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Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.
From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of…
Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Maila triggered a deadly landslide in the mountains of East New Britain.
Firefighters are battling two destructive blazes in the southern part of the state as drought grips the U.S. Southeast.
The mountains of Utah and Colorado are among the areas of the western U.S. that are low on snow and…
Seasonal fires have darkened skies over Southeast Asia.
The tadpole-shaped islands along the Absheron Peninsula were born by explosive mud volcano eruptions and reshaped by erosion.
Above-normal precipitation has swollen rivers and damaged infrastructure statewide.
The violent storm aimed at the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in mid-April 2026.
A massive, old caldera and more recently formed craters shape the landscape in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
The state was unusually dry for much of 2025, but the intensity of the drought has ratcheted up since January…
The February 2026 eruption at Piton de la Fournaise has lasted longer and produced a larger volume of lava than…
Strong winds in March 2026 carried Saharan dust across northwestern Africa and toward the Canary Islands, reducing visibility and prompting…
Dry, warm, and windy conditions across the U.S. Great Plains led to extreme fire activity in March 2026.
Temperatures in several states climbed over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in March 2026, which in some places was the highest March…
Back-to-back subtropical cyclones in March fueled destructive flash flooding on several of the Hawaiian Islands.
The powerful storm lashed the northern edge of the continent with damaging winds and drenching rain as it made landfall…
Episode 43 of the Hawaiian volcano’s current eruption was marked by high lava fountains and widespread ash dispersal.
