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Jun 19, 2013 11:30 AM ET // Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer
Residents in Alaska are sweltering amidst temperatures soaring past 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius).
Jun 16, 2013 05:25 PM ET // Larry O'Hanlon
The massive landslide happened in one of the biggest open-pit mines in the world. Continue reading →
Jun 14, 2013 05:00 AM ET // AFP
Two people died while trying to flee a wildfire in Colorado that has burned down 360 homes, in the state's most destructive blaze ever.
Jun 13, 2013 10:00 AM ET // AFP
Forest fires raged across western Colorado on Wednesday, destroying dozens of houses and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Jun 13, 2013 04:30 AM ET // Adam Hadhazy, LiveScience Contributor
The mercury's been rising these past few months across the United States as the region heads into summer, which officially starts on June 21.
Jun 12, 2013 03:00 PM ET // Irene Klotz
A massive storm stretching from Maryland to Iowa may be forming across the United States today, a rare meteorological event known as a derecho.
Jun 11, 2013 03:48 AM ET // Tim Wall
The biggest killers of Amazon trees might not be the massive walls of flame set by humans for deforestation, but stealthy understory fires that eat away at the trees like a cancer beneath the canopy. Continue reading →
Jun 10, 2013 09:20 AM ET // AFP
The river Danube reached a new record high in Budapest; central Europe is experiencing its worst floods in a decade.
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