Environment

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…

Canada’s Jasper National Park evacuated over wildfire

MONTREAL, July 24, 2024 (AFP) - Authorities in the western Canadian province of Alberta have ordered evacuations of the popular…

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…

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…

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…

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…

URGENT: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Grenada island of Carriacou: US tracker

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 1, 2024 (AFP) - Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, slammed into the Caribbean…

Caribbean braces as Hurricane Beryl strengthens to ‘very dangerous’ storm

By Chandan KHANNA BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 30, 2024 (AFP) - Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, strengthened…

Malaysia beaches hit by Singapore oil spill

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - An oil spill off Singapore has spread to beaches in southern Malaysia, a government official said…

Extreme heat is new danger stalking US-bound migrants

By Hérika MARTÍNEZ CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AFP) - In the Mexican desert near the US border, security forces are on…

Water crisis batters war-torn Sudan as temperatures soar

PORT SUDAN, Sudan, June 16, 2024 (AFP) - War, climate change and man-made shortages have brought Sudan -- a nation…

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