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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…

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…

Seven dead after storms lash France, Switzerland

GENEVA, June 30, 2024 (AFP) - Ferocious storms and torrential rains that lashed France, Switzerland and Italy this weekend have…

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…

Hong Kong matches record for hottest summer solstice

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong matched on Friday its record for the hottest summer solstice as a subtropical ridge…

Three missing after heavy Swiss flooding

GENEVA, June 22, 2024 (AFP) - Swiss authorities in the southeastern canton of Grisons said Saturday that they were searching…

Torrential rains kill 27 across Central America

SAN SALVADOR, June 21, 2024 (AFP) - Torrential rains across Central America have left at least 27 dead in landslides…

Italy swelters in first summer heatwave

ROME (AFP) - Tourists and locals sweltered under Italy's first summer heatwave on Friday, with the installation in Rome of…

New report warns of heat danger at Paris Olympics

PARIS, June 18, 2024 (AFP) - A new report backed by climate scientists and athletes warned Tuesday about the dangers…

Power demand peaks in northern India heatwave

By Bhuvan BAGGA NEW DELHI, June 18, 2024 (AFP) - Searing heatwave temperatures in northern India pushed power demand to…

Four dead, over a dozen missing as extreme weather hits China

BEIJING, June 18, 2024 (AFP) - At least four people were killed when record rains hit parts of southern China,…

Early summer heatwave claims first victim in Cyprus

NICOSIA, June 14, 2024 (AFP) - A 91-year-old woman became the first death from an early heatwave gripping Cyprus as…

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