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                    |  |  |  | Idalia Roars Into the Gulf of Mexico 
 Fueled by unusually warm waters, the hurricane is forecast to rapidly intensify before barreling into Florida. |  | 
                  
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                    |  |  |  | The Ocean Has a Fever 
 Decades of gradual warming due to human-caused climate change and an El Niño in the Pacific Ocean nudged global sea surface temperatures to record levels in 2023. |  | 
                  
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                    |  |  |  | Wildfires Burn Near Hay River 
 The same fire that overran the town of Enterprise is now threatening more towns in Canada's Northwest Territories. |  | 
                  
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                    |  |  |  | Illuminating the Aleutians 
 The aurora borealis and moonglint shine bright in this astronaut photo of the Alaskan island chain. |  | 
                  
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                    |  |  |  | Flooding Along the Sutlej River in Punjab 
 Heavy rains inundated villages and farmland in India and Pakistan during the summer monsoon. |  | 
                  
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                    |  |  |  | Heat Dome Descends on Central U.S. 
 Extreme temperatures and humidity affected millions of people in the Midwest, Great Plains, and South in August 2023. |  | 
                  
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                    |  |  |  | Wildfires Rage in Greece 
 Wildfires in the country's northeast sent smoke streaming over Mediterranean waters. |  |