John Keefe
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“Do not wait,” local officials warned as 100,000 people are ordered to evacuate. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
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100,000 Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise in Washington State
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/weather/washington-flooding-rain-atmospheric-river.html
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The New York Times
23 days ago
A couple of quick but unusually strong winter storms this week are expected to deliver a messy mix of heavy snow and gusty winds to parts of the U.S. Here's the areas that will likely be affected.
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Blizzard Warnings in West Virginia As Unusually Strong Winter Storms Bring Heavy Snow
Two storms moving through the Midwest and Northeast are being supercharged by a system on the West Coast. Blizzard warnings are in effect in West Virginia.
https://nyti.ms/4oNcLwo
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A clear and powerful visual description of the Hong Kong high-rise disaster. (Gift link)
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How the Hong Kong High-Rise Fire Became So Deadly (Gift Article)
Hazardous construction materials, the buildings’ design and a series of safety failures likely enabled the blaze to spread with devastating speed.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/05/world/asia/hong-kong-fire-photos-videos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U8.XYM8.HJ8PiaNUT2-5&smid=url-share
28 days ago
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The New York Times
29 days ago
The USGS sent an alert that Nevada had been rocked by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake early Thursday before quickly deleting the warning from its web page and saying it had been an error.
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False Report of 5.9 Earthquake Sends Phones Buzzing in Nevada
The United States Geological Survey quickly deleted the alert, saying it had been sent in error.
https://nyti.ms/4pHFtQ6
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erin mccann
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“This isn’t a good look,” one earthquake expert said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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False Report of 5.9 Earthquake Sends Phones Buzzing in Nevada
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/us/nevada-earthquake-usgs-false.html?smid=bs-share
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
Snow was falling in parts of New York State and Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, as forecasters warned that a large winter storm barreling into the Northeast could snarl commutes and dump several inches of accumulation in some areas. Here's what to know.
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Snow Falls in New York State as Major Storm Approaches
A mix of snow and ice was beginning to fall across the Midwest and Northeast as tens of millions of people braced for a major winter storm.
https://nyti.ms/444OGcV
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What's the chance you'll get snow — and how much — from tomorrow's Nor'easter? This gem of a story/tracker/tool will always let you know.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Much Snow Will Fall Where You Live?
Type in your community to see the full range of possibilities in the next few days.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/upshot/snow-forecast-totals-lookup.html
about 1 month ago
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
After a mostly dry Thanksgiving across the U.S., forecasters say a storm bringing heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain and blizzard conditions could lead to “severe travel disruptions” for the Northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes from Friday through the weekend.
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Winter Storm in Northern U.S. Expected to Snarl Post-Thanksgiving Travel
Forecasters say a winter storm could disrupt travel, dumping up to a foot of snow across parts of the Midwest through the holiday weekend.
https://nyti.ms/4pDWUkE
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Alaska on Thursday, according to the USGS.
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Map: 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Alaska Near Anchorage
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
https://nyti.ms/48DSKTV
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Jennie Coughlin
about 1 month ago
Some of Manhattan's most iconic spots would be submerged, including parts of Chinatown, SoHo and the financial district. Several feet of water would pool in the theater district and areas near MSG. In the Bronx, Yankee Stadium would be nearly surrounded by water, up to 11 feet in places.
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See Which New York City Neighborhoods Could Get Hit By the Next Hurricane (Gift Article)
Heavy rain would make a hurricane catastrophic. See the neighborhoods that could face the worst flooding.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/25/nyregion/nyc-storm-hurricane-flooding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E8.M83r.BzhZL9Mdmyz7&smid=url-share
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Matthew Green
about 1 month ago
Keys are hard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
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Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/world/cryptography-group-lost-election-results.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
Downtown Los Angeles has recorded nearly seven inches of rain since Oct. 1, making it the fifth wettest start to a rainy season in records that date back to 1899.
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This Is One of L.A.’s Wettest Novembers in Decades
The rain has been a stark contrast to very dry weather at the same time last year.
https://nyti.ms/4oNQnDM
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Gift link.
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Jamaica Announces Deadly Bacterial Outbreak After Hurricane Melissa
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/jamaica-leptospirosis-outbreak-hurricane-melissa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3E8.k3hD.CX9rldmtCVLl&smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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New York Times Weather
about 1 month ago
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and so is one of the year’s busiest travel periods. Will the weather get in your way?
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Will Weather Snarl Your Thanksgiving Plans? Here’s a Day-by-Day Forecast.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/weather/thanksgiving-forecast-snow-cold.html
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The New York Times
about 2 months ago
Weather forecasters and public officials in Southern California were growing increasingly concerned on Thursday that a complex storm system moving in from the north could stall, leading to days of heavy rain and the potential for landslides in areas that were recently burned by wildfires.
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Southern California Is Forecast to Get Heavy Rain
Parts of Los Angeles County will be under evacuation warnings starting Thursday evening as a complex storm system moves in.
https://nyti.ms/4oBn3Ad
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Keeping an eye on Southern California ...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
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Southern California Is Going to Get Heavy Rain. Just How Much Is Still Uncertain.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/weather/los-angeles-forecast-rain-flood.html
about 2 months ago
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The New York Times
about 2 months ago
Back-to-back storms this week could lead to flooding and power outages in and around Northern California, forecasters warned.
