Alyson Hurt
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Five months into the war, about half of Gaza's population has been squeezed into Rafah. The governorate was crowded before the war, but mass displacement has made it the site of a spiraling crisis.
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Books We Love returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 11 years of recommendations all in one place – that's more than 3,600 great reads.
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Israeli forces control the area around a desalination facility and a sewage treatment plant, and troops appear to be stationed in several schools in Gaza City.
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Southern California communities deal with the aftermath of flash floods and mudslides brought on by Tropical Storm Hilary. See some of the areas hit.
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Hundreds of homes, buildings and structures have been destroyed in the historic town of Lahaina.
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Emergency rooms report when patients visit with health problems caused by heat. Find out when and where rates of illness are spiking, and explore trends over the last five years.
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Ice in Antarctica is melting rapidly. That's driving sea level rise around the world. But some places are threatened more than others, and Texas is in the crosshairs.
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The ice that covers the Arctic Ocean is shrinking as the climate gets hotter. Scientists are finding it could be linked to weather that's helping fuel disasters.
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A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked the largest conflict in Europe since World War II, the repercussions continue to reverberate.
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The UNESCO World Heritage city of Saint-Louis is perched precariously between the Atlantic Ocean and the Senegal River. And it's on borrowed time.