U.S. baked in warmest August nights on record last month

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The fingerprints of manmade climate change are evident in NOAA's nationwide August weather summary as the country baked in record heat, experienced three different 1,000-year floods, and nearly 50% of the country's land area fell into drought conditions.Research suggests that climate change is leading to warmer temperatures, longer periods without rainfall, and heavier rainfall events in the United States.NOAA reports that the U.S. experienced its third-warmest meteorological su