It's Too Hot For Some Planes To Fly In Phoenix
Temperatures were expected to climb as high as 120 degrees there on Tuesday — too high for some smaller planes to handle.
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Millions Of Coastal Residents Warned To Flee Inland As Hurricane Nears Florida
More than a hundred people died as Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center says the Category 4 storm will near the U.S. coast late Thursday or early Friday.
'Roaring Wind' Examines Extreme Weather, And The Power Of Air
Biologist Bill Streever sailed from Texas to Guatemala while doing research for his new book, And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind. He says the wind was working against him "most of the time."
Storm-Triggered Mudslides Kill Dozens Of People In Mexico Over The Weekend
Hurricane Earl had been downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hit southern Mexico, but heavy rains prompted mudslides that killed at least 39 people.
How Jupiter's Red Spot Makes Things High Above It Hot, Hot, Hot
Think summer's hot on Earth? Space physicists tracking weather on Jupiter say the roar of the raging storm we call the Great Red Spot heats the outer atmosphere above it by more than 1,000 degrees F.
When The Going Gets Hot, Construction Workers Get Nocturnal
Arizona is getting so hot during the summer days, one construction site in Phoenix has to redefine "nightlife" and pour concrete at 1 a.m.
Wildfires And High Temperatures Scorch The Western U.S.
Hundreds of people have evacuated their homes because of fires in California, New Mexico and Arizona. A heat wave across the region is contributing to the problem — and in some cases, setting records.
Southwestern, Plains States Brace For Record High Temperatures This Weekend
Temperatures in Phoenix are forecast to go as high as 120 degrees. A massive high-pressure system has prompted excessive-heat warnings for parts of five states in the Southwest and the Plains.
El Niño Does Bring Floods And Drought, But There's A Silver Lining
We're in the middle of an El Niño that's already caused weather-related disasters and will last at least several more months. Now for the good news.
2 Separate Flash Floods In Utah Leave 16 Dead, 4 Missing
Two vehicles carrying 16 women and children were swept into a sudden rush of floodwater in southern Utah on Monday.