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French drought could halve maize crop, deepen EU harvest losses
Relentless heat and drought could halve this year's French maize harvest and reduce European Union production to its smallest in decades, analysts said, despite expectations that ...
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Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as wildfire rages
Spanish authorities on Thursday removed the remains of three kings who ruled the Aragón region in the 11th century from a monastery threatened by a wildfire.
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Mudslide in eastern China kills one, more heavy rain expected
A mudslide in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on Friday killed one person and three others remained missing, while eastern and southern provinces were bracing for more downpours...
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Etna eruption extends closure of Sicily's Catania airport until Saturday
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Saturday because of ash from Mount Etna's ongoing volcanic activity, which has forced hundreds of flights to...
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Wildfire descends on Croatian tourist town, injures 36
Flames enveloped settlements and trees over 1,000 hectares, turning the night sky red above Omis, a scenic town on Croatia's Dalmatian coast.
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France evacuates 525 as another wildfire hits southwestern pine woods
French authorities evacuated 525 villagers after a wildfire broke out in the pine woods of the southwestern Landes region, near an area already devastated by major blazes this su...
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Germany evacuates about 1,800 people as wildfire reaches border village
Authorities in Germany ordered about 1,800 people to evacuate their homes in the early hours of Friday, after a wildfire in the western region spread towards a village close to t...
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Veteran volunteer digs for survivors after Colombia quake
With his lean, sinewy frame, and standing just over 5 feet (1.6 meters) tall, Julio Cesar Pineda feels he was destined for the work of burrowing into the debris of shattered buil...
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Tourists flee as Greek wildfire descends on resort village
Tourists and residents fled villages in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece by land and sea on Thursday as a wildfire fanned by strong winds engulfed houses and trees near re...
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Colombia earthquake response enters grim phase as hope for more survivors fades
Hopes of finding more survivors from the powerful earthquake that rocked Colombia early this week were fading on Thursday as rescue workers narrowed their searches, while families...
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US forecaster says more than 90% risk of a very strong El Nino
El Niño is strengthening, with a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2026-27, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said on...
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How will Latin America's super El Niño affect the top food-exporting region?
Latin America is bracing for what experts say could be the strongest El Niño on record, raising questions about how the climate phenomenon will affect the world's top food-exporti...
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In record US wildfire season, firefighter entrapments hit 20-year high
U.S. firefighting personnel are being overrun by wildfires at the highest rate in two decades, leading to six deaths and dozens of injuries this year, federal data showed, a grim c...
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Ghana's cocoa farmers push back against new law on land use
Ghanaian cocoa farmers are pushing back against a newly passed law that restricts how they can use their own land, urging President John Dramani Mahama to withhold his assent unti...
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Etna ash keeps Catania airport shut until Friday, disrupting summer travel
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday because of ash from Mount Etna's ongoing volcanic activity, which has forced hundreds of flights to ...
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Thyssenkrupp in advanced talks to adjust funding for €3 billion green steel plant
Thyssenkrupp is in advanced talks to adjust the funding framework for its new green steel plant in Duisburg to reflect the changed economic environment, its finance chief said.
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Explainer: How climate change and El Niño supercharged Typhoon Dolphin
Typhoon Dolphin unleashed extreme rain across eastern, central and northern China, far from the coast where it made landfall on Sunday following a two-week journey across the Pacif...
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Tropical Storm Cristobal expected to dissipate this week, NHC says
Tropical Storm Cristobal that formed over the central subtropical Atlantic is expected to dissipate by Thursday night or Friday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said...
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