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By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Hurricane Elsa strengthened significantly Friday morning, becoming the first hurricane of the 2021 season. It is the third storm of the season to threaten the US coastline, potentially nearing the Florida Peninsula by next week, including around the site of the deadly Surfside condo collapse. Elsa has sustained

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN More than 4 million people remain under heat warnings in parts of the Pacific Northwest as drought conditions could be exacerbated by record high temperatures through the holiday weekend. As of Friday, 93% of the West is experiencing some form of drought. Add the threat of dry thunderstorms for some areas

By Rebekah Riess, CNN A search has revealed 182 human remains in unmarked graves at the site of another residential school in British Columbia. The Lower Kootenay Band, a member band of the Ktunaxa Nation, has announced that remains were found at the site of the former St. Eugene’s Mission School near the city of

By Hannah Gard, CNN Skiers and snowboarders pray for snow so they can shred the slopes. Climatologists and hydrologists have an entirely different and more critical reason to cross their fingers for the “white gold.” The West’s historic drought has many impacts, including water shortages, more severe wildfire seasons and unprecedented heat waves, to name

By Amanda Jackson and Brisa Colon, CNN As the West deals with a historic drought, officials in some cities are banning fireworks to help prevent more wildfires. The pandemic shuttered most of the July 4 celebrations last year as people stayed home to stop the spread of Covid-19. Thanks mostly to vaccinations, restrictions have been

By Caitlin Hu and Etant Dupain, CNN A bloody wave of shootings, arson and other criminal violence has engulfed parts of Port-au-Prince, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and trapping others within dangerous areas of the Haitian capital, aid agencies say. Most recently, a series of killings on Tuesday night claimed the lives

By John Keefe and Rachel Ramirez, CNN An unprecedented, multi-year drought continues to worsen in the West amid a period of record heat and dryness, which scientists say is a clear sign of how the climate crisis is affecting not only the weather, but water supply, food production and electricity generation. Despite some good rainfall

Opinion by Dana M. Peterson for CNN Business Perspectives As consumer prices rise for food, energy, housing and a number of other goods and services, Americans are feeling the pinch. But lower-income families and retirees on fixed incomes will especially feel their buying power erode — not just in the short-term, but for many years

By Sara Spary, CNN A British man has been found guilty of a spate of “savage” stabbing attacks on 16 pet cats in the coastal city of Brighton, southern England, Sussex Police has confirmed. Steve Bouquet, a 54-year-old security guard, attacked the pet cats over a nine-month period near his home address, beginning October 2018.

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Coastal areas in the Pacific Northwest have seen the worst of recent record-breaking heat, but millions in eastern Washington and Oregon are still under heat advisories through the upcoming weekend. Hundreds of deaths have been reported across the Pacific Northwest and Canada amid a heat wave that has also swept through

By Kocha Olarn, CNN For the first time in over 15 months, Thailand’s popular resort island of Phuket is allowing vaccinated international travelers to enter without quarantine restrictions. On July 1, at around 11 a.m., 25 vaccinated passengers arrived at Phuket International Airport on a direct flight from Abu Dhabi. It was the first of

By Dave Alsup and Brisa Colon, CNN The Canadian village that set an all-time national heat record this week has been “devastated” by a fast-moving wildfire that engulfed the small town “within minutes” following an intense heat wave, officials said Thursday. Two people have died from the fire that devastated the small Canadian village of