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The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that the tragedy highlights growing global challenges around extreme rainfall, warning dissemination and community preparedness.
It sounds bizarre—dump iron in the ocean to fight climate change. But the science behind phytoplankton blooms may offer a surprising path forward.
At the beginning of Trump’s Wednesday “multilateral lunch” event to discuss commercial opportunities with five West African leaders, Trump asked his guests to say “a few words to the press.” But as ...
Flash floods are responsible for 85% of flood-related fatalities worldwide, killing over 5,000 people each year, according to ...
Kenya, like much of Africa, is facing a warming world, with several countries enduring a brutal heatwave in the past year.
Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing ...
Researchers agree that climate change has made torrential downpours more frequent—but the science gets murky when examining ...
Agroecology therefore seems at odds with the G20 focus on regional and global food trade. A more recent G20 concept note dropped agroecology in favour of promoting free trade of food, and adapting ...
July 9 (UPI) -- Three people have died in a flash flood in New Mexico, including two children, city officials announced. The ...
The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options ...
The devastating floods that killed nearly 200 people in Germany four years ago could have been even more damaging, new ...