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Turkey combats Black Sea floods; death toll rises to 27
Aug 13, 2021 10:33Emergency workers battled to relieve flood-hit areas of Turkey's Black Sea region on Friday, as the death toll rose to 27 in the second natural disaster to strike the country this month.
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China, Japan cities declare 'red alerts' as flood death toll rises
Aug 13, 2021 05:36Five cities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have declared "red alerts" after torrential rain left 21 people dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 6,000 people, state media reported.
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Italian wildfires rage on after 49 degree heat record
Aug 12, 2021 11:16Fires stoked by hot winds have swept through southern Italy, after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius (119.84°F) which some scientists believe could be the highest in European history.
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More than 60 killed in Algerian wildfires
Aug 12, 2021 02:18Firefighters, troops and civilian volunteers battled blazes in forests across northern Algeria on Wednesday as the country reeled at a death toll of at least 69 people in the latest wildfires to hit the Mediterranean.
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New UN report to set out stark reality of the climate crisis
Aug 10, 2021 11:46A new UN report will set out a stark message on the state of the climate crisis, raising pressure on governments meeting for the crucial Cop26 talks in the autumn. The report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published on Monday (9 August 2021), is the first part of a review of current scientific knowledge about how the world is warming due to human activity.
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Floods in Sudan damage thousands of homes
Aug 08, 2021 12:18Thousands of homes have been damaged in Sudan after torrential rains caused heavy flooding, with many streets in the capital Khartoum deep in water, a report said.
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Wildfires cause further devastation in Turkey, Greece
Aug 06, 2021 16:58The Turkish fires have been fuelled by a southern European heatwave fed by hot air from North Africa, which has also seen chaos grip other parts of the Mediterranean in recent days. Experts have warned that climate change is increasing both the frequency and intensity of wildfires.
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Greece issues 'extreme fire warning' for half of country as blazes rage
Aug 06, 2021 07:30Wildfires north of Athens leapt back to life on Thursday as searing conditions persisted and emergency crews battled blazes across Greece for a third day running.
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Thousands evacuate fast-moving California wildfire; homes burn
Aug 06, 2021 04:37A rapidly spreading wildfire burned homes and forced thousands to evacuate in two heavily wooded counties northeast of Sacramento in Northern California on Wednesday, generating a towering plume of smoke visible from at least 70 miles (110 km) away.
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Baked barnacles, scorched cherries: The disastrous impact of heatwaves on plants and animals
Aug 04, 2021 12:26More than a billion sea creatures across the Pacific north-west perished in this year’s heatwave, and it’s just a taste of what’s to come.