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As It Happens6:23Millions of Mormon crickets are blanketing a Nevada townCharles Carmichael tries not to answer work calls on Sundays. But residents of Elko, Nev., have desperately needed his services, as lawns, roads and homes are covered in millions of creepy, crawly bugs known as Mormon crickets."It is basically like that movie Birds, but instead of birds, it's crickets," Carmichael, the owner of Battle Born Pest Control, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal."I'm getting probably six to seven calls a day. I've been…

New York officials issued an air quality health advisory for regions across the state, including New York City, Long Island, and New York City Metro. Smoke traveling from wildfires in Canada blanketed much of the state in a brown haze Wednesday, in some cases creating scenes that looked straight out of a disaster movie. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the State Department of Health issued the advisory over concerns about the levels of pollutants in the air. The state agencies explained in a…

After last week’s epic winter storm hit Southern California, new satellite photos from NASA Earth Observatory show snow covering the region’s mountains.UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said we could see “a historically significant snowfall for parts of the Southern California mountains.”“This well may be the largest single-event snowfall in some parts of Southern California since the 1980s,” Swain told The Times before the storm hit. “This is a big deal.”Data from the National Weather Service describe the incredible…