tropical storms Watch: Diners have a grand old time eating while wet at a flooded cafe in Thailand Carla Sinclair

climate change We've officially passed the 1.5° global warming limit we've been warned about for years Thom Dunn

wikipedia Wikipedia's 7-year yogurt spelling war was longer than three Shakespeare plays Mark Frauenfelder

100 dead and thousands uprooted after Hurricane Helene tears through southeast Rob Beschizza

climate change Hurricane Beryl is historic in all the worst ways Gail Sherman

south korea World Scout Jamboree turns into scouting version of Fyre Festival Jennifer Sandlin

desert Sky to dim as enormous Saharan dust cloud heads to U.S. Rusty Blazenhoff

climate change Here are 36 cities that will be the first to be submerged as global water levels continue to rise Jennifer Sandlin

climate change Last year's lockdowns reduced carbon emissions. This year's wildfires undid all that. Thom Dunn

climate Theta named 29th storm of Atlantic hurricane season, record broken: most named storms in a single season Xeni Jardin

trouble Two hurricanes, one gulf Rob Beschizza

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein's prison confession, the world's most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science Hurricane Florence in 3D, as seen by NASA's MISR onboard the Terra satellite Xeni Jardin

News Hurricane Aletta: 2018's first major Pacific storm already Category 4, no threat to land… yet Xeni Jardin

picks Hurricane Hermine Strikes Florida's West Coast Xeni Jardin

picks Hurricane Hermine to Hit Florida's Gulf Coast with 'Life Threatening' Force Xeni Jardin

Space ISS captures three hurricanes in time-lapse video, two in Pacific and one in Atlantic Xeni Jardin

science fiction Koko Takes a Holiday Boing Boing