POLITICAL COMEDY

‘Particularly dangerous situation’ in Utah, forecasters warn, as fire rages
The risk zone includes where the Cottonwood Fire has been spreading out of control, about 175 miles south of Salt Lake City
FEMA official who said he teleported to a Waffle House steps away from post
Gregg Phillips, tapped to lead FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery in December, had also claimed that millions had voted illegally in the 2016 election
Hundreds in Spain may have died from record heat, agency warns
With temperatures this week over 110 degrees in some parts of Spain, researchers in Madrid projected the heat wave has caused 212 excess deaths since Sunday
Court rules against Trump administration on air pollution limits
Circuit court finds the EPA under President Joe Biden had authority to issue stricter controls on fine particulate matter, the nation’s deadliest air pollutant
Internal memo tells staff to stay mum on deaths at national parks
Guidance issued by the Interior Department instructs Nation Park Service staff not to confirm deaths, the severity of injuries or other details
40 people drown as France seeks relief from record heat
Hundreds of records fell as temperatures climbed to levels higher than nearly the rest of the planet. The heat wave will expand across Europe through the weekend
Arthur’s remnants push offshore after leaving a trail of damage
The storm brought a 1-in-200-year rainfall event to a community in Louisiana. Here’s how much rain fell
Where the highest risk remains as storm sweeps through the South
NOAA warned of a rare high-risk level for excessive rainfall that could cause flash flooding in a stretch from eastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle on Thursday
Why the stress building on California’s faults could result in a major quake
Researchers analyzed 1,000 years of paleoseismic data, or a reconstruction of past tectonic activity
Why setting forest fires on purpose prevents extreme blazes
The new research found managing low-severity fires across 1 million acres a year could reduce the amount of land that burned from severe fires by about 25 percent, protection that lasts for years
