At a Glance More than half a dozen cases of flesh-eating bacteria have been linked to the Gulf of Mexico.Three of the cases were fatal.The bacteria that causes it thrives in warm, brackish water.Warmer water caused by climate change likely means there will be more cases. More than half a dozen cases of flesh-eating bacteria, including three that were fatal, have been linked to the Gulf of Mexico in the past several months. The Gulf's water and surrounding bays, warm...

Workers fill train cars with drinking water at Jolarpet railway station on July 17, 2019, for delivery to Chennai. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) At a Glance The city of Chennai brings in 660,000 gallons of water by train each day.Water taps are turned off for all but a couple of hours a day. Every day at sunset, a train departs Jolarpet for a four-hour, 134-mile journey across southern India to get water to the parched city of Chennai on the Bay...

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops water on the western flank of the Left Hand Fire, burning near Mount Rainier. (Left Hand Fire Management Team ) At a Glance The order was issued Monday.The blaze, dubbed the Left Hand Fire, was sparked by a lightning strike.The region is struggling with drought and high temperatures. Twenty-two homes are under a mandatory evacuation order due to a wildfire that has burned some 2,500 acres near Mount Rainier in Washington. The Level 3 evacuation...