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Drought, fire risk to stay high during third La Niña winter

Federal weather officials say drought and wildfire risks will remain elevated in the western states while warmer than average temperatures will greet the Southwest, Gulf Coast and East Coast this winter

The Independent UK

Wolf known for genetic value found dead in New Mexico

Environmentalists are pushing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to do more to protect Mexican gray wolves after one of the endangered predators was found dead in southwestern New Mexico

The Independent UK

Fetterman says Oz ‘lies about my record on crime,’ at brief stop in Southwest Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — In the heat of a campaign tightening amid his opponent’s focus on crime, John Fetterman came to Southwest Philadelphia on Monday and in brief remarks aimed to reclaim the narrative.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Where the Colorado River crisis is hitting home

A reckoning has come for cities and farms in the desert Southwest that were built to rely on the Colorado River.

WEKU

GOP governors bused migrants to liberal cities. Texas sent them to the vice president’s home

WASHINGTON — Politicians have been using migrants as props for decades. Republicans visit the Southwest border and declare that immigration is out of control. During the Trump administration, Democrats made their way to detention centers to decry the treatment of children locked in cages.

Los Angeles Times

Migrants, long used as political props, were dumped Thursday at the vice president’s residence

Los Angeles Times

Record heat wave underway in Southwest, with brutal Labor Day weekend predicted

The heat wave is set to culminate with a dangerously hot Labor Day weekend across much of the West.

Axios

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As Lake Powell goes, so goes the West

As climate change dries the Colorado River Basin, the region's megacities may eventually dry up, too

Salon

Rents In These 3 U.S Multi-Family Rental Markets Increased By 27% Since Last Year — Here's Why

One of the biggest changes since the pandemic has been the record growth seen in several U.S. real estate markets. Many of these regions are in the sunbelt, which is defined as the American South and Southwest.

Benzinga

Heavy rains trigger flooding across drought-hit South and Southwest, leaving at least 1 dead

Widespread heavy rain and flooding is expected to persist in the southern U.S. throughout the week.

Axios

Climate whiplash: Southwest swings from drought to flood

Nearly two entire states are under flood watches Friday, with more watches expected Saturday.

Axios

Southwest stares down steep water cuts deadline with Colorado River at drought tipping point

States that rely on the river basin for water supplies have until Tuesday to outline plans or the Biden administration will step in.

Axios

Denver hit by flooding as Kentucky braces for another possible deluge

Storms could also trigger flash flooding from the Four Corners region into the Southwest, forecasters warn.

Axios

Southwest rains flood deserts, cascade into Vegas casinos

The annual weather pattern known as the monsoon has brought a parade of storms to cities across the U.S. Southwest

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

Schools are the 'hubs and hearts' of neighborhoods – here's how they can strengthen the communities around them

Food deserts. Poor housing conditions. Lack of community investment.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Joe Manchin’s dangerous betrayal on climate change will weaken America

Climate change is stoking life-threatening heat and wildfires in Europe while tens of millions of Americans in the South, Southwest and Midwest broil under excessive heat this week. Much of California is under strict outdoor watering restrictions because of severe drought. But President Biden’s best hope for serious climate action…

Inverse

A water expert reveals how farmers could save U.S. Southwest cities from drought

There is something profoundly unsettling about the lush green landscape in Southern California, a desert transformed by the power of water.

Los Angeles Times

Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric

LOS ANGELES — Unprecedented dryness across the Western United States is meeting with increasingly warm temperatures to create climate conditions so extreme that the landscape of California could permanently and profoundly change, a growing number of scientists say.

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Antarctic ice-core research holds lessons about drought patterns in WA's South-West

Ancient ice cores drilled from Antarctic glaciers shed light on why Western Australia's South-West region is experiencing a drought on a scale that has only occurred twice before in 2,000 years.

Axios

Census data reveals population shift to the West and Sunbelt

The race to the Rockies and Southwest in our work-from-anywhere world signals new emerging powers.

The Independent UK

Miscalculations, errors blamed for massive New Mexico blaze

Multiple miscalculations, inaccurate models and a lack of understanding of just how dry things are in the Southwest resulted in a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfire turning into the largest blaze in New Mexico's recorded history

Axios

33 wildfires burn across 5 U.S. states, forcing hundreds to evacuate in California and Arizona

California's fast-moving Sheep Fire, northeast of Los Angeles, has swollen to nearly 1,000 acres amid dry conditions.

Tribune News Service

Record heat sears Texas, central US this weekend

Record high temperatures continue to sear the Southwest through the Mississippi Valley, driving weekend energy demand as people turn to air conditioners to cool down, with the heat forecast to spread to Chicago and the Great Lakes early this week.

Axios

Records set from California to Texas as "dangerous" heat wave threatens 100M as it pushes east

"Dangerous heat" to pummel Southwest, Southern and Central areas overnight before moving farther north and east, NWS warns.

WEKU

How to prepare for this weekend's heat wave stretching from California to Texas

Temperatures will rise into the triple digits across the Southwest and western U.S. this weekend. Daytime temps will be 10 to 20 degrees hotter than normal, according to the National Weather Service.

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