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Ross Fire Grows Into One of Largest Wildfires on Record in North Texas
Aug 28 2026 // The Ross Fire has grown into one of the largest wildfires in the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s recorded history, scorching 85,000 acres across Palo Pinto and Jack counties in just three days. The fire, which began Monday...
Tropical Storm Dolly Forms in the Atlantic, Not Named After Dolly Parton
Aug 28 2026 // Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the Atlantic far from land, making it the fourth named storm this season, forecasters said. The name is quite a coincidence, but has no connection to country music star Dolly Parton, who died...
Wildfire Burns Structures in North Central Texas
Aug 27 2026 // A wildfire that exploded in size in a matter of hours ripped through wide swaths of ranchland in rural Texas, burning structures at a youth camp while forcing evacuations and closing schools Tuesday. The fire, which began...
World Inches Toward Catastrophic Climate Events: ‘Bigger Shocks Are On the Way’
Aug 26 2026 // In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation...
Firefighters Make Gains on Nevada Wildfire That’s Destroyed 30 Homes
Aug 25 2026 // Crews have started to contain a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Reno, Nevada, that destroyed more than 30 homes as it spread perilously close to dense neighborhoods, officials said Monday. Containment reached...
Cleanup Underway After Tornadoes Touch Down in Delaware and New York’s Long Island
Aug 23 2026 // Cleanup efforts and damage assessment were underway Friday in Delaware’s capital and on Long Island, New York, after tornadoes touched down during storms that battered the Northeast with heavy rains and left dozens...
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