Weather

Thunderstorms and heavy rain in eastern Tennessee flooded Dolly Parton’s theme park on Sunday, causing a road to collapse at the entrance to the park, according to the police.

By Storyful

Flash floods rushed through portions of the park on Sunday. Dollywood was expected to reopen on Monday.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

When art changes opinions or opens hearts, it changes the world as profoundly as any legislation does.

By Margaret Renkl

Roughly one out of every nine of the city’s water ratepayers is behind on payments. The Department of Environmental Protection needs the money.

By James Barron

The officials were punished nearly a year after two dams above the seaside city of Derna failed in a storm, killing thousands and destroying much of the area.

By Vivian Yee

The fire, the largest active blaze in the United States, was 12 percent contained on Sunday afternoon. Fire activity was on the rise, according to officials.

By Isabelle Taft and Kate Selig

It’s possible to train your body to better handle high temperatures in just a few weeks.

By Katharine Gammon

A growing cohort of young farmers is experimenting with ways to mitigate the impact of flooding and other extreme weather.

By Jenna Russell

For a recent assignment, a photographer found herself taking images from inside a tornado.

By Natalie Ivis

Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.

By Austyn Gaffney

Devastating wildfires have forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate Jasper, Canada.

By Reuters, The Associated Press and Miriam Crawley Via Storyful

The storm has already left a trail of destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines, where it killed at least 15 people.

By Tiffany May and Amy Chang Chien

Twice this week, global temperatures broke records, but scientists are more concerned about a longer-term pattern of hotter weather.

By David Gelles

Consulta la trayectoria probable y las horas de llegada de los vientos de Bud.

Por William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Sabrina Duque, Gregory Escobar, Judson Jones, John Keefe y Bea Malsky

See the likely path and wind arrival times for Bud.

By Matthew Bloch, William B. Davis, Madison Dong, Judson Jones, John Keefe and Bea Malsky

The authorities arrested a man believed to have started the fire north of Sacramento. A second fire in eastern Oregon, affecting more than 268,000 acres, is now the largest in the country.

By Heather Knight, Mike Baker and Amanda Holpuch

The storm, weaker but still dangerous, made landfall just before 8 p.m. local time. Six sailors were still missing after a cargo ship sank near Taiwan.

By Tiffany May, Amy Chang Chien and Zixu Wang

The typhoon, which caused severe flooding in the Philippines, landed on Taiwan with Category 3 winds.

By Reuters

People in Manila used makeshift floats to ferry others across flooded streets, while Taiwan braced for the impact of the typhoon.

By The New York Times

See the likely path for Gaemi.

Daily power cuts have been plaguing Egypt during an extraordinarily hot summer. Now the blackouts may be temporarily suspended, but the damage to confidence in the government has already been done.

By Vivian Yee and Emad Mekay

After a blistering weekend, particularly in inland areas farther from the coast, cooler temperatures are expected beginning early this week.

By Isabelle Taft

It was the second such rain-related disaster in less than three months, as extreme weather challenges the country’s extensive network of newly built expressways.

By Keith Bradsher

The heat index, an indicator of temperature and humidity, could reach triple digits, well above what is typical for the region.

By Christine Hauser

The total hours Amtrak trains were delayed in fiscal year 2023

By Santul Nerkar

Summers are miserable. Dating doesn’t have to be.

By Gina Cherelus

The Irish bar was opened in Manhattan 57 years ago. The building on East 57th Street has been sold.

By James Barron

We asked experts when you need to replenish these essential minerals, and how best to do so.

By Katie Mogg

There are simple ways to address it quickly. Here’s what to know.

By Nina Agrawal

The tornadoes swept through Central New York during a week of extreme weather in the region. The worst of the damage was in the city of Rome, east of Syracuse.

By Claire Fahy

Major roads and freeways were shut down in Canada’s largest city amid heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

By The New York Times

Air temperature is just one measure of how heat affects cities and people. See how high surface temperatures, which bring additional risks, can get.

By Raymond Zhong and Mira Rojanasakul

The dated U.S. rail infrastructure is struggling to stay operational as climate change accelerates and intense heat waves, downpours and high winds become more frequent.

By Minho Kim

Rainfall of 6 to 11 inches overnight prompted a rare flash flood emergency in Marion County, where water rose inside homes and overtook bridges.

By Amanda Holpuch and Judson Jones

To prevent a collapse of the electricity system, crippled by months of Russian attacks, the authorities have imposed rolling blackouts. Experts say it’s a harbinger of what’s to come this winter.

By Constant Méheut

Landlords have to keep tenants warm in the winter, but can leave them sweating in the summer. A city councilman wants to change that.

By Hilary Howard

More than 167,000 customers lost power on Tuesday after severe thunderstorms.

By Yan Zhuang

The 8-week-old girl’s death came as extreme heat gripped much of the United States. A 2-year-old boy also died after being left in a car outside an apartment complex.

By Ed Shanahan

In many New York City homeless shelters, families need a doctor’s note to have air-conditioners. But some residents say shelters still make it difficult to get them.

By Andy Newman and Julian Roberts-Grmela

Residents of about 200 homes in Nashville, Ill., were briefly told to evacuate on Tuesday amid the risk of a dam failure.

By Jesus Jiménez

Dangerous heat is expected from Texas to New Jersey through Wednesday before milder air starts to sweep across the region.

By Judson Jones

Devastating, back-to-back power outages have led some in Houston to consider whether they want to stay in the city they love.

By J. David Goodman

The hot spell will continue until Thursday, officials predict, and the city and surrounding areas were placed under a heat advisory.

By Lola Fadulu

The system brought dangerous winds, rain and possible tornadoes to Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, killing at least one person in Indiana.

By Yan Zhuang and Christine Hauser

A father and daughter were found dead in the park after they texted 911 that they ran out of water and were lost while hiking in triple-digit temperatures.

By Sara Ruberg

At a county fair near Fargo, many residents shrugged off the heat, at least for one day.

By Kate Selig

Forecasters said that temperatures could feel more like 100 degrees in parts of New Jersey and New York City on Monday and into the mid and upper 90s for the rest of the region.

By Johnny Diaz and David Waldstein

Replenishing sand is likely to become economically untenable and logistically impractical. But that doesn’t spell the end of beaches.

By Sarah Stodola

Winged ants emerge from the soil on hot summer days with one goal: find a mate — fast. These insects are annoying, but experts say they play a vital role in the environment.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

The risk of serious contact burns is increasing as temperatures soar and as more people move to the desert Southwest.

By Adeel Hassan and Isabelle Taft

The West will get a small break from record-breaking heat, while much of the Midwest and the East Coast swelter into next week.

By Rachel Nostrant

Heat, on average, is the deadliest weather disaster in the U.S., causing typically over 100 deaths each year — more than hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding. Because of climate change, extreme heat is likely to worsen over time. Humidity can exacerbate the issue, preventing heat from properly escaping our bodies. Judson Jones, a meteorologist and reporter for The New York Times covering extreme weather, explains the dangers and how to find relief.

By Judson Jones, Karen Hanley, Claire Hogan, Gabriel Blanco and Ruru Kuo

Huge blazes are spreading hundreds of miles across some of the most biodiverse parts of Brazil, with the worst of the annual fire season still weeks away.

By Ana Ionova

The Western United States has been sweltering for more than a week with little respite for those without air-conditioning. Cooling centers can help, but not everyone takes advantage of them.

By Jacey Fortin

Medical providers and public health experts worry that the health care system is poorly equipped to handle the influx.

By Noah Weiland

After a tornado killed the grandmother who raised him in rural Mississippi, Jaden Grayson went to live with his uncle in Arkansas, leaving everything he had known behind.

By Rory Doyle and Rick Rojas

Rescuers were searching for two late-night buses that disappeared into the swollen waterway amid Nepal’s deadly monsoon season.

By Bhadra Sharma

In the prolonged power outage after Hurricane Beryl, many well-to-do neighborhoods are humming with generators. Other residents are struggling to afford — or even find — one.

By J. David Goodman

Extreme heat in Texas has led officials to build a temporary field hospital in Houston after Hurricane Beryl left millions without power and no air conditioning.

By The Associated Press

The burning of fossil fuels has created more frequent and more intense heat waves. Experts warn these heat waves are “the new normal.”

By Austyn Gaffney