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Atmospheric River Brings Powerful Winds and Rain to California, Oregon and Washington
Back-to-back storms this week could lead to flooding and power outages, forecasters warned.
https://nyti.ms/4qLyZky
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The New York Times
2 months ago
Officials in Jamaica have raised concerns that not enough residents are complying with mandatory evacuation orders. Hurricane Melissa is barreling toward the island nation, threatening to become the strongest storm ever to make landfall there and wreak potentially catastrophic damage.
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Jamaican Officials Worry That Not Enough People Are Evacuating Ahead of Melissa
As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the island nation, only a fraction of residents have headed to evacuation centers.
https://nyti.ms/42Zi3g9
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Nazaneen Ghaffar
3 months ago
Britain’s Famous Forecasting Failure. 38 years ago today Britain was blindsided by one of its worst storms. 18 lives lost, 15 million trees destroyed & a billion pounds worth of damage. Almost no one, not even Britain’s trusted weather forecasters, had seen it coming.
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How the UK’s Hurricane-Strength Storm of 1987 Became a Famous Weather Forecasting Failure
The Great Storm of 1987 was a forecasting blunder that left at least 18 people dead, felled 15 million trees and caused a billion pounds worth of damage.
https://nyti.ms/4769vVV
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The New York Times
3 months ago
Emergency crews rescued dozens of people in western Alaska on Sunday as flooding from the remnants of Typhoon Halong battered remote coastal communities and tore houses off their foundations, officials said.
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Dozens Rescued in Remote Alaskan Villages in Storm That Swept Away Homes
The Coast Guard and the Alaska National Guard were conducting search-and-rescue operations in two villages along the Bering Sea on Sunday.
https://nyti.ms/46P8qmD
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New York Times Weather
3 months ago
An area of Arizona that includes Phoenix falls within the bull’s-eye of a region at particularly risk for heavy rain and flash flooding. A smattering of showers fell on Thursday, and heavier rainfall is on the way on Friday and Saturday.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/w...
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Parts of the Southwest May Get More Than a Month’s Rain This Weekend
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/weather/priscilla-arizona-california-nm-rain-forecast.html
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The New York Times
3 months ago
The National Weather Service announced that a deadly North Dakota tornado this summer has been assessed as a 5 on the enhanced Fujita scale, with wind speeds greater than 210 miles per hour. It’s the first time since 2013 that a tornado has been given the highest possible rating.
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Deadly North Dakota Tornado Was a Rare EF-5, Weather Service Says
Experts reassessed the damage from a tornado that left three people dead in June, and gave it the strongest possible rating on the tornado scale.
https://nyti.ms/4h1atYj
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Brian McNoldy
3 months ago
You don't see this every day...
#Imelda
#Humberto
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William B. Davis
3 months ago
Mapping some recent double events
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The New York Times
3 months ago
Hurricane Humberto rapidly intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 3 storm over just a few hours on Friday.
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Hurricane Humberto Intensifies to Category 3 Storm: Latest Updates
It’s too soon to know how Humberto could affect land. Another potential storm nearby is making for a complicated forecast.
https://nyti.ms/46H76AK
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Judson Jones
3 months ago
Uncertainty remains around Humberto and what could become Imelda, but forecasters now say there's an increasing chance one of these storms could impact the U.S. Stay tuned for updates!
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With Humberto, an ‘Incredibly Complex’ Hurricane Forecast Is Unfolding
Tropical Storm Humberto formed Wednesday, and another storm may form soon, but their potential effects remain fairly uncertain.
https://nyti.ms/3Vx3s7A
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Tomer Burg
4 months ago
It’s September 13, not a single tropical cyclone is active globally, and only one invest globally has over a 30% probability of formation into a tropical cyclone. We’ll take the quiet while it lasts…
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Hurricane Erin’s remarkable strengthening continued on Saturday, and it could become a Category 5, forecasters said. Max sustained winds now at 155 m.p.h., and have increased by 80 m.p.h. over the last 24 hours — more then twice the definition of "rapid intensification."
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5 months ago
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Brian McNoldy
5 months ago
Tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane in a day. 🤯 Rapid intensification is conventionally defined to be an increase of at least 35 mph in 24 hr. This is at 75 mph in 24 hr. (soon to be Category 5
#Erin
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Judson Jones
5 months ago
That happened fast,
#Erin
. Tropical storm to Category 4 in 24 hours!
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Judson Jones
5 months ago
#Erin
is now a hurricane, and this time I don't mean my editor, who is storming through an edit on my text right now.
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New York Times Weather
5 months ago
Have you ever wondered how your weather app gets the forecast? It's all abut the data.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Your Phone Gets the Weather
The more weather observations meteorologists can rely on, the more precise their forecasts will be. Here's what goes into an accurate forecast.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/07/weather/weather-app-phone-accuracy.html
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William B. Davis
6 months ago
A very manual
@protomaps.com
to print pipeline. Always excited to get something in print 🗞️
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Judson Jones
6 months ago
July is what experts call “flash flood month.”
