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MYSTERIOUS: Appalachians - What They Never Told You

Hiking canyons can quickly turn deadly when storms hit – what you should know before going in

Hiking a picturesque valley or climbing a craggy gorge are some of the most exhilarating experiences in nature. As a geologist, I have hiked and climbed some of the most intense terrains in the world, including in the Andes, Middle Eastern deserts, the Balkans and the Appalachians.

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Powerful storm slams Midwest leaving 700,000 customers without power

The risk of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will persist over the coming days throughout the Midwest, the Ohio Valley, and the central Appalachians

The Independent UK

The Appalachian Mountains hold enough lithium to make 500 billion cellphones, researchers discover

Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the ancient Appalachians mountain system holds 2.5 million tons of the critical element lithium.

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Snakes alive! A boy with a serpent in the Appalachians: Hannah Modigh’s best photograph

‘I was told not to go to St Charles as it was too dangerous. I went and was struck by how free the kids are. They’re not afraid of the region’s rattlesnakes’

The Guardian - UK

Hot blob beneath Appalachians formed when Greenland split from North America — and it's heading to New York

A hot blob currently beneath the Appalachians may have peeled off from Greenland around 80 million years ago and moved to where it is today at a rate of 12 miles per million years, scientists have found.

LiveScience

More than 30 million people at risk of flash flooding just weeks after deadly Texas floods

As many as 13 inches of rain could fall around Ohio, Illinois and other states in the coming days

The Independent UK

Wet hot American summer? It’s about to get gross for tens of millions of Americans across the US

Temperatures in the West were in the triple digits at the beginning of the week as storms continued across the Plains and Appalachians

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Snow and freezing rain pummel the mid-Atlantic while California prepares for likely flooding

Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected to continue pummeling the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic states, while California readies for a storm that could flood areas ravaged by the recent wildfires

The Independent UK

Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene

Los Angeles is burning, but it isn’t alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in Colorado, the southern Appalachians and the island of Maui, along with Canada, Australia, Portugal and Greece. What wasn’t burned was smoked in.

The Conversation

Storm Organizing Over Southern Plains, Rain Expected In Appalachians

Stay informed about the weather conditions for Thanksgiving travel in the East, central US, and Western region.

Top News

Cormac McCarthy, ‘No Country for Old Men’ author, dies at 89

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Severe Weather To Threaten Areas From New York City To Charlotte

Risk of strong thunderstorms will move to places east of the Appalachians after two days of severe weather and deadly tornadoes.

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Multi-Hazard Storm To Wallop Northeast With Rain, Wind And Snow

A powerful storm with rain, winds, and snow will affect Great Lakes Ohio Valley, New England and mid-Atlantic.

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Winter Fighting Back? 2 Snowstorms May Be On Deck For Northeastern US

With at least two storms, there will be more chances for snow in the Northeast in the upcoming weeks.

Zenger

Taste Of Spring To Tease Eastern US As Temperatures Soar

Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of six more weeks of winter has not come true

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Snowstorm Forecast To Bury Portions Of Interior Southeast This Weekend

This weekend, a storm will dump a foot of snow on the southern Appalachians

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At least 25 dead in Kentucky after catastrophic flooding hit Appalachia

The death toll is expected to rise as local officials examine the damage of the floods.

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