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French-speaking Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, has abandoned dwellings are everywhere due to storms, erosion, and rising sea-levels.
Language
Storms and rising sea levels threaten to wipe out French language in Louisiana’s bayou country
Hurricane Michael 2018
Environment
Warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico raise alarm as US storm season approaches
A boy and his mother walk through rubble
Hong Kong, southern China clean up after super typhoon Mangkhut
As Hurricane Florence Approaches, What About the People Forced to Stay?
Full Episode
Veteran Cuban weather forecaster Jose Rubiera is now retired. But when a big storm hits, he returns to his broadcasts, to the relief of many Cubans.
Science
To reassure Cubans, a revered meteorologist returns to the airwaves
Hurricane Irma has moved off from the northern coast of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Development
Irma rips through the Caribbean, with a wallop to the US Virgin Islands
Fallen banana trees cover a roadside after the passage of Hurricane Matthew in Cuba's Guantanamo province in October, 2016.
Science
With Hurricane Irma bearing down, Cuba and Haiti prepare for the worst
Bakers in Houston
Food
Workers trapped by Harvey at a Mexican bakery feed a hungry Houston
Environment
Strange weather and climate change
dust blizzard perspective graphic
Environment
Floods, blizzards, droughts, and dust storms: The week in perspective
Aerial view of the dust storm in Western Iran.
Environment
You think the snow in the US is bad? Spare a thought for Iranians caught in a dust storm
A cyclist wears a mask as he cycles near Buckingham Palace in London April 2, 2014. Britain's Meteorological Office forecast that London would be affected by smog this week, caused by powerful dust storms and strong winds in the Sahara.
Environment
London commuters deal with a new hardship — clouds of African dust
Post-Sandy rebuilding in New Jersey
Environment
In post-Sandy New York, a Dutch architect pushes oysters, islands and inlets to fight future floods
Environment
Three storm chasers among dead from last week’s Oklahoma tornadoes
Global Politics
In Tornado Alley, weathercasters admired for keeping communities safe
Environment
Timely warnings likely saved lives in weekend’s spate of Midwest tornadoes
Global Politics
As Birmingham and other cities clean up, weather service rolling out radar upgrades
Environment
VIDEO: National Guard called to dig out town buried under 10 feet of snow
Environment
VIDEO: Central Plains states rocked by deadly blizzard
Environment
Joplin, Missouri, tornado survivors speak out
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cleanup begins after tornado in Joplin, Missouri
Environment
Massive Saharan Dust Cloud Blows Across Atlantic
Development & Education
Toronto Slammed with Record-Setting Thunderstorms and Flash Flooding
Weather Channel to Begin Naming Winter Storms
Strong Warnings Precede More Than 100 Tornadoes in the Midwest
Top of the Hour: Tornadoes and Baseball-Sized Hail Rip Through North Texas, Morning Headlines
Tornadoes and Baseball-Sized Hail Rip Through North Texas
Tornadoes Leave Destruction in Midwest and South
Severe Weather Tears Through the Midwest and South
Storms Ravage Southeastern US
Top of the Hour: Winter Storm Batters Northeast, Morning Headlines
Earth Ear/Windchimes in the Rain
Global Politics
Iraq, Nepal and Senegal Refugees Now Faced With Damage From Massachusetts’ Tornadoes
Top of the Hour: Joplin’s Deadly Tornado, Morning Headlines
Environment
Protecting the Vulnerable from Tornado Deaths
Top of the Hour: Tornado Death Toll Reaches 300, Morning Headlines
Six Tornado States Survey the Damage
Top of the Hour: Tornado Death Toll Reaches 173, Morning Headlines
Tornadoes and Storms in South Kill 194
Tuscaloosa Tornado Measured as Level F-5
Tornadoes and Storms Across the South Kill Scores
Environment
North Carolina Recovers After Tornadoes
The Ice Storm Revisited
Chasing Twisters
Volcanic Lightning
Lightning Strikes
Lightning Strikes
Lightning Strikes
Whither the Weather
Fire Toads
Natural Drains
China Desert
The Living on Earth Almanac
Environment
Bad weather a harbinger of climate change? Not likely
Environment
Blizzards bombard the east coast
Global Politics
A history of drifts: major snows in America
Environment
California National Guard troops deployed to fight wildfires
Environment
Why have tornadoes been so severe in 2008?
Arts, Culture & Media
Mexican farmers battle erosion and drought
Environment
Geo Quiz and answer