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Once-In-A-Thousand-Year Floods In China Have Left Over One Million People Displaced

Flooding continues to devastate the city of Zhengzhou in the central Chinese province of Henan, where thousands remain stranded without power or food.
- Emily Feng
When Schools Shut Down In Alaska, These Students Went Moose Hunting

In the remote Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska, many families practice subsistence hunting to get food on the table. Three students reconnected with that tradition during the pandemic.
- Sequoia Carrillo
To prevent deaths during Washington's next heat wave, we need a heat action plan

"You have to coordinate a really wide range of services, everything from public health to ambulance services, the fire department, people who reach out to elderly care facilities, people who reach out and take care of the homeless. I could go on."
- Andy Hurst
Without Enough Water To Go Around, Farmers In California Are Exhausting Aquifers

California's farmers are unsustainably pumping billions of gallons of water out of the state's underground aquifers to make up for the water missing from rivers. Now the state is moving to stop it.
- Dan Charles
Wildfires Are Roaring In The West — But Not All Of Them Are Bad

Another large fire season is casting smoke across the country, with conditions ripe for major devastation. But not all fires are bad, and the widespread burning also brings long-term benefits.
- Nathan Rott
Men's Spending Habits Result In More Carbon Emissions Than Women's, A Study Finds

Men spend their money on greenhouse gas-emitting goods and services, such as meat and fuel, at a much higher rate than women, Swedish researchers found.
- Joe Hernandez
2 Australian States Say Their Sharks Will No Longer 'Attack.' They Will Only 'Bite'

Shark Week may never be the same: Two Australian states-- Queensland and New South Wales — have softened their tone when it comes to the language of reporting shark attacks.
- Scott Neuman
Get ready for smoke season

Another week of warm, breezy summer weather here in Seattle. But east of the mountains, they’re dealing with extreme fire danger. We’ll here more about the fast start to this year's wildfire season and what you can do to prepare from Northwest News Network correspondent Anna King.
- Patricia Murphy
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- Chris Morgan
2021 heat wave is now the deadliest weather-related event in Washington history

The official death toll from Washington state’s record-breaking heat wave jumped by 21 people Monday, as the Washington Department of Health revised its count to 112 people.
- John Ryan

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