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Flash floods triggered by heavy rains kill 29 in eastern Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2022 06:38Flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 29 people in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.
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France forced to call in firefighters from other countries as 'monster' blaze spreads
Aug 13, 2022 17:56Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe have headed to the Gironde region of southwestern France to battle a huge wildfire that has been burning for more than a month.
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Shipping disruption continues as Rhine water levels fall again in Germany
Aug 13, 2022 06:18The water level of Germany's Rhine river has fallen to a critical 38-centimeter mark, at the checkpoint Kaub amid the continuing heatwave across Europe.
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Wildfires rage in France, thousands evacuated from homes
Aug 11, 2022 03:58Wildfires tore through the Gironde region of southwestern France on Wednesday, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of 10,000 residents, some of whom had clambered onto rooftops as the flames got closer.
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Amid climate crisis, Shell's financial windfall is profiteering at its most grotesque
Aug 06, 2022 12:06We may be in the dying days of the fossil fuel empire, but those companies are enriching themselves like never before, as people die from our climate crisis.
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Europe heads for drought as France faces historic drought, Rhine drying
Aug 06, 2022 10:27A continent-wide heat wave has swept Europe with rising temperatures above 40C for the first time on record resulting in a historic drought situation in France, England and putting Rhine River on the brink of drying up.
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Leader urges necessary measures to repair damage of Iran floods
Jul 30, 2022 11:38Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says authorities should adopt all the necessary initiatives to repair the extensive damage caused by devastating summer floods across the country.
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Greenland loses 6 billion tons of ice in 3 days, harbinger of unprecedented coastal flooding
Jul 30, 2022 11:08If all Greenland's ice melts, it would raise the seas by more than 24 feet.
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Greenpeace sues UK government to stop massive offshore drilling project
Jul 29, 2022 15:31Greenpeace filed suit against the United Kingdom government recently, contending that the recent approval of a new North Sea gas field was unlawful because officials refused to evaluate how greenhouse gas pollution from Shell's so-called Jackdaw project will exacerbate the climate emergency.
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Death toll in Kentucky flooding rises to 15, governor says
Jul 29, 2022 12:20The death toll from flooding in eastern Kentucky has risen to 15 people, Governor Andy Beshear said on Friday, after days of torrential rainfall inundated homes, washed out roads and caused rivers and streams to overflow their banks.