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By Haley Brink and Hannah Gard, CNN Meteorologists A surge of monsoonal moisture is bringing rounds of heavy rain and strong thunderstorms to areas of the Southwest that are currently suffering from extreme to exceptional drought conditions. Nearly 10 million people are under flash flood watches across Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. While expansive

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As dozens of wildfires burn across the West, officials declared additional states of emergency for counties in California and Nevada while the nation’s largest blaze in Oregon continued to swell Friday. The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon has scorched 401,601 acres since it was sparked by lightning on July 6, according

By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A barrage of heat waves have plagued the US this summer and more above-average temperatures are on the way next week, affecting more of the country than those before it. Although not as extreme as the past few heat spells, this one will span from coast to

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Photographer and aviation enthusiast Ian Simpson has lived in the East Anglia region of England all his life, and one of his favorite things to do is photograph planes at Royal Air Force bases in the area. But on the morning of July 13, he realized something wasn’t quite right as

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Personal Birth date: April 19, 1957 Birth place: Aden, Yemen Birth name: Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani Father: Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Mother: Kokilaben Ambani Marriage: Nita Ambani (1985-present) Children: Akash and

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Through Tesla, Elon Musk has tried to transform individual vehicle ownership, while The Boring Company, his tunneling venture, is now taking aim at public transit. The company and Fort Lauderdale, Florida are close to agreeing to the first public Loop system, which will give people rides in Teslas through a

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business With just over a week left until the federal eviction ban expires, the race to get emergency rent relief to as many struggling tenants and landlords as possible is in its final stretch. “It is a race against the clock,” said Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low

By Caitlin Hu, CNN Kidnapped from church, shot at during an evening commute, chased out of their homes as flames licked up the street. Stories of abduction, lethal attack and indiscriminate destruction are endless in Haiti’s seaside city of Port-au-Prince, where everyone seems to know someone who barely made it out alive — and where

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Bootleg Fire is now the Oregon’s third-largest wildfire since 1900, and more than 2,000 people are still under some form of evacuation order, officials said Thursday. “It’s kind of a dubious honor,” Oregon Department of Forestry spokesperson Marcus Kauffman said of the fire that started July 6 and had charred

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba. Personal Birth date: August 13, 1926 Death date: November 25, 2016 Birth place: Biran, Cuba Birth name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz Father: Angel Castro, landowner Mother: Lina Ruz, cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife Marriage: Dalia Soto

By Jessie Yeung, CNN A few years ago, Australian scientist Richard Major took a video of a cockatoo in Sydney opening a closed trash bin lid with its beak and foot to access the gold mine of leftover food inside. He shared it with Barbara Klump and Lucy Aplin, both researchers at the Max Planck

By Jackson Dill, CNN A weakening In-fa is beginning to track away from the southern Japanese islands but has its eye set on eastern China by the end of this weekend. The storm could bring extremely heavy rainfall to millions in China. And behind In-fa, there is a growing tropical threat from newly named Tropical

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business For months, used car prices have been soaring at an unprecedented rate. That has led to some strange situations, like people selling used pickup trucks for more than they bought them for a year ago and even cars with more than 100,000 miles gaining a lot in value. But two

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales inched slightly higher in June as the inventory of available homes to buy increased, but home prices still remained on a tear, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. Consistently low inventory has pushed prices higher over the past year. The median price for an