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Houston-area residents frustrated as they enter sixth day without power and air conditioning in punishing heat

By Dalia Faheid and Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents are entering the sixth day in a row suffering brutal heat without air conditioning and many are scrambling to find cool shelters, food, safe drinking water and health care resources. More than 760,000 power customers in southeast Texas remain

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Dangerous heat threatens millions of Texans without power for days in largest outage in utility’s history

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Life-threatening heat is gripping southeast Texas, where more than 1.5 million homes and businesses remain without power and air conditioning for a third day after Beryl caused major power outages, including the largest in one major energy provider’s history. Restoring electricity across the region is expected to take

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Beryl is expected to regain strength and slam into Texas as a hurricane, marking the first US landfall of the Atlantic season

CNN By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to strengthen into a hurricane again before it reaches the South Texas coast on Monday, bringing damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge and dangerous flooding beginning late Sunday. It’s expected to mark the first US landfall storm of the 2024 Atlantic season. Here’s the

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Beryl is expected to regain strength and slam into Texas as a hurricane, marking the first US landfall of the Atlantic season

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to strengthen into a hurricane again before it reaches the South Texas coast on Monday, bringing damaging winds, life-threatening storm surge and dangerous flooding beginning late Sunday. It’s expected to mark the first US landfall storm of the 2024 Atlantic season. Here’s the latest:

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A ‘potentially historic’ heat wave intensifies along the West Coast, as dangerous wildfires spread

By Nouran Salahieh, Gene Norman and Monica Garrett, CNN (CNN) — An extremely dangerous, unusually long heat wave is intensifying and spreading up the West Coast – and there will be no relief for days. California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Arizona are bracing for potential wildfires, opening cooling centers and warning residents to stay indoors

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The West is sizzling under extreme heat and bracing for the threat of more fires as thousands remain evacuated in California

By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The West is sizzling under a major, prolonged heatwave through July 4 and beyond that’s bringing triple-digit temperatures and fueling wildfire risk as thousands have had to flee their homes from an advancing Northern California blaze. The Thompson Fire has consumed over 3,700 acres in California’s Butte County since

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Workers put bags of sand at the back door of a shop on June 30 in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Bridgetown

Hurricane Beryl charges toward Jamaica as record-breaking Category 5 after leaving Caribbean islands in ruins

CNN, NASA, CBC BARBADOS, OFFICE OF THE SV PRIME MINISTER, CSU, CIRA & NOAA, EU COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2, PIERRE MARKUSE, CSU/CIRA & NOAA, EU Copernicus Sentinel-2/Pierre Markuse By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica after leaving at least one person dead and

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