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As rising temperatures offered some hope for frustrated Texans shivering in their homes days after losing power in a deadly winter storm, another wave of frigid weather was taking aim at the northern U.S. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson says the duration of the icy storm that has plagued Texas and…

Hundreds of thousands of Texans shiver without power for a second day as an icy winter storm reminds the state's residents of a deadly 2021 blackout.

All eyes have been on the West Coast in recent weeks as round after round of rain and snow pummeled the region.

The planet’s air temperature has been rising for decades but it wobbles up and down, write Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis. The ocean doesn’t do the same dance, it changes more slowly – and more deeply

2022 became the eighth consecutive year average global temperatures reached at least 1C above pre-industrial levels, but scientists have warned the pattern is likely to continue

A new report also names 2022 as the fifth-warmest, despite the cooling effects of La Niña

The trend is altering the water cycle in ways that lead to extreme weather events.

“This tragedy was avoidable and could and should have been prevented,” said Larry Rogers Jr., an attorney representing the family of one of the deceased women.

Climatologists are calling it “the most extreme heat wave in European history"