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World leaders to rally climate fight ahead of Amazon summit

World leaders meet Thursday in the Brazilian Amazon in an effort to show that climate change remains a top global priority despite broken promises and the United States shunning the gathering.

UN says forests should form key plank of COP30

The United Nations warned Wednesday that climate change poses a threat to the world's northern forests, saying it was putting the planet's most powerful natural defence at serious risk.

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Hurricane Erin brings coastal flooding to N. Carolina, Virginia

Hurricane Erin brought coastal flooding to parts of North Carolina and Virginia as it made its closest approach to the US mainland early Thursday.

North Carolina braces for flooding from Hurricane Erin

Hurricane Erin's furthest bands began brushing the outer banks of North Carolina's coast Wednesday, where the Category 2 storm triggered mandatory evacuation orders, and officials warned summer beachgoers along the US East Coast of life-threatening surf and rip currents in coming days.

North Carolina braces for flooding from 'Enormous' Erin

Hurricane Erin was nearing North Carolina's coast Wednesday, threatening huge waves and flooding as the strengthening Category 2 storm triggered mandatory evacuation orders despite its offshore path.

Threat from massive western Canada wildfire eases

The threat from a wildfire that engulfed a mountain in western Canada was downgraded Monday, with local officials saying there was "no longer a risk to life and safety" in the area.

North Carolina coasts prepare for flooding as Erin churns offshore

Hurricane Erin threatened North Carolina's coast Wednesday with huge waves and flooding, as the strengthening Category 2 storm triggered mandatory evacuation orders despite its offshore path.

Antarctic climate shifts threaten 'catastrophic' impacts globally

Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations", scientists warned Wednesday.

Death toll from northern Pakistan monsoon floods rises to almost 400

Rescuers and residents resumed searching on Tuesday for survivors as the death toll from five days of torrential rain rose to almost 400, with authorities warning monsoon downpours would continue until the weekend.

Fresh Pakistan monsoon rains kill 20, halt rescue efforts

Fresh torrential rains in northern Pakistan killed at least 20 people on Monday, local officials said, as the region is ravaged by an unusually intense monsoon season that has left more than 300 people dead in recent days.

Hurricane Erin restrengthens as it lashes Caribbean with rain

Hurricane Erin restrengthened into a Category 4 storm late Sunday, with forecasters warning it is expected to intensify and grow in size in the coming days as it lashes Caribbean islands with heavy rains that could cause flash floods and landslides.

Downgraded Hurricane Erin lashes Caribbean with rain

Offshore Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a Category 3 storm early Sunday, as rain lashed Caribbean islands and weather officials warned of possible flash floods and landslides.

Women bear brunt of Afghanistan's water scarcity

In a remote Afghan village, women strap yellow plastic jerry cans to donkeys and travel every day down a dusty canyon to collect as much water as they can.

Hurricane Erin intensifies offshore, lashes Caribbean with rain

Hurricane Erin rapidly strengthened offshore to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm on Saturday, as rain lashed Caribbean islands and weather officials warned of possible flash floods and landslides.

Hurricane Erin intensifies to category 4 storm as it nears Caribbean

Hurricane Erin strengthened to a Category 4 storm Saturday as it churned towards the Caribbean, with weather officials warning of possible flash floods and landslides.

Hurricane Erin intensifies to category 3 storm as it nears Caribbean

Hurricane Erin strengthened rapidly to a Category 3 storm early Saturday as it churned towards the Caribbean, with a warning issued that flash floods and landslides were possible.

Hurricane Erin intensifies in Atlantic, eyes Caribbean

Hurricane Erin gained strength Friday as it churned in the Atlantic Ocean and bore down on the Caribbean, where it could bring heavy rain to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Portugal wildfires claim first victim, as Spain on wildfire alert

Portugal suffered its first death Friday from the fires raging there, as Spain's weather agency warned of a "very high to extreme risk" of more wildfires there during Europe's intense heatwave.

'Doomsday' monsoon rains lash Pakistan, killing almost 200 people

Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan have killed at least 199 people in the past 24 hours, national and local officials said on Friday.

Deadly monsoon rains lash Pakistan, killing dozens

Heavy monsoon rains have triggered landslides and flash floods across a remote region of northern Pakistan, killing at least 117 people in the last 24 hours, disaster authorities said Friday.

Flood kills 37 in Indian Kashmir mountain village

Powerful torrents driven by intense rain smashed into a Himalayan mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir and killed at least 37 people on Thursday, a top disaster management official told AFP.

Greenpeace stages Anish Kapoor art protest on UK gas platform

Greenpeace activists have unfurled a massive anti-fossil fuel canvas by renowned sculptor Anish Kapoor on a North Sea platform in a rare protest on an active offshore gas rig, the group said Thursday.

Spain suffers third wildfire death, Greece beats back flames

Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city Patras as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.

Typhoon Podul pummels Taiwan, heads towards China

Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses in the south, grounding flights and knocking out power for thousands of households, while parts of China made preparations for the storm to make landfall.

Typhoon Podul pummels Taiwan, heads towards mainland

Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses, grounding flights and knocking out power for tens of thousands of households, while parts of mainland China made ready for the storm.

Typhoon Podul pummels Taiwan

Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses in the south, grounding hundreds of flights and knocking out power for tens of thousands of households.

Typhoon Podul hits Taiwan

Typhoon Podul slammed into southeastern Taiwan on Wednesday, with powerful winds and heavy rain lashing the island.

Five key things about heatwaves in Europe

Scorching temperatures, such as those recorded in southern Europe, illustrate the intensifying heatwaves in Europe, which scientists consider a direct result of climate change.

German gas drive fuels fears of climate backsliding

Germany's conservative-led government has launched a drive to rapidly build more gas-fired power plants, fuelling fears about climate policy backsliding and sparking unease even within its own ranks.

Typhoon Podul intensifies as it nears Taiwan

Thousands of people sheltered and fishermen secured their boats across storm-battered southern Taiwan on Wednesday as Typhoon Podul intensified on its approach to the island.

Typhoon Podul intensifies as its near Taiwan