climate

Taiwan braces for Typhoon Gaemi to make landfall

YILAN, July 24, 2024 (AFP) - Taiwan closed schools, suspended the stock market, and declared a typhoon holiday Wednesday as…

Streets turned into rivers as Typhoon Gaemi hits Philippines

  MANILA, July 24, 2024 (AFP) - Relentless rain drenched the northern Philippines on Wednesday, triggering flooding in Manila and…

Western US faces wildfires as millions under heat warnings

LOS ANGELES, United States, July 24, 2024 (AFP) - Several western US states including California and Utah were battling wildfires…

July 21 hottest day ever recorded globally: EU climate monitor

  PARIS, July 24, 2024 (AFP) - July 21 was the hottest day ever registered globally, according to preliminary data…

Malacañang suspends work and classes in Metro Manila due to typhoon Carina

(EAGLE NEWS) Malacañang Palace has ordered the suspension of work in government offices and classes at all levels in Metro…

Blazes intensify in Russia, N. America in fierce start to wildfire season

PARIS, July 16, 2024 (AFP) - Extreme wildfires are spreading across Russia and North America and shrouding swathes of the…

UN says world population to peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s

NEW YORK (AFP) - Earth's population will peak in the mid-2080s at around 10.3 billion people, then drop slightly to…

9,000 evacuated in northeast Canada due to wildfires

MONTREAL, July 14, 2024 (AFP) - Around 9,000 people have been evacuated in northeastern Canada because of raging wildfires, officials…

Eleven dead in northern Vietnam after landslide buries van

HANOI, July 14, 2024 (AFP) - A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried and killed at least 11 people who…

Hungarian airport suspends operation after heatwave damage

  BUDAPEST, July 12, 2024 (AFP) - An airport in eastern Hungary is temporarily closed due to runway damage caused…

Tourists evacuated, flights cancelled as hurricane Beryl targets Mexico

By Ivan SHAW CANCÚN, Mexico, July 5, 2024 (AFP) - Tourist resorts in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula girded Thursday for a…

Category 5 Hurricane Beryl pummels Caribbean, hurtles towards Jamaica

By Chandan KHANNA BRIDGETOWN/ST. GEORGE'S, Barbados, July 2, 2024 (AFP) - Hurricane Beryl was Tuesday hurtling towards Jamaica as it…

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