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Surging sea levels are creating “a rising tide of misery” that threaten the future of nearly a billion people that live in low-lying coastal areas,…
Surging sea levels are creating “a rising tide of misery” that threaten the future of nearly a billion people that live in low-lying coastal areas,…
Government deploys more than 3,000 security personnel to assist rescue efforts with helicopters and motorboats.At least 10 people have been killed and 18 others reported…
EXPLAINERHurricane Helene has been downgraded to a category one storm but authorities warn rainfall and winds are still a danger.Hurricane Helene struck Florida’s Big Bend…
About 2,000 firefighters, rescue workers and members of the military are fighting blazes around Quito.Firefighters in Ecuador are working to contain a number of wildfires…
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has told the United Nations that Israel must be held accountable for the crimes it is committing in Gaza, including “genocide”,…
People & Power meets climate activists who’ve been labeled as ‘terrorists’ by their critics.A police crackdown against a band of climate activists in Germany is…
A dozen rivers burst their banks in Ishikawa where the meteorological agency issued its highest alert level.Japanese authorities have told tens of thousands of people…
In the small village of Ogba-Ojibo in central Nigeria, sitting at the confluence of two of the nation’s largest rivers – the Niger and Benue…
UN’s children’s agency says there’s an urgent need for access to clean water, sanitation as Red Cross mobilises relief.Massive floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon…
The death toll in the latest wave of fires increases to seven as Portugal seeks help from the European Union.Three Portuguese firefighters have died in…
Volunteers and emergency workers have raced to secure river banks in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw as residents elsewhere in Central Europe have tallied…
Multiple states and regions affected in a country already plunged into crisis by the February 2021 coup.At least 236 people have been confirmed dead after…
The death toll in Central and Eastern Europe has risen as Storm Boris continued to pummel the region, causing massive floods. One person drowned in…
Shanghai’s 25 million people advised to stay at home as Bebinca pounds city with heavy rain and strong winds.Typhoon Bebinca has made landfall in Shanghai,…
At least eight people dead as heavy rains hit Austria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.One person has drowned in Poland, two people have…
At least four people have been found dead in eastern Romania after torrential storms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities…
More than 235,000 people have been forced from their homes after floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi.Myanmar’s military chief has made a rare request…
City council in third largest city in Netherlands approves the new rules, which will apply from January.The Hague will ban street advertising for fossil fuels,…
Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around the remote capital, Naypyidaw, as Vietnam began clearing up after…
Authorities warn of ‘life-threatening’ flooding as downgraded storm moves over Mississippi, causing power outages.Francine has weakened to a tropical depression after slamming into Louisiana as…