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Here's Why There's So Much Flash Flooding in the U.S. Right Now (Gift Article)
July’s hot temperatures and moist air are the perfect ingredients for rain.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/16/weather/2025-07-16-flood-month.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W08.r6bQ.JoNju0knJA5e&smid=url-share
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Judson Jones
6 months ago
After one of the slowest starts to hurricane season in 20 years, Tropical Storm Andrea has formed in the Atlantic.
@nytweather.bsky.social
@nytimes.com
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Map: Tracking Tropical Storm Andrea (Gift Article)
See the likely path and wind arrival times for Andrea.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/24/weather/andrea-map-path-tracker.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RU8.hVfG.KCKrrNbp5av2&smid=url-share
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New York Times Weather
7 months ago
See the likely path and wind arrival times for Dalila.
https://nyti.ms/4e2DT6x
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Map: Tracking Tropical Storm Dalila
See the likely path and wind arrival times for Dalila.
https://nyti.ms/4e2DT6x
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With updated radar for the DC area ... (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/w...
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Storms Are Expected in Washington, D.C., on Saturday
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/weather/dc-trump-parade-weather-forecast.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.aU8E.UJYZiWePGVnn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
7 months ago
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New York Times Weather
7 months ago
As Washington, D.C., prepares to host a parade celebrating the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday on Saturday, weather forecasters are warning of the potential for showers and thunderstorms that could disrupt the day’s events, including a scheduled appearance by President Trump.
https://trib.al/7CyuAKV
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Forecasters Warn It May Rain on Trump’s Military Parade
Thunderstorms and extreme heat could disrupt outdoor plans around the country this weekend.
https://trib.al/7CyuAKV
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The New York Times
7 months ago
The National Weather Service issued its first-ever heat advisory in Alaska on Friday.
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Alaska Weather Office Issues Its First Heat Warning
Forecasters said it might hit 85 degrees in Fairbanks this weekend. The Weather Service has changed how it issues warnings there.
https://trib.al/9apPY7W
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Judson Jones
7 months ago
My colleague
@amyjeangraff.bsky.social
tells how a wildfire has exploded in size in Oregon. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Hundreds Evacuated as Wildfire Grows in Oregon
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/06/13/us/rowena-wildfire-oregon?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok8.JTc0.pfJ2gBubRux5&smid=bs-share
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Judson Jones
7 months ago
The Atlantic hurricane season got off to a quiet start. That’s not unusual, experts said.
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Hurricane Season Started Two Weeks Ago. Where Are the Storms?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/weather/hurricane-season-forecast-when.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok8.clx9.uwl7ediRn0kn&smid=url-share
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Small, but felt in L.A.
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Maps: 3.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Los Angeles
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and aftershocks.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/10/us/earthquake-los-angeles-tracker.html
7 months ago
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A great look at the issues behind a TV meteorologist's viral video, by
@sonofjud.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/w...
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A Florida Weatherman’s Hurricane Plea Went Viral. Here’s Why.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/weather/john-morales-florida-hurricane-forecast-nbc-6.html
7 months ago
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Also on the *front page* of the NYT, if that's your preferred format.
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7 months ago
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Amy Graff
7 months ago
Many thanks to
@willbdavis.bsky.social
for the animation on my story about the Saharan dust moving across the Atlantic! Thank you, Will!
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Fantastic story about how forecasting played a vital role on D-Day, by my colleague @nazaneentv.bsky.social
nyti.ms/3SzltRf
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Behind the D-Day Weather Forecast that Saved the World
Getting the troops to Normandy on D-Day was a tremendous logistical undertaking. And it almost didn’t happen.
https://nyti.ms/3SzltRf
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The New York Times
7 months ago
A dust plume that has been traveling across the Atlantic may later spread as far as Texas and Georgia as a weather system breaks it apart. See how it's moved across the ocean and read the latest forecast here.
https://trib.al/fvFwFPG
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Saharan Dust Is Expected to Ramp Up Over Florida on Thursday
A dust plume that has been traveling across the Atlantic may later spread as far as Texas and Georgia as a weather system breaks it apart.
https://trib.al/fvFwFPG
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Marco Hernández
7 months ago
Check this map my colleague
@willbdavis.bsky.social
just published visualizing dust from the Sahara
nyti.ms/4mO6PmV
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New York Times Weather
7 months ago
The New York Times weather team is a group of reporters and editors and designers and programmers who work with all the other departments in the newsroom to cover extreme weather and a few other things. You can follow some of us here
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Woke up to hazy skies in NYC. Midwest has been dealing with this for a couple of days now.
nyti.ms/4kPCxhF
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Eastern U.S. Is Shrouded in Smoke From Canadian Wildfires and Saharan Dust
Smoke from Canadian wildfires and desert dust from the Sahara are creating unhealthy air quality from New York City to Miami.
https://nyti.ms/4kPCxhF
7 months ago
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