Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual.

Climate change is fueling conditions across several states that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers.

Intense rainstorms are becoming more frequent in most of the U.S. — though experts say where they occur and whether they cause catastrophic flooding is largely a matter of chance.

Some 14,800 wildfires have burned 1,105 square miles so far this year — well above the 10-year average.

It's as if Mother Nature shut off the rain faucet in the United States in October.