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Landslide in east DR Congo kills 18
Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 At least 18 people have died while several homes were swept away in a landslide triggered after heavy downpours overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources told AFP Tuesday. The landslide took place in Kashebere, in North Kivu province, where the Congolese state is largely absent due to the advance of the Rwanda-backed M23 militia. Kashbere is around 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Goma, the provincial capital, which fell to a lightning M23 offensive at the beginning of 2 ... read more |
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Freezing rain hampers transport in Central EuropeVienna (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 Freezing rain led to travel disruptions in Central Europe on Tuesday, including flights being temporarily suspended at several airports. ... more 
2025 was third hottest year on record: EU, US expertsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, US researchers and EU climate monitors said Wednesday. ... more 
Storms claim another life in UKLondon (AFP) Jan 10, 2026 UK police said a falling tree killed a man in England after record winds brought by Storm Goretti, and nearly 40,000 homes in France were still without power Saturday. ... more
Australia heatwave stokes risk of catastrophic bushfiresSydney (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country. ... more |
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Flights cancelled, roads flooded as rare storm soaks UAEDubai (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 UAE airport authorities cancelled or delayed dozens of flights and roads were flooded in major cities as the heaviest rainstorm in months lashed the desert nation on Friday. ... more 
Two die in French Alps avalanchesLyon (AFP) Dec 26, 2025 Two people died Friday in avalanches in winter resorts in the French Alps, local authorities said, calling on skiers to be wary of changing weather conditions. ... more 
Category 6 cyclone hot spots expand in warming oceansLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 New analysis of four decades of tropical cyclone records indicates that ocean regions capable of sustaining the most intense hurricanes and typhoons are expanding in the western Pacific and North At ... more 
Southern Ocean storms help oceans absorb excess heat and mask future warmingGothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Researchers at the University of Gothenburg report that intense storms over the Southern Ocean enhance vertical mixing, allowing this ocean to absorb more heat from the atmosphere and moderate globa ... more
2025 on track to tie second hottest year on record: EU monitorParis, 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. ... more |
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Storm disrupts transport, schools in Athens
Athens (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. Fire department unionist Costas Tsigas said the hardest-hit zone, the western side of the greater Athens area, had received "tonnes" of rainwater that blocked roads with debris. The storm forced the temporary closure of the motorway to the city of Corinth. Army machinery was brought in to clear the roads, Tsigas told state TV ERT. The st ... read 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 |
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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 
Death toll from Indonesia landslide rises to 11; Flood kills two in storm-hit PortugalJakarta (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 A landslide on Indonesia's Java island has killed at least 11 people, an official said Saturday, updating a previous tally as rescuers scrambled to find 12 others who are still missing. ... more 
Demand for air con set to triple by 2050, warns UNGeneva (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 Global demand for air conditioning could more than triple by 2050, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, calling for more sustainable cooling solutions. ... more 
As COP30 opens, urban Amazon residents swelterBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 Outside their run-down home in the Amazon city of Belem, a mother and her little girl laugh as they cool off from the punishing heat in a large blue plastic tub filled with water. ... more |
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