Disasters getting worse, say Brazil cyclone victims
By Fernando Marron In his 74 years, Humberto Simonaio had never experienced anything like it: the cyclone that hit southern…
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Environment
10,000 missing in Libya storm floods, death toll ‘huge’: Red Cross
GENEVA, Sept 12, 2023 (AFP) - The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically,…
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California firefighters use AI to battle wildfires
By Romain FONSEGRIVES When a wildfire erupted in the middle of a recent California night, it could have been a…
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Survivors suffer as Morocco quake aid trickles in
By Sahar Al Attar with Joshua Melvin in Missirat, Morocco Homeless, traumatised and in some cases feeling abandoned by the…
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Small islands take ocean protection case to UN court
The UN maritime court will on Monday hear a landmark case brought by a group of small island states seeking…
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Ecuador to reintroduce species on Galapagos island
Ecuador's government has announced it will spend $3.4 million on reintroducing 12 endemic bird and turtle species that have disappeared…
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Hong Kong flooded by heaviest rainfall in 140 years
https://youtu.be/rm5mpzj9zk8 Hong Kong was flooded by the heaviest rainfall in nearly 140 years on Friday, leaving the city's streets and…
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Climate change supercharged this summer’s record heat: study
Record-shattering temperatures that impacted billions of people in the northern hemisphere this summer were given a massive boost by human-caused…
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Biden bars drilling over vast swath of Alaska
By Issam AHMED US President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a…
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At least 36 dead in Brazil cyclone, many still stranded
By Silvio AVILA The death toll from a cyclone that unleashed torrential rain and flooding on southern Brazil rose to…
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