most extreme weather in U.S. history. Here are 10 events that redefined climate risk.
The U.S. has endured five 1,000-year rain events in just five weeks, raising urgent questions about climate change, infrastructure resilience and the growing risks of extreme weather.
Forecasters warn of chaotic U.S. weather as a blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river unfold simultaneously, straining infrastructure and challenging emergency planners.
Washington state faces destructive floods, forcing evacuations and road closures, as the Midwest prepares for a dangerous arctic blast bringing life-threatening cold and heavy snow.
A powerful atmospheric river is drenching the Pacific north-west, bringing intense rain, flooding and landslide risk as experts warn climate change may be amplifying these storm events.
Heavy rains triggered fresh flooding across western Washington, swamping neighborhoods still recovering from the destructive 2021 storms and forcing new evacuations and road closures.
Washington state is grappling with “historic” flooding as relentless storms inundate communities, forcing evacuations, swamping roads and raising concerns over infrastructure and safety.