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'There has never been a year like this'

'There has never been a year like this'

Turns out the deadly floods and intense heat of the last few months are just part of a big bleak picture.
Storm Barijat to devolve into depression as Mangkhut heads for South China Sea

Storm Barijat to devolve into depression as Mangkhut heads for South China Sea

Barijat, currently heading towards northern Vietnam, could weaken into a tropical depression Friday morning, meteorologists say.
September 12, 2018 | 04:00 am PT
Vietnam wants destructive Linfa retired from list of storm names

Vietnam wants destructive Linfa retired from list of storm names

Vietnam on Monday called for removing ‘Linfa’ from the list of names for storms in the western Pacific due to the destruction it wreaked.
November 16, 2020 | 07:16 pm PT
Snow in northern highlands makes vacationers smile, locals hot under the collar

Snow in northern highlands makes vacationers smile, locals hot under the collar

As it snows in the northern highlands, visitors thrill to 'European scenes', but locals suffer disruptions and losses.
January 12, 2021 | 04:44 pm PT
Shade a barely affordable luxury for many Hanoians working in sweltering heat

Shade a barely affordable luxury for many Hanoians working in sweltering heat

Many Hanoians laboring outdoors in scorching weather conditions have no choice but to make do with scant mitigation measures to thwart complete exhaustion.
June 20, 2021 | 08:46 pm PT
Pakistan's south braces for deluge from swollen northern rivers

Pakistan's south braces for deluge from swollen northern rivers

Pakistan's flooded southern Sindh province braced Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll from this year's monsoon topped 1,000.
August 28, 2022 | 03:34 am PT
Natural disasters caused $313B economic loss in 2022: Aon

Natural disasters caused $313B economic loss in 2022: Aon

Natural disasters, many driven by climate change, caused global economic losses of $313 billion in 2022, insurance broker Aon estimated on Wednesday, of which less than half was insured.
January 25, 2023 | 05:17 pm PT
Activists mark Earth Day as scientists warn of more extreme weather

Activists mark Earth Day as scientists warn of more extreme weather

Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and urge governments to do more to combat climate change to mark Earth Day, as scientists warn of more extreme weather and record temperatures this year.
April 20, 2023 | 10:55 pm PT
Extreme heat kills more than 100 in Mexico: government

Extreme heat kills more than 100 in Mexico: government

More than 100 people have died due to extreme heat in Mexico in June, the government said, following a series of heatwaves in the Latin American nation.
June 29, 2023 | 04:26 pm PT
Heavy rain in southern Japan leaves up to six dead, 3 missing

Heavy rain in southern Japan leaves up to six dead, 3 missing

Torrential rain over Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu triggered floods and landslides that left up to six people dead and rescuers searching for three missing, officials said on Tuesday.
July 10, 2023 | 11:03 pm PT
China expects searing heat, more weather extremes in 2024

China expects searing heat, more weather extremes in 2024

China - grappling with one of its coldest Decembers on record - will likely have to brace for another round of scorching heat and an increase in extreme weather next year due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, a senior climate expert said.
December 27, 2023 | 02:37 pm PT
Heatstroke kills 61 in Thailand so far this year: govt

Heatstroke kills 61 in Thailand so far this year: govt

Heatstroke has killed 61 people in Thailand so far this year, more than in all of 2023, the health ministry said on Friday after weeks of scorching weather across the region.
May 9, 2024 | 11:17 pm PT
Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state media

Death toll in south China flooding jumps to 38: state media

The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern China's Guangdong province this week rose sharply to 38 on Friday, state media reported.
June 21, 2024 | 06:38 pm PT
 
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