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Oct 5, 20243 min read
Death toll in worst Bosnian floods in years rises to 16, officials say
DONJA JABLANICA, Bosnia - At least 16 people died in floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday and many others were missing as...


Oct 3, 20243 min read
Tokyo expands underground 'cathedral' complex to counter climate change rains
KASUKABE, Japan - Just after 5 a.m. on August 30, water began flooding a vast underground chamber called the "cathedral" just north of...


Oct 2, 20242 min read
Brazil's coast eroding faster than ever as Atlantic advances
ATAFONA, Brazil - Sonia Ferreira's two-story house with a pool and garden on the Brazilian coast was yet another casualty of the...


Sep 26, 20242 min read
Exclusive-Azerbaijan offers to fund climate-vulnerable islands' delegates at COP29, source says
BRUSSELS - The government of Azerbaijan, host of this year's COP29 U.N. climate summit, has offered to cover the costs for negotiators...


Sep 24, 20242 min read
Hottest US city Phoenix smashes heat streak record
PHOENIX - The desert city of Phoenix, Arizona, suffered a record 113 straight days with temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38...


Sep 21, 20242 min read
Dolphins dying again in Amazon lake made shallow by drought
TEFE, Brazil - The carcass of a baby dolphin lay on the sand bank left exposed by the receding waters in an Amazon lake that has been...


Sep 20, 20243 min read
Flood-hit central Europe will get billions in EU aid, von der Leyen promises
WROCLAW, Poland - The European Union will make billions of euros available to help central Europe recover from severe floods, European...


Sep 20, 20242 min read
Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight still on
VIZEU DISTRICT, Portugal - Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro...


Sep 20, 20244 min read
As wildfires wipe out forests, Greeks debate: to replant, or not?
ATHENS - When a wildfire tore down a hillside towards Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire...


Sep 19, 20243 min read
Factbox-Central Europe experiencing worst floods in at least two decades
WARSAW - Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Worst drought on record lowers Amazon rivers to all-time lows
TEFE, Brazil - The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases...


Sep 19, 20242 min read
Three firefighters die as Portugal battles dozens of wildfires
NELAS, Portugal - Three Portuguese firefighters died on Tuesday in one of dozens of forest blazes ravaging the country's central and...
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