US CONFRONTS FLOODS, HEATWAVES, SMOKY SKIES ALL AT ONCE AMID TRUMP AID CUTS
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Across the US this week, different disasters – from Canadian wildfire smoke darkening the skies in the Midwest and northeast to extreme heat along the east coast to catastrophic flooding in Texas – are disrupting daily… When multiple weather catastrophes play out like this at the same time, or in quick succession, experts refer to them as compound events.
As climate change makes compound events more likely, experts warned that grappling with them is...
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- News - South China Morning Post: Across the US this week, different disasters – from Canadian wildfire smoke darkening the skies in the Midwest and northeast to extreme heat along the east coast to catastrophic flooding in Texas – are disrupting daily…
- News - South China Morning Post: When multiple weather catastrophes play out like this at the same time, or in quick succession, experts refer to them as compound events.
- News - South China Morning Post: As climate change makes compound events more likely, experts warned that grappling with them is...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on CONFRONTS, FLOODS, HEATWAVES, SMOKY, SKIES.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 05:29 UK.
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