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11 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: September 12, 2026.
NOAA says the Lower 48 averaged 74.4 degrees from June through August, topping the 1936 and 2021 marks, while August alone set records for both average temperature and daytime highs. Drought now covers 59% of the country.
Ground beef rose 12.8% and roasts 13.6% in August, against 3.2% for food overall. Ranchers who sold off breeding cows during the drought cannot rebuild the herd before the end of the decade.
NOAA's number beats July 1936 and July 2012 by a tenth or two of a degree. The nighttime record was not close: America's warmest month ever also refused to cool off after dark.
More than 180,000 accounts across San Juan and six neighboring municipalities entered rationing Friday after Puerto Rico's driest July in more than 120 years.
Paks supplies nearly half of Hungary's electricity. Prime Minister Péter Magyar says the river no longer carries enough water to cool the reactors, and the plant may stay off for weeks.
The Bureau of Reclamation's proposal spares the four Upper Basin states for now. Lake Powell could fall so low this year that Glen Canyon Dam's turbines stop spinning.
The fast-moving blaze southwest of Pueblo has destroyed at least 180 structures and remains uncontained as shifting winds drive flames toward mountain towns.
WatchThe largest wildfire burning in the United States has forced the evacuation of the entire town of Eureka and damaged a ski resort as crews battle single-digit humidity and 45 mph winds.
A massive bet on desalination and aggressive conservation has left Southern California's second-largest city with a surplus — and thirsty agencies in Nevada and Arizona are lining up to buy it.
University of Washington researchers identified that warmer, drier springs cause vegetation to absorb nearly 70% of snowmelt before it reaches the river, upending traditional forecasting methods relied upon by seven states.
The fire covered more than 100 miles in a single day. Combined with four other simultaneous blazes, over 876,000 acres have burned across the western Nebraska Panhandle and Sand Hills.