More than 800 rescued after extreme flooding in Greece turns villages into lakes
More than 800 people have been rescued over the past two days from severe floods in Greece, local officials said, after extreme rainfall turned streets into deadly rivers, tore down buildings and bridges and left whole villages submerged.
2023-09-08 00:51
Hurricane Lee forecast to become strongest Atlantic storm so far this year
Hurricane Lee was showing signs Thursday morning that it would rapidly intensify again, days before a precarious and uncertain northward track that much of the US East Coast will have to watch closely.
2023-09-07 20:57
Kenya's hard won gains against malaria threatened by surging temperatures
There are fears that the deadly disease is spreading to new communities in the country -- and just at a time when the development of the world's first mosquito vaccine is raising hopes malaria could one day be eradicated.
2023-09-07 16:52
Fossil Fuels Smudge G-20 Host India’s Green Leadership Ambitions
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s green pitch to the Group of 20 this week will include new calls
2023-09-07 14:24
Bangladesh's worst ever dengue outbreak a 'canary in the coal mine' for climate crisis, WHO expert warns
Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge.
2023-09-07 13:28
Biden cancels Trump drilling leases in Alaska's largest wildlife refuge
But Mr Biden has not reversed his recent approval of an $8bn drilling project in the same region.
2023-09-07 07:20
Environmental groups sue Utah over failure to protect Great Salt Lake from brink of collapse
A coalition of environmental groups and conservationists is suing the state of Utah for failing to protect the Great Salt Lake from the brink of "ecological collapse," according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
2023-09-07 03:28
BlackRock voted against Glencore's climate progress report
LONDON Major Glencore shareholder BlackRock Inc was among investors to reject the mining giant's climate progress report at
2023-09-07 03:15
Lee could approach Category 5 hurricane strength in record-warm Atlantic
Lee rapidly intensified into a strong tropical storm Wednesday morning as it tracks over record-warm ocean waters and an environment favorable for strengthening, which will fuel the storm to near Category-5 strength as it approaches the eastern Caribbean.
2023-09-06 23:52
Kenya's Lake Baringo: Surviving hippo and crocodile attacks
Residents say that with Lake Baringo getting bigger they are at greater risk of attack.
2023-09-06 09:24
The Atlantic's next major hurricane is expected by this weekend
A newly-formed tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean could soon become a named storm -- then a powerful Category 4 hurricane -- as the season approaches its typical peak in early September.
2023-09-05 23:56
Greece floods kill at least one as country grapples with 'totally extreme weather phenomenon'
Greece is being lashed with torrential rains which have flooded homes, businesses and roads and left at least one person dead after a wall collapsed in the extreme weather.
2023-09-05 22:50