Tracking US wildfires and smoke in maps and charts

Deadly and destructive wildfires erupt in the US each year, burning millions of acres and destroying thousands of homes. CNN is tracking the trends.

Map shows which US states will see August's solar eclipse

Millions of Americans will get a chance to witness a partial solar eclipse later this month, and a new NASA map shows exactly ...
Business Insider

Maps are already being changed to 'Gulf of America.' It's not a simple process.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. President Donald Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America is ...
Newsweek

Map Shows Where Power Outages Are Most Common in the US

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A nationwide study from the Urban Resilience AI Lab at Texas A&M ...
Engadget

Apple and Google adopt Gulf of America for US Maps users

Google Maps now officially shows the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America if you open the app in the US. In a blog post, Google said it rolled out the named change because the government has already ...
The Conversation

Where nature draws the map – here are 5 ways to look at the US, without state boundaries

State boundaries can be iconic. Many were drawn by human hands, but some of the most recognizable contours were shaped by nature: the boot of southeastern Louisiana, carved by the Mississippi River, ...
USA Today

The hurricane dead zone: Map shows coastline that hurricanes can't seem to reach

A University of Oklahoma student plotted every U.S. hurricane landfall since 1851, totaling 307. The mid-Atlantic region, particularly around Washington D.C., has seen very few direct hurricane ...