Helicopter pilot dies fighting Canadian wildfires
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- A pilot died in a helicopter crash in western Canada fighting wildfires that have ravaged the…
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Extreme heat scorches Europe, world
By Alexandria SAGE Agence France-Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Swathes of Europe baked Tuesday in a heatwave trailed by…
3 years ago
Extreme heat scorches Europe
ROME, July 18, 2023 (AFP) - Swathes of Europe baked Tuesday in a heatwave trailed by wildfires and health warnings,…
3 years ago
World must prepare for more intense heatwaves: UN
GENEVA, July 18, 2023 (AFP) - The world should get ready to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned…
3 years ago
Scorching heatwave threatens to break top temperatures
By Gael BRANCHEREAU Agence France-Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Scorching heat across the Northern Hemisphere threatened to break records and…
3 years ago
‘Oppressive’ heat wave scorches US west and south
LOS ANGELES, July 16, 2023 (AFP) - Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were…
3 years ago
Dangerous heatwaves strike globe as wildfires rage
ROME, July 16, 2023 (AFP) - Scorching weather gripped three continents on Sunday, whipping up wildfires and threatening to topple…
3 years ago
Oceans are changing colour and climate change may be to blame
PARIS, July 12, 2023 (AFP) - Over the past 20 years huge swathes of the world's oceans have changed colour,…
3 years ago
Evacuations as US state of Vermont hit by catastrophic floods
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in the northeastern US state of…
3 years ago
Heat wave in US turns Texas prisons into ‘ovens’
HOUSTON, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - On the afternoon of July 4, as Americans were celebrating the country's independence with…
3 years ago
Swiss sweltered in 2022 with hottest year on record
GENEVA, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - Switzerland said Monday it experienced its hottest year on record in 2022, with its…
3 years ago
Spain sweats as temperatures soar in new summer heatwave
MADRID, July 10, 2023 (AFP) - Temperatures were soaring across Spain on Monday with the mercury set to touch 44…
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