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Both The New York Times and Politico published stories this week based off a climate change report from the National Academy of Sciences titled "Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating ...

Rural communities in western Mississippi are surveying and cleaning up the damage after an unusual and powerful tornado tore through the area Friday night. The tornado killed at least 25 people in ...

People following the news — and the forecasts — may be wondering: Is climate change making tornadoes worse? Many of the extreme weather events that have dominated headlines recently — from heat waves ...