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5 Organizations Helping Hurricane Ida Victims—and How You Can Contribute

A flooded boulevard in Biloxi, Mississippi, on August 30.

5 Organizations Helping Hurricane Ida Victims—and How You Can Contribute

8 Strange Cloud Types and What They Mean

Lenticular clouds in Cape Town, South Africa.

8 Strange Cloud Types and What They Mean

Funnel of Love: Mosquitoes Looking for Mates Formed ‘Mosquito Tornadoes’ in Siberia

What's worse than a single mosquito? Mosquitoes that don't want to be single.

Funnel of Love: Mosquitoes Looking for Mates Formed ‘Mosquito Tornadoes’ in Siberia

10 Tips for Coping With a Heat Wave

Don't let the heat beat you up this summer.

10 Tips for Coping With a Heat Wave

93 Names Have Been Retired For Atlantic Hurricanes and Tropical Storms—Is Yours One of Them?

A hurricane as seen from a satellite.

Niagara Falls Freezes Over As Temperatures Plunge in North America

The American side of the Niagara Falls partially frozen over in February 2015.

6 Ways to Help People Affected by Texas’s Cold Weather Crisis

Austin, Texas, after winter storm Uri.

Driving on Icy Roads in Winter Never Looked Less Fun Than in This Supercut

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What Exactly Is a Nor’easter?

A satellite image of a nor'easter from March 2018.

If You’re Eating Icicles, You’re Eating Bird Poop

Stas Scheiermann, Unsplash

What's the Difference Between a Snowstorm and a Blizzard?

Blizzards and snowstorms have some things in common.

What Is a Bomb Cyclone?

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5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

A wildfire near Shaver Lake, California, earlier this month.

Meet Asperitas, the Trendiest Addition to the Cloud Atlas

Kirill Ignatyev via Flickr Creative Commons // CC BY-NC 2.0

It Was 130 Degrees in Death Valley This Weekend—Likely the Hottest Temperature Recorded on Earth Since 1913

Death Valley National Park in California.

7 Facts About the Hurricane Highway

Hurricane Earl (top) and Hurricane Fiona (bottom) pummel the U.S. coast and Caribbean islands.