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Governors in five states have declared states of emergencies ahead of Hurricane Florence's arrival on the Eastern Seaboard. Officials have ordered the evacuations of hundreds of thousands of people.

Hurricane Zeta came ashore in Louisiana on Wednesday as a Category 2 storms. The hurricane strengthened before landfall and is expected to bring a storm surge up to 11 feet.

The offshore wind industry is poised for massive growth. But the Trump administration has echoed concerns that turbines could hurt the fishing industry.

A rapid, frightening spread of the coronavirus across the U.S. leads to a fresh round of stay-at-home guidance and mask mandates. Health officials are urging families not to gather for the holidays.

Agencies that track air quality say Oregon cities are setting new records for bad air. And instead of being told to relocate, some Oregonians are getting first-time-ever advice to stay inside because there's no place in Oregon with good air.

Parts of the West Coast experienced very unhealthy or hazardous air from wildfires for the first time ever recorded. Millions endured that smoke for twice as long as the recent average.

But Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon fire officials caution that there is a lot of work to be done in order to defeat 16 large fires throughout the state.

A new study link the underwater deforestation of Northern California's kelp canopy to a deadly combination of environmental factors, including an ocean heat wave and the swell of purple sea urchin populations.

As the Bay Area suffers through one relentlessly clear, dry, sunny day after another, California is facing widespread drought conditions and the return of critical fire weather.

A photo of a real-life sponge and starfish hanging out together delighted the internet. But "the reality is a little crueler than perhaps a cartoon would suggest," says the researcher who posted it.