Over a dozen people missing as extreme weather hits ChinaNews
SourceJune 18, 2024
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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…

Public more confident connecting increasing heat, wildfires with climate change than other extreme weather events, study findsClimateScience
SourceJune 14, 2024
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Public more confident connecting increasing heat, wildfires with climate change than other extreme weather events, study finds
By Molly Rosbach, Oregon State University Oregon State University researchers found that U.S. adults are fairly confident in linking wildfires and heat to climate change,…

Athens Acropolis to close during hottest hours Wednesday amid heatwaveNews
SourceJune 12, 2024
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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…

Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwideClimateNews
SourceJune 11, 2024
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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…

North China bakes under searing heatwaveNews
SourceJune 11, 2024
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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…

Climate change widening Asia’s education gapClimate
SourceJune 11, 2024
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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…

Key tiger habitat swamped by deadly Bangladesh cycloneNews
SourceMay 28, 2024
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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…

Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seenClimateNews
SourceMay 28, 2024
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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…

Death toll climbs to 21 after tornadoes, storms buffet USNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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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…

Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and IndiaNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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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…

Bangladesh cyclone toll rises to 10, around 30,000 homes destroyedNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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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,…

Two dead as cyclone batters Bangladesh and IndiaNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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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…

At least 15 dead in US tornadoes, stormsNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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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…

Cyclone hits Bangladesh as nearly a million flee inland for shelterNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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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…

Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuatedNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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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…

Mexico City records highest-ever temperature of 34.7 CNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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Mexico City records highest-ever temperature of 34.7 C
Mexico City, Mexico | AFP - Mexico City recorded its highest-ever temperature on Saturday when thermometers hit 34.7 degrees Celsius (94.46 degrees Fahrenheit) as a…

Atlantic faces ‘extraordinary’ hurricane season: US agencyNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Atlantic faces ‘extraordinary’ hurricane season: US agency
By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States (UPDATED) - The North Atlantic hurricane season, which starts on June 1, is forecast to be "extraordinary,"…

Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of strokeClimateScience
SourceMay 22, 2024
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Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke
By Helmholtz Munich In a recent study, researchers from Helmholtz Munich and the Augsburg University Hospital show that nocturnal heat significantly increases the risk of…

Over 1,000 relief camps set up as Pakistan braces for heatwaveNews
SourceMay 21, 2024
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Over 1,000 relief camps set up as Pakistan braces for heatwave
Karachi, Pakistan (AFP) - Over 1,000 camps have been set up across Pakistan's southern province of Sindh in anticipation of a severe heatwave, disaster management…

Brazil mayor’s mammoth task: rebuild from floods, prevent moreNews
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Brazil mayor’s mammoth task: rebuild from floods, prevent more
By Anna PELEGRI | AFP Porto Alegre, Brazil - With his Brazilian city deep in brown floodwaters for the past three weeks, the mayor of…

Extreme heat associated with children’s asthma hospital visitsClimate
SourceMay 20, 2024
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Extreme heat associated with children’s asthma hospital visits
Daytime heat waves were significantly associated with 19 percent higher odds of children’s asthma hospital visits. For children seeking care at a California urban pediatric…

Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7News
SourceMay 18, 2024
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Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7
Houston, United States (AFP) - The death toll from severe weather that lashed the Texas city of Houston has risen to seven, authorities said Friday.…

Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid desertsScience
SourceMay 17, 2024
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Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth’s most arid deserts
By University of Southern California Airborne sounding radars can perform comprehensive mapping within a few hours compared to existing in-situ methods that would take a…

Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happenNews
SourceMay 16, 2024
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Brazil’s Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen
By Sandra FERRER | AFP Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Porto Alegre, the Brazilian metropolis left submerged after torrential rains, had been lulled into a…
