Deadly flooding wipes out villages in northwestern Pakistan | Floods
NewsFeedA new wave of flooding has swept through villages in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Officials say at least 20 people were killed when fresh monsoon…
‘Flames that consumed the hills’: Portugal, Spain reel from wildfires | Climate Crisis News
Emergency services are under strain due to the ‘worst’ fires in Portugal in years, Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego says.Thousands of firefighters backed by the military…
New Pakistan monsoon deluge kills 20 people: Local officials | Climate Crisis News
Rains sweep away villages in worst-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as rescuers search for 150 missing people.At least 20 people have been killed when new monsoon…
Hopes for survivors fade as Pakistan rescuers search for 150 still missing | Climate News
Rescuers are looking for more than 150 people who were still missing on Monday in northwestern Pakistan, which was devastated by landslides and flash floods…
Spain battles 20 big wildfires, deploys 500 more soldiers in searing heat | Climate Crisis News
Spain has deployed a further 500 soldiers from the military emergency unit to support firefighting operations as it battles 20 major wildfires across the country…
At least 337 killed in Pakistan floods, gov’t defends emergency response | Floods News
Residents accuse officials of not warning them to evacuate as torrential rain, cloudbursts trigger deadly flooding.Climate change-induced flash floods have killed at least 337 people…
Flash flooding kills hundreds in northern Pakistan | Floods
NewsFeedMore than 300 people have died in Pakistan after days of relentless monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides. Rescue efforts are still underway as thousands…
Flash floods wreak havoc in northern Pakistan | Climate Crisis News
Rescuers in northern Pakistan have pulled dozens of bodies overnight from homes ravaged by landslides and flash floods, taking the death toll to at least…
More than 160 people killed in Pakistan in heavy rains, flash floods | Climate Crisis News
Disaster agency says the majority of deaths happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan.The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and…
At least 37 killed after torrential rains trigger flash floods in Kashmir | Climate News
Torrential rain struck Chisoti, a town in Kishtwar district in Indian-administered Kashmir, on Thursday morning.At least 37 people have been killed after a sudden cloudburst…
No agreement in sight as UN plastic pollution treaty talks enter final day | Environment News
Negotiations to secure a global treaty to combat plastic pollution were in limbo as talks entered their final day after dozens of countries rejected the…
New Delhi’s garbage mountains become heat bombs for India’s waste pickers | Environment News
New Delhi, India – “My right eye swells up in the heat, so I stopped going to the landfill last year,” says 38-year-old Sofia Begum,…
Rising seas could put Easter Island’s iconic statues at risk by 2080: Study | Climate Crisis News
Possible ways to mitigate the risk include armouring the coastline and building breakwaters to relocating the monuments.The Journal of Cultural Heritage has published a new…
Taiwan braces as Typhoon Podul intensifies on approach | Weather News
Schools and workplaces close, hundreds of flights cancelled and thousands evacuate as Typhoon Podul nears island.Thousands of people have evacuated, schools have closed, and hundreds…
Swarm of jellyfish forces shutdown at French nuclear power plant | Nuclear Energy News
Scientists say warmer waters in the North Sea due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.Four reactor units at one…
Wildfires blaze through parts of Europe as heatwave hits | Climate Crisis News
Fires threaten a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain as temperatures hit new records.A new heatwave has gripped parts of Europe, sending temperatures up to…
Iran’s triple crisis is reshaping daily life | Climate Crisis News
Tehran, Iran – Every morning at 6am, Sara reaches for her phone – not to check messages, but to see when the day’s blackout will…
Wildfires are inevitable, but we can learn to control them | Climate Crisis
We are midway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are witnessing another severe wildfire season. In May, wildfires were burning throughout Russia’s Far…
Southern Europe battling worst wildfires in decades amid huge blazes | Climate News
France has been suffering its largest wildfire in at least 50 years, according to disaster officials.Firefighters in southern France have warned that a huge fire…
Maps offer hope to save threatened rainforest in Malaysian Borneo’s Sarawak | Environment News
Long Moh, Sarawak — William Tinggang throws a handful of fish food into a glass-clear river.A few seconds pass before movement under the water’s surface…