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Libya’s deadly floods show the growing threat of medicanes

Entire neighborhoods of the Libyan city of Derna have vanished following devastating floods wrought by Storm Daniel. Such storms are rare—but climate change will supersize them.

Resilience

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First scorched, then soaked: weather whiplash confounds farmers

As the war in Ukraine disrupts the global grain market, a volatile climate leaves Kansas on track to harvest its smallest wheat crop in decades.

Resilience

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Returning to a climate-changed home

Millimeter by millimeter the sea has been creeping up. These Senegalese villagers—allowed home for the first time in 30 years—are feeling the change all at once.

Politics

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As water shortages intensify Iran's heat wave, authorities shift blame

In a growing country of some 88 million people, mired in droughts exacerbated by climate change, experts say the damage is irreversible.

Resilience

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The Southwest bakes with more heat on the way

Phoenix could be on track to break its record of 18 consecutive days with temperatures above 110 as a heat dome has settled over the desert Southwest.

Resilience