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What makes California’s current major wildfires so unusual
Wildfires continue burning in California, with unhealthy air from smoke still cloaking some parts of the state. Combined with the Covid-19 pandemic, the fires are…
Hurricane Laura hits Gulf Coast as an “extremely dangerous” storm
The National Hurricane Center warned that Hurricane Laura will cause “life-threatening storm surge” reaching up to 40 miles inland and rising up to 20 feet…
Hurricane Laura: The danger of storm surge, explained
Hurricane Laura made landfall at 1 am ET Thursday in Cameron, Louisiana, as a fierce Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds. It has since…
Trump asked for fewer Covid-19 tests. Now the CDC is recommending less testing.
A couple of months ago, President Donald Trump said he told federal officials to “slow the testing down, please.” Now the Trump administration is taking…
Hurricane Laura was already a deadly storm before it reached the US
Before Hurricane Laura made landfall in the United States, it had already proved to be a deadly storm in three Caribbean countries, bringing torrential downpours,…
Rapid $1 Covid-19 tests exist. Why can’t we get them?
To get the US pandemic under control, a growing number of health and medical experts are making a clarion call for an additional testing approach…
How Trump let Covid-19 win
As America, and even his own administration, woke up to the threat of Covid-19, President Donald Trump still didn’t seem to get it. Within weeks…
Tropical Storm Laura’s flooding and other impacts on the ground: What we know
Tropical Storm Laura, which has been downgraded from a hurricane, made landfall early Thursday morning in Cameron, Louisiana — just 35 miles east of the…
The absurdity of Trump’s RNC speech, in one photo
President Donald Trump’s speech on Thursday — and the events surrounding the Republican National Convention in general — at times came off as a celebration:…