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Decades of farm gains, inventories strengthen food system against 'super' El Nino
Near-record inventories, technological advances and the rise of key exporters such as Brazil and Russia have made the global food system more resilient to this year's "super" El Ni...
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Colombia rescue efforts press on after quake, death toll expected to rise
Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid expectations that the d...
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Indonesia races to contain fires as haze spreads
Indonesia has stepped up efforts to contain forest and land fires across six priority provinces, deploying cloud-seeding aircraft to induce rain as authorities seek to slow the ha...
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Typhoon Dolphin's vast storm system pushes inland, threatens central China
Typhoon Dolphin churned deeper inland to the central Chinese province of Hubei on Tuesday, prompting the closure of tourist areas and suspension of construction projects, as forec...
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Beijing braces for one-third of its annual rainfall over next 24 hours
The densely populated Chinese capital of Beijing braced for the expected onset of more than one-third of its annual rainfall over 24 hours starting late on Tuesday as moisture f...
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Almost three-quarters of England now in drought, UK government says
Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought, the British government said on Monday, highlighting the worsening impact of prolonged dry weather on agriculture, public water...
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Octogenarian is first killed in British Columbia wildfire
An 80-year-old woman died in the fast-moving Bald Range wildfire in British Columbia's wine country, Canadian police said, after the blaze nearly doubled in size over the weekend ...
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Southern Spain wildfire worsens as wind gusts hamper firefighting efforts
A large wildfire in southwestern Spain was burning beyond firefighters' ability to extinguish it on Monday, regional authorities said, as hot and windy weather fuelled other blaze...
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 strikes Colombia, EMSC says
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Colombia on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
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Drought scorches Italy's rice belt as water supplies hit record lows
On Giuseppe Tagliabue's estate on the Lombardy side of the Po River, the yellow of ripening rice plants gives way to the barren brown of fields where the crop, left without water...
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Summer heat drives record-early night harvest at Catalan winery
Wearing headlamps and equipped with secateurs, workers at a winery northwest of Barcelona light up the vineyards before dawn and start picking grapes at 3 a.m. due to the scorchi...
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Storms from Dolphin soak China's east, disrupt life in Shanghai
Torrential rain and storms in Typhoon Dolphin's wake have swept through several provinces in China's east, drenching the coastal region and flooding streets in Shanghai, the count...
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How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe's economy this summer
For anyone in Europe who still thought climate change was a problem for future generations, this summer's sweltering heatwaves have brought home the reality that its costly and lif...
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Wildfires near Spokane, Washington, wind down as evacuees begin to return
Many evacuees among the tens of thousands forced to flee a cluster of wildfires near Spokane, Washington, were allowed back to their homes on Sunday as firefighters stepped up ef...
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Fire near Indonesia's Mount Bromo extinguished after 550 hectares burnt, but new hotspots emerge
A fire in Indonesia's Mount Bromo National Park in East Java that burnt 550 hectares (1,360 acres) has been extinguished, an official said on Monday, but there are new hotspots n...
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German shippers warn Rhine could be 'split in two' by low water
Low water levels risk halting cargo traffic on a key stretch of the Rhine this week, effectively splitting the critical waterway into two separate zones, the federal association ...
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British Columbia to get federal assistance as wildfire forces evacuations
The Canadian federal government said on Sunday it would assist British Columbia as raging wildfires forced thousands of people to evacuate by providing shelter and accommodation f...
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Typhoon Dolphin set to hit China's east coast, triggering flood warnings
Typhoon Dolphin is set to make landfall on China's east coast overnight Sunday, bringing torrential rain and powerful winds, as authorities brace for flooding and landslides acro...
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