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Explosions roared through the canyons lining the Klamath River earlier this year, signaling a new chapter for the region that hugs the Oregon-California border.

In October, the removal of four hydroelectric dams built on the river was completed – the largest project of its kind in US history.

The blast of the final dam was just the beginning. The work to restore the river, which winds 263 miles (423km) from the volcanic Cascade mountain range in Oregon to the Pacific coast in northern California, is now under way.

Already it’s been among the most hopeful environmental stories of past years. “It has been more successful than we ever imagined,” said Ren Brownell, the spokesperson for the Klamath River Renewal Corporation, a non-profit created to oversee and implement the removal, adding: “There’s an incredible amount of joy.”

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A strong snow and ice storm followed by brutally cold conditions will soon smack the eastern two-thirds of the United States as frigid air escapes the Arctic, plunging as far south as Florida, meteorologists forecast.

Starting Saturday, millions of people are going to be hit by moderate to heavy snow from Kansas City to Washington – including a high chance of at least 8in (20cm) of snow between central Kansas and Indiana – the National Weather Service warned Friday.

“It’s going to be a mess, a potential disaster,” said private meteorologist Ryan Maue. “This is something we haven’t seen in quite a while.”

National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Lamers said Friday that the potential for blizzard conditions is increasing, particularly in Kansas and neighboring portions of the Central Plains, and that wind gusts may reach 50mph at times.

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Puerto Rico is experiencing a widespread power outage after the power grid collapsed, affecting nearly the entire island.

Nearly 1.3 million people are without power.

Luma Energy, the private energy company primarily supplying power to the island, reported as of 10.45am ET that only 13.5% of the US territory’s customers had power. In a statement, the company estimated it would take between 24 and 48 hours to restore power.

Puerto Rico’s governor, Pedro Pierluisi, posted on X that his office was in contact with Luma and “demanding answers and solutions” from the company. Luma said in a statement it believed “a failure in an underground line” was responsible for the outage.

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Tornadoes and thunderstorms barreled across a swath of the U.S. on Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring more as the National Weather Service issued warnings in parts of Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.

By Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service said it confirmed several tornadoes had touched down outside of Houston.

At least one person was killed and four injured in Texas, with damage to homes and vehicles, Madison Polston, spokesperson for the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office, told The Associated Press.

Another person died in Mississippi and two more were injured there, AP reported.

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California residents are being warned to stay off wharves, piers and other waterside structures as 20-30ft waves are expected to batter the northern Pacific coast for the rest of the week.

The National Weather Service advisory comes after a 150ft section of the wharf in Santa Cruz collapsed amid high waves on Monday, and storm debris was blamed for the death of a Santa Cruz county man on a beach in Watsonville.

In southern California, the coast guard announced on Thursday morning that it had suspended a search for two men who were missing after a fishing trip off the coast of Palos Verdes, NBC Los Angeles reported. The wreckage of a boat believed to be theirs was discovered on Tuesday.

“Inexperienced swimmers should stay out of the water due to life-threatening surf conditions,” the NWS warned in the Bay Area. “Never turn your back on the ocean.” The agency also warned of high surf and rip currents in the Los Angeles area.

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The Kilauea volcano erupted Monday morning on Hawaii's Big Island following increased earthquake activity beneath its summit, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, began erupting around 2:30 a.m. local time within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater, which is part of the much larger Kilauea caldera at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Webcam footage showed flowing lava and a line of fissures spewing lava fountains at the base of the crater within the summit caldera, the geological survey said.

The volcano is located along the southeastern shore of the Island of Hawaii within the national park, a popular tourist destination for those hoping to catch glimpses of volcanic activity. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the park encompasses the summits of two of the world's most active volcanoes: Kilauea and Mauna Loa.

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At least several hundred people are feared to have been killed after the worst cyclone in almost a century ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday, uprooting trees, tearing houses apart and pounding the impoverished archipelago’s already weak infrastructure.

Rescuers have been dispatched to the islands, which lie between the coast of Mozambique and Madagascar, but their efforts are likely to be hindered by damage to airports and electricity distribution in an area where clean drinking water is subject to chronic shortages.

Speaking to Mayotte’s la 1ere TV station on Sunday, the archipelago’s prefect, François-Xavier Bieuville, said the confirmed toll of 11 dead was likely to soar over the coming days.

“I think there will certainly be several hundreds, maybe we will reach a thousand, even several thousands,” he said.

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