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Southern Chile hit with wildfires

Pablo Hidalgo, EPA-EFE
Posted at Feb 05 10:44 AM

A view on a yellow sky and smoke during a wild fire near the city of Santa Juana, Chile, in this photos taken on February 3, 2023 released on Saturday. Read more »

Trees could cut urban heatwave mortality by a third: study

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 01 11:18 AM

Planting more trees in urban areas to lower summertime temperatures could decrease deaths directly linked to hot weather and heatwaves by a third, researchers said Wednesday. Read more »

Spain sees hottest year on record in 2022

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 09:19 PM

Spain in 2022 experienced the hottest year since records began, the country's national weather service said Monday, as global warming stokes temperatures around the world. Read more »

Heatwaves could kill 90,000 Europeans per year by 2100: EEA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 09 09:06 AM

If nothing is done, heatwaves could lead to the deaths of 90,000 Europeans each year by the end of the century, the European Environment Agency said. Read more »

Global warming palpable for 96 pct of humans: study

Marlowe Hood and Luca Matteucci, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 06:53 PM

Some 7.6 billion people -- 96 percent of humanity -- felt global warming's impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers said. Read more »

Drought: What you need to know

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Aug 25 02:03 PM

What qualifies as drought? And what can we do to safeguard against it? Read more »

Half of China hit by drought in worst heatwave

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 25 12:19 PM

Half of China's vast territory is now experiencing drought, including parts of the frigid Tibetan Plateau, official data showed. Read more »

Heatwave triggers 'false autumn' in UK

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 08:21 PM

Searing summer temperatures in the UK have not just parched the earth and dried up rivers, