Hurricane Ida could become costliest weather disaster: UN
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Hurricane Ida, which slammed into the US Gulf Coast at the weekend, could become the…
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Weather, climate disasters surge fivefold in 50 years: UN
by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse Weather-related disasters have skyrocketed over the past half-century, causing far more damage even…
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Drought diplomacy helps boost Israel-Jordan ties
by Ben Simon JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- As scientific warnings of dire climate change-induced drought grow, many in Israel and…
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Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana as Category 3 storm
by Daxia ROJAS NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) -- Hurricane Ida battered southern Louisiana Sunday, 16 years to the day…
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In New Orleans, Ida brings trauma of Katrina flooding back
by Daxia ROJAS NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) -- Chester Lastie clearly recalls Hurricane Katrina, which devastated his neighborhood in…
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Evacuations, fear as Hurricane Ida grows to Category 4 storm
Hurricane Ida was upgraded to a Category Four storm, the US National Hurricane Center said Sunday, staying on course to…
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Ocean surface climates may disappear by 2100: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Up to 95 percent of Earth's ocean surface will have changed by the…
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Rain on Greenland ice sheet signals climate change risk
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Rain fell at the highest point on Greenland's ice sheet -- possibly for the first time…
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Climate change made Europe floods more likely, intense: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Climate change made the deadly floods that devastated parts of Germany and Belgium…
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Taliban inherit untapped $1 trillion trove of minerals
The Taliban now hold the keys to an untouched trillion-dollar trove of minerals including some that could power the world's…
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Colorado basin drought sparks water limits at huge US reservoir
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A huge reservoir that supplies water to tens of millions of people in the…
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Japan braces for more rain after floods, landslides
Japan braced for further downpours on Sunday as rescuers sifted through flood and landslide damage after record rain that left…
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