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Sydney asks thousands to evacuate as heavy rains cause flash floods
Apr 07, 2022 06:09Torrential rain pummeled Australia's east coast on Thursday with Sydney receiving nearly a month's rain overnight, turning suburban roads into rivers and triggering evacuations as authorities warn of more rain through the day.
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UN weather agency sounds alarm on extreme events in Antarctica
Apr 06, 2022 12:04Scientists with the United Nations weather agency have expressed fresh concern over the climate crisis following recent extreme events in Antarctica—an area they say should not be taken "for granted."
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Thousands flee after volcano erupts in Philippines
Mar 26, 2022 07:34Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate from their homes near a Philippine volcano on Saturday after an eruption sent ash and steam hundreds of meters into the sky.
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'Unthinkable': Scientists shocked as polar temperatures soar 50 to 90 degrees above normal
Mar 24, 2022 10:39Startling heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles are causing alarm among climate scientists, who have warned the “unprecedented” events could signal faster and abrupt climate breakdown.
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Antarctic sea ice hits lowest minimum on record
Mar 23, 2022 04:43Antarctic sea ice shrank to below 2 million square kilometres this year, the lowest minimum extent since satellite records began 43 years ago.
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Most of Gaza’s water polluted on World Water Day
Mar 23, 2022 02:51On World Water Day, water pollution has reached an alarming level in the besieged Gaza Strip. The enclave's coastal aquifer is almost completely polluted with various contaminants.
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Storms threaten US South after tornadoes rip through Texas
Mar 22, 2022 12:37The threat of tornadoes and strong thunderstorms loomed over the deep South in the United States on Tuesday, a day after the same system produced reported twisters that destroyed homes and injured at least several people.
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Western US’s worst drought in 1,200 years brings year-long fire season
Mar 19, 2022 20:41Winter wildfires by the names of Emerald and Airport have scorched thousands of acres in California; led to the destruction of over 100 structures in Kansas; and amid this writing, prompted the evacuation of 1,100 houses in the Florida Panhandle — at a time of year when those with intimate knowledge of the cycles of burning and regeneration once relied on wetter and cooler conditions to keep blazes at bay.
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Fatal Texas wildfire forces evacuations, destroys 50 homes
Mar 19, 2022 11:39At least one person was killed, 50 homes were destroyed and nearly 500 others evacuated in central Texas after a wildfire burned more than 45,000 acres (17,700 hectares), officials said.
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Landslide in northern Peru buries at least 60 homes
Mar 16, 2022 08:24Part of a hill collapsed in northern Peru on Tuesday, burying at least 60 homes, the government said, with harrowing images on social media showing whole apartment buildings being covered by the landslide.