Hurricane hunters voyage inside Hurricane Polo’s eye

Video from NOAA’s “Miss Piggy” aircraft shows the inside Hurricane Polo’s eye during a mission to collect data that helps improve forecasts and supports hurricane research. Hurricane Polo’s rapid intensification is historic France’s wine regulators have loosened rules around champagne after a series of heat waves struck this summer. El Niño helped set the stage for rare precipitation in Chile’s Atacama Desert, awakening dormant seeds for a fleeting display of wildflowers. New data shows this year’s El Niño has strengthened enough to be called a super El Niño. Here's what that means. Yellowstone asked visitors to leave no trace. Some of you misunderstood. Crews are finding thousands of discarded items in sensitive thermal areas, including a few that raise obvious questions. The catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border that killed more than 1,000 people was influenced by a cascade of factors, many worsened by climate change, a new scientific analysis has found. A Waymo vehicle was stuck navigating flooded streets in Phoenix after heavy rain inundated parts of central Arizona. This week, a sunset created incredible crepuscular rays through Seattle clouds. DEK In October, a giant, slow-moving ocean wave could raise sea levels along parts of California by nearly a foot. Shallow water transforms Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni into a reflection of the sky.

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