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Californians struggle with winds, fires, blackouts

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Californians on Wednesday found themselves facing winds, wildfires and darkness from yet another power outage that hit more than 1 million people. Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as Pacific Gas & Electric, the state’s largest utility, began its third round of sweeping […]

Storms, fires, heat waves: Year’s disasters linked to climate change

Many climate scientists have been reluctant to directly attribute natural disasters and extreme weather events to global warming. But 2018 forced their hand. Increasingly, climate scientists are making the connection between climate change and record-setting weather events — storms, droughts, floods, fires, heat waves, cold spells and more. […]

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