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Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by a powerful string of storms. Millions of residents faced flood warnings, nearly 50,000 people were under evacuation orders, and more tha..
During COP27, that took place in Egypt, world leaders have grappled over what must be done to curb global warming. Seven years ago, world leaders signed an international treaty to limit global warming to well below 2°C. Nonetheless, efforts remai..
Qatar is in the spotlight because it will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022, but it is not a country that usually makes headlines. What do individuals actually know about Qatar? We gave it some thought, and for you, we came up with these 9 ..
One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music festival near Valencia, Spain, according to local officials. Disaster struck at the Medusa Festival in the town of Cullera near Valencia..
A Moroccan preacher has sparked controversy by linking the success of the women's national football team to natural disasters and other hardships in the country. The Moroccan women's football team made history by reaching th..
Air pollution is spiking across Britain, France, and southern Europe amid record-breaking temperatures and scorching wildfires. Scientists with the EU Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) warned on Tuesday of unhealthy levels ..
Extreme fires have swallowed up huge swathes of land, destroyed homes and threatened livelihoods across the world in the first half of 2022. Below is a list of the bigger blazes - once relatively rare events that scientists say have become increas..
Firefighters in southwestern France battled on Tuesday to contain massive forest wildfires and Britain recorded its highest ever temperature, while Portugal reported more than 1,000 heatwave-related deaths as Europe scorches. Southern and western ..
Howling winds pushed wildfires towards villages in northern New Mexico on Friday, forcing thousands to flee homes as blazes burned across the parched U.S. Southwest. Over a dozen small communities were evacuated as two wildfires merged in mountain..