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Significant flooding has been reported across southern Minnesota after heavy rain Friday through Saturday afternoon prompting local officials to close town streets in the impacted areas.

A fast-moving brush fire swept through a hillside neighborhood in La Habra Heights, California, on Monday. Two people were injured.

Shallow water transforms Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni into a reflection of the sky. Here’s the science behind the spectacle.

Usually an invisible swirl of air, this passing dust devil became impossible to miss when it flung pool inflatables and furniture cushions skyward.

A cluster of three hurricanes has formed in the central and eastern Pacific — areas primed for tropical activity by El Niño.

Southeast Texas saw life-threatening flooding even as storm Edouard lost steam. Online speculation said “brown ocean effect” aided the rain, but the simpler explanation was right next door.

A basement sliding door could only hold back the water for so long in Glassboro, New Jersey. Watch the moment the door caves in.

Dramatic wave-like clouds over Santa Cruz looked like a rough ocean hanging overhead, drawing attention for their unusual appearance.

Humpback, fin and minke whales were once rare sights near Greenland’s Scoresby Sound. Climate change is propelling a northward migration.

To help people prepare for hurricanes, scientists studied 40 tropical cyclones and found storm surge hits in eight ways.

A heat dome is cooking the South. Meteorologist Chris Warren and multimedia designer Ashley Burke animate and explain what causes this thermal atmospheric anomaly.

Dramatic drone footage captures lava flowing from Italy’s Mount Etna, as new vents emerge and volcanic activity rumbles at Europe’s tallest volcano.

CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir breaks down a NOAA report about July’s record hot temperatures.

A towering column of smoke and fire spins across a scorched landscape in eastern Oregon, offering a striking glimpse into a wildfire season that is already one of the region's most destructive on record.

CNN Senior Climate Reporter Andrew Freedman explains what scientists mean when they describe an El Niño as the "strongest on record."

A powerful tornado toppled power lines and trees around a driver in the Appleton, Wisconsin, area. The EF2 tornado caused widespread damage in parts of the town and neighboring Menasha and Neenah, including to homes.

As temperature rises, honeybees are spending more energy cooling their hives instead of pollinating. Experts warn it could affect the food on our tables.

A Seattle-based company developed a hydrophobic spray to stencil artwork that only appears on rainy days.

Nazaré, Portugal, is home to some of the world’s biggest waves. The reason lies beneath the surf, in the form of Europe’s largest underwater canyon.

Meteorologist Chris Warren explores the clouds that are the byproducts of transportation and human civilization.

This lake, located just outside of Osoyoos in British Columbia, has distinctive, colorful spots that are created by a combination of its chemistry, geology and climate.

周五至周六下午的强降雨导致明尼苏达州南部多地发生严重洪灾，当地官员已关闭受灾地区的城镇街道。

周一，加州拉哈布拉高地一处山坡居民区发生快速蔓延的灌木丛火灾，造成两人受伤。

浅水将玻利维亚的乌尤尼盐沼变成了天空的倒影。以下是这一奇观背后的科学原理。

通常情况下，这股看不见的空气旋涡，在经过时却变得难以忽视，因为它把泳池充气玩具和家具垫子抛向空中。

三个飓风在太平洋中部和东部形成——这些地区受厄尔尼诺现象影响，极易出现热带气旋活动。

即使“爱德华”风暴强度减弱，德克萨斯州东南部仍遭遇了危及生命的洪水。网上有人猜测是“棕色海洋效应”加剧了降雨，但更简单的解释就在隔壁。

在新泽西州格拉斯伯勒，地下室的推拉门只能暂时抵挡住洪水。看看门坍塌的瞬间吧。

圣克鲁斯上空波涛汹涌的云​​层宛如波涛汹涌的大海悬于头顶，因其奇特的景象而引人注目。

座头鲸、长须鲸和小须鲸曾经在格陵兰岛斯科斯比湾附近十分罕见。气候变化正在推动它们向北迁徙。

为了帮助人们做好应对飓风的准备，科学家研究了 40 个热带气旋，发现风暴潮会以八种方式袭击人类。

一股热穹正在炙烤美国南部。气象学家克里斯·沃伦和多媒体设计师阿什利·伯克用动画解释了造成这种大气热异常现象的原因。

震撼的无人机拍摄画面显示，熔岩从意大利埃特纳火山流出，新的喷气孔出现，欧洲最高的火山发出隆隆的火山活动声。

CNN首席气候记者比尔·威尔解读了美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）关于7月份创纪录高温的报告。

在俄勒冈州东部一片焦土上，一股高耸的烟柱和火焰旋转着，令人震惊地展现了该地区野火季的景象，而这场野火季已经成为该地区有记录以来最具破坏性的野火季之一。

CNN高级气候记者安德鲁·弗里德曼解释了科学家们将厄尔尼诺现象描述为“有记录以来最强”的含义。

威斯康星州阿普尔顿地区发生强力龙卷风，刮倒了电线杆和树木，一名司机被困其中。这场EF2级龙卷风给该镇及其邻近的梅纳沙和尼纳的部分地区造成了大范围破坏，包括房屋受损。

随着气温升高，蜜蜂将更多能量用于冷却蜂巢，而不是授粉。专家警告说，这可能会影响我们餐桌上的食物。

西雅图一家公司开发了一种疏水喷雾剂，用于在雨天喷涂图案，这种图案只会在雨天显现。

葡萄牙纳扎雷拥有世界上一些最大的海浪。原因就隐藏在海浪之下，那里拥有欧洲最大的水下峡谷。

气象学家克里斯·沃伦探索了交通运输和人类文明的副产品——云。

这个位于不列颠哥伦比亚省奥索尤斯郊外的湖泊，拥有独特的、色彩斑斓的斑点，这是由其化学成分、地质和气候共同作用形成的。