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The island nation is in desperate need of clean water and other supplies, but covid-19 outbreaks on aid vessels are creating issues.
Microorganisms were found nearly 4,000 feet below the seafloor, at temperatures close to the presumed upper limit for life.
Istanbul, Athens, and other cities across the region turned into a winter wonderland after a powerful storm passed through.
The city was able to drastically reduce pollution levels ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games, but with just two weeks left until the event, time is running out.
The blast shattered an island and was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
A cold front will test the state's electric grid and natural gas supply. Officials are telling residents they're all going to make it.
Last weekend's massive volcanic eruption has left the island nation in the internet dark, and it could take up to four weeks to fix.
The state's beleaguered power grid will get its first real cold weather test since last year's horrific blackouts.
Volcanic ash is threatening drinking water supplies while a damaged fiber optic cables make outside communication a challenge.
Nations across the Pacific have sounded the alarm about tsunamis after a violent eruption shook one of Tonga's volcanoes.
The long weekend will feel even longer as wind chills go negative to start followed by snow and rain piling up.
All hail the icy, ominous disk that has returned to the Presumpscot River in Maine.
It topped 123 degrees Fahrenheit in Western Australia, tying the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in the southern hemisphere.
The country is suffering through a heat wave that knocked out power in Buenos Aires and challenged all-time records.
Snowfall rates in excess of an inch an hour and dangerous travel conditions will overtake the I-95 corridor on Thursday into Friday.
Officials said Monday they were looking into the possibility the fire may have started on the group's property.
The weather wasn't just wild, it was also incredibly hot across large parts of the Lower 48, leading to what is likely a new national record.
Hundreds of drivers are still stranded on I-95 after a storm made the highway nearly impassible.
More than 30,000 residents in Boulder County were evacuated as the Middle Fork Fire and the Marshall Fire left trails of destruction.
Wind chills as low as minus-50 are forecast into Thursday, adding another layer of weather-induced suffering to December.
