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2025 on track to tie second hottest year on record: EU monitor
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 The planet is on track to log its second hottest year on record in 2025, tied with 2023 after a historic high in 2024, Europe's global warming monitor said Tuesday. The data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service reaffirms that global temperatures are on course to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels - the threshold considered safer in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Temperatures rose by 1.48C on average between January and November, or "currently tied with 2023 to be the second-warmest year o ... read more |
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Storm disrupts transport, schools in AthensAthens (AFP) Dec 5, 2025 Schools in Athens were shut on Friday as a storm front lashed the Greek capital and other parts of the country, flooding roads and disrupting transport. ... more 
Record-breaking heatwaves projected to last a millennium even after net zero target is reachedSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather and CSIRO, publishing in Environmental Research: Climate, forecast that hotter and longer heatwaves will become prevalent for a ... more 
Floods and landslides kill eight in IndonesiaJakarta (AFP) Nov 26, 2025 Floods and landslides killed at least eight people and injured dozens after torrential rains struck Indonesia's island of Sumatra, a disaster official said Wednesday. ... more
Asia and Europe Reel from Deadly Landslides: Dozens Killed in Indonesia, Vietnam, and ItalyJakarta (AFP) Nov 17, 2025 The death toll from three landslides that hit Indonesia's Java island since last week has risen to 18, with more than 30 people missing, a disaster official said on Monday. ... more |
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21 dead, 30-plus missing in Kenya landslide: ministerNairobi (AFP) Nov 1, 2025 At least 21 people died and more than 30 were still missing in a landslide on Saturday caused by heavy rains in western Kenya, the interior minister said. ... more 
Tornado kills one, injures four near French capitalCergy-Pontoise, France (AFP) Oct 20, 2025 A tornado tore through districts north of Paris on Monday, toppling three construction cranes that killed one person and left four others with critical injuries, authorities said. ... more 
Motorist dies as tropical storm hits French Caribbean islandPointe-A-Pitre (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 A motorist was found dead after being swept away by floodwaters on Guadeloupe on Friday, the authorities said, as a tropical storm swept over the French overseas territory in the Caribbean. ... more 
September third-hottest globally on record: climate monitorParis (AFP) Oct 9, 2025 The world just had its third-hottest September on record, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday, as global average temperatures remained stuck near historic highs for yet another month. ... more 
Hong Kong logs record number of 'very hot' October daysHong Kong (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 Hong Kong logged its fourth "very hot day" this month on Wednesday, setting a record for the number of sweltering October days, according to the city's weather service. ... more |
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Landslides and floods kill 64 in Nepal, India
Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 5, 2025 Landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal and neighbouring India have killed more than 60 people, officials said Sunday, as rescue workers raced to reach cut-off communities in remote mountainous terrain. Torrential downpours have lashed Nepal since Friday, leaving rivers in spate and many areas in the Himalayan nation inundated. At least 44 people have died in rain-triggered disasters and five are missing, Shanti Mahat, spokeswoman for Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction ... read more
Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: studyParis (AFP) Sept 22, 2025 More than 60,000 people died from heat in Europe during last year's record-breaking summer, a benchmark study said Monday, in the latest warning of the massive toll climate change is having on the continent. ... more |
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Estimated 16,500 climate change deaths during Europe summer: study Paris (AFP) Sept 17, 2025 Scientists estimated Wednesday that rising temperatures from human-caused climate change were responsible for roughly 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, using modelling to project the toll before official data is released. ... more
Too hot to study, say Italian teachers as school (finally) resumesRome (AFP) Sept 13, 2025 Children across Italy are returning to classrooms after a traditional three months off school - the longest summer holiday in Europe. ... more
Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: studyParis (AFP) Sept 10, 2025 Fossil fuel and cement producers have contributed "significantly" to the growing number and intensity of climate-change-driven heatwaves, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature. ... more
Surveillance camera captures tornado in eastern AustraliaSydney (AFP) Sept 10, 2025 An Australian fire surveillance camera captured dramatic video images Wednesday of a tornado towering over a thunderstorm-struck stretch of countryside. ... more
August third-hottest globally on record, says climate monitorParis (AFP) Sept 9, 2025 Devastating wildfires and blistering heatwaves during the world's third-hottest August on record underscored the urgency of tackling climate change and preparing for its deadly consequences, the European global warming monitor said Tuesday. ... more |
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