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Caribbean braces for powerful Hurricane Beryl
Caribbean braces for powerful Hurricane BerylNews

Caribbean braces for powerful Hurricane Beryl

By Chandan KHANNA | AFP Bridgetown, Barbados - Hurricane Beryl plowed toward the southeast Caribbean late Sunday as officials warned residents to seek shelter ahead…
SourceSourceJuly 1, 2024 Full article
Seven dead after storms lash France, Switzerland
Seven dead after storms lash France, SwitzerlandNews

Seven dead after storms lash France, Switzerland

Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) (UPDATED) - Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have left seven people dead, local authorities…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2024 Full article
Hurricane Beryl, first of 2024 season, bears down on Caribbean
Hurricane Beryl, first of 2024 season, bears down on CaribbeanNews

Hurricane Beryl, first of 2024 season, bears down on Caribbean

By Chandan KHANNA | AFP Bridgetown, Barbados (UPDATED) - Much of the southeast Caribbean was on alert Sunday as Beryl strengthened into the first hurricane…
SourceSourceJune 30, 2024 Full article
Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rains
Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rainsClimate

Why Indian cities flood during monsoon rains

By Amita Bhide, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai | 360info To avoid floods, Indian cities need to engage in nuanced, localised and comprehensive planning…
SourceSourceJune 25, 2024 Full article
Human activity: A double-edged sword in the face of drought
Human activity: A double-edged sword in the face of droughtClimateScience

Human activity: A double-edged sword in the face of drought

By Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) Earth and environmental scientists reported that as human socio-economic activities increase, greenhouse gas emissions will rise, leading…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2024 Full article
Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state media
Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state mediaNews

Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state media

Beijing, China | AFP - The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern China's Guangdong province this week rose sharply to 38 on…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2024 Full article
Rising temperatures threaten India’s wheat production
Rising temperatures threaten India’s wheat productionClimate

Rising temperatures threaten India’s wheat production

By Biswajit Dhar, Council for Social Development, New Delhi Decline in wheat production over the past two seasons because of rising temperatures has reduced domestic…
SourceSourceJune 21, 2024 Full article
Large wildfires create weather that favors more fire
Large wildfires create weather that favors more fireClimateScience

Large wildfires create weather that favors more fire

By Jules Bernstein, University of California - Riverside A new UC Riverside study shows soot from large wildfires in California traps sunlight, making days warmer…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2024 Full article
Over a dozen people missing as extreme weather hits China
Over a dozen people missing as extreme weather hits ChinaNews

Over a dozen people missing as extreme weather hits China

Beijing, China | AFP - More than a dozen people were missing in China on Tuesday after heavy rains and flooding struck swaths of the…
SourceSourceJune 18, 2024 Full article
Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwave
Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwaveNews

Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwave

Athens, Greece (AFP) - The Athens Acropolis, Greece's most visited tourist site, will close to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as a…
SourceSourceJune 12, 2024 Full article
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide

By Manon JACOB | AFP Washington, United States - Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
North China bakes under searing heatwave
North China bakes under searing heatwaveNews

North China bakes under searing heatwave

By Matthew WALSH | AFP Beijing, China - An extreme heat warning was in place in Beijing on Tuesday, with temperatures soaring across northern China…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
Climate change widening Asia’s education gap
Climate change widening Asia’s education gapClimate

Climate change widening Asia’s education gap

By Ranjit Devraj, SciDev.Net As temperatures in India’s national capital region hovered above a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in mid-May, authorities ordered the closure of…
SourceSourceJune 11, 2024 Full article
Key tiger habitat swamped by deadly Bangladesh cyclone
Key tiger habitat swamped by deadly Bangladesh cycloneNews

Key tiger habitat swamped by deadly Bangladesh cyclone

By Shafiqul ALAM | AFP Dhaka, Bangladesh - Bangladesh forest experts warned Tuesday a key tiger habitat hit by a deadly cyclone had been submerged…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen
Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seenClimateNews

Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen

By Mohammad MAZED and Shafiqul ALAM in Dhaka | AFP Patuakhali, Bangladesh (UPDATED) - Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
Death toll climbs to 21 after tornadoes, storms buffet US
Death toll climbs to 21 after tornadoes, storms buffet USNews

Death toll climbs to 21 after tornadoes, storms buffet US

Washington, United States | AFP - The death toll from tornadoes and other extreme weather that buffeted the central United States over the weekend climbed…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India
Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and IndiaNews

Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India

By Mohammad MAZED and Sailendra SIL in Kolkata | AFP Patuakhali - Millions of people in low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India on Monday surveyed…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
Bangladesh cyclone toll rises to 10, around 30,000 homes destroyed
Bangladesh cyclone toll rises to 10, around 30,000 homes destroyedNews

Bangladesh cyclone toll rises to 10, around 30,000 homes destroyed

Dhaka, Bangladesh | AFP - The death toll from a cyclone that smashed into low-lying areas of Bangladesh has risen to at least 10 people,…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
Two dead as cyclone batters Bangladesh and India
Two dead as cyclone batters Bangladesh and IndiaNews

Two dead as cyclone batters Bangladesh and India

Patuakhali | AFP - Fierce gales and crashing waves smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh and India on Monday, as an intense cyclone started…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
At least 15 dead in US tornadoes, storms
At least 15 dead in US tornadoes, stormsNews

At least 15 dead in US tornadoes, storms

Washington, United States | AFP - At least 15 people were killed across the central United States as tornadoes and other extreme storms hit several…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
Cyclone hits Bangladesh as nearly a million flee inland for shelter
Cyclone hits Bangladesh as nearly a million flee inland for shelterNews

Cyclone hits Bangladesh as nearly a million flee inland for shelter

By Mohammad MAZED | AFP Patuakhali, Bangladesh (UPDATED) - An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2024 Full article
Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuated
Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuatedNews

Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuated

Yerevan, Armenia | AFP - Floods in northern Armenia killed at least two people as they destroyed key roads and bridges, forcing some 200 to…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2024 Full article