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Torrential rain kills at least 28 in Japan, more heavy rain coming
Extraordinarily heavy rains have left hundreds of people cut off and at least 28 dead on the southern Japanese island…
US drought at historic levels
While most of New Zealand has been deluged with rain the last few days, Americans are dealing with exactly the…
9 dead in France avalanche from “cursed” mountain
A summer climbing expedition in the French Alps turned to tragedy early Thursday when a six-foot wall of snow came…
Extreme weather: Get ready to see more of it, scientists say
A map of significant climate events for the United States in June looks almost apocalyptic: hellish heat, ferocious fires and…
US crop farmers nervous as heat wave/droughts continue
Yesterday Death Valley in California reached 52C degrees. The overnight low was 38C. CNN takes a look at why farmers…
Russia declares day of mourning as flood tolls climbs over 170
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Monday a national day of mourning in the wake of devastating, raging floodwaters that tore…
Martian landscape revealed
NASA has released a stunning panoramic image of the Martian landscape which it hailed as the “next best thing to being…
USA: Historic heat wave continues
Americans have had a fortnight of record-smashing heat. The eastern two-thirds of the continental US has baked in unprecedented…
Flights NZ-wide cancelled & delayed due to widespread fog
Updated 8:45am — Thick fog has again disrupted flights at Auckland Airport along with Hamilton, Christchurch and Dunedin airports this morning. Airport…
US: More than 1.3 million customers lack power amid unrelenting heat
Out of power since Friday, Bethesda, Maryland, resident Jacqueline Hirsch went to the library to seek relief from the heat,…
