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French heatwave sets new late-summer record

PARIS, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) - Temperatures in France hit an all-time high for late summer on Tuesday, the weather…

Climate change could bring year-round heatwaves: UN researcher

GENEVA, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) - As Europe and other regions swelter, a UN researcher cautioned that climate change was…

Athens district evacuated as Greek fire death toll hits 20

ALEXANDROUPOLI, Greece, Aug 22, 2023 (AFP) - Thousands of people in an outer district of Greece's capital Athens were under…

California cleans up after record rainfall from Hilary

LOS ANGELES, Aug 21, 2023 (AFP) - Southern California was cleaning up Monday after record rainfall triggered landslides and flooding,…

Major hurricane heads toward northwest Mexico, California

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico, Aug 18, 2023 (AFP) - Mexico braced Friday for a powerful Pacific hurricane that triggered a…

Death toll from heavy rain in north India rises to almost 60

DEHRADUN, India, Aug 14, 2023 (AFP) - At least 58 people were killed, nine of them in a temple collapse,…

Typhoon Lan set to crash Japan holiday week

TOKYO, Aug 13, 2023 (AFP) - Japanese authorities on Sunday warned residents in much of the country to prepare for…

North China landslide death toll rises sharply to 21

BEIJING, Aug 13, 2023 (AFP) - The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in northern China has…

Two dead, thousands without power as storms batter eastern US

WASHINGTON, Aug 8, 2023 (AFP) - Much of the eastern United States was lashed by intense storms Monday, leaving at…

Scouts begin S. Korea jamboree evacuation over extreme weather challenges

BUAN, South Korea, Aug 8, 2023 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of scouts were being evacuated from their problem-plagued South…

Dozens evacuated as wildfire spreads on Spain-France border

PORTBOU, Spain, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) - Firefighters said they evacuated more than 130 people as they fought Saturday to…

US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree

BUAN, South Korea, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) - American and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in…

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