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Extreme weather

August 2024

  • Parts of northern Florida were flooded after Tropical Storm Debby brought torrential rain to the area

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    Florida residents kayak through flooded streets as Storm Debby makes landfall – video

  • a police car with its lights on blocks a flooded section of a road

    At least four killed as Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida

  • Three people wading in the sea in stormy conditions.

    Weather tracker
    Weather tracker: Flooding may hit Florida and Georgia as Storm Debby intensifies

  • person stand on beach shore holds phone up

    Tropical Storm Debby intensifies as most of Florida under emergency orders

  • ‘The Adriatic is becoming tropical’: Italian fishers struggle to adapt to warm sea

  • China sees highest number of significant floods since records began

  • ‘I see what the fire may do’: the college student documenting wildfires from the frontlines

  • RHS Hyde Hall Cactus

    RHS asks for gardeners’ successes and failures to plan for changing climate

  • People search under the remains of a ceiling covered in mud and debris

    Death toll from landslides in India’s Kerala state rises to 166

  • Spectators cool off under water misters in front of the Eiffel Tower

    Extreme ‘heat dome’ hitting Olympics ‘impossible’ without global heating

  • A family – two adults and five young children – stand by a tree with a shack behind them

    From Scotland to Malawi: climate survivors are rebuilding with world first loss and damage fund

  • Largest wildfire in US grows to cover area bigger than Los Angeles

  • ‘Apocalyptic’ floods in Vermont destroy homes as two dozen rescued by boat

  • Rescuers help residents at the site of a landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, India.

    India landslides: death toll passes 100 with dozens feared missing

    Heavy rainfall, difficult terrain, destroyed roads and collapsed bridge have hampered rescue efforts in Kerala
  • Fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados in July 2024.

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    ‘Smarter money’ is the key that will unlock the promise of Africa and the Caribbean

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  • A large white butterfly sitting on a yellow flower

    ‘Warning sign to us all’ as UK butterfly numbers hit record low

  • Paramedics wheel a person on a stretcher from an ambulance into a hospital

    America's dirty divide
    Asphalt burns, delirium, body bags: extreme heat overwhelms ERs across US

    More than 120,000 heat-related ER visits were tracked in 2023, as people struggle in record-breaking temperatures
  • A woman wearing a black top and white blazer gestures as she speaks

    Alberta premier fights tears over Canada wildfires despite climate crisis denial

    Danielle Smith and her government’s refusal to combat global heating is said to have made blazes more intense
  • A resident walks among debris of destroyed belongings next to her house at a village in Manila

    Weather tracker
    Weather tracker: Typhoon Gaemi wreaks havoc in Philippines and Taiwan

    Half a million people evacuated, 21 deaths confirmed so far and capsized tanker in Manila causes huge oil spill
  • In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, aerial survey is conducted by Coast Guard Aviation.

    Typhoon Gaemi: ‘race against time’ to contain massive oil spill in Philippines

    Coastguard reports 4km oil slick as strong winds hamper cleanup efforts after 25 die in the Philippines and Taiwan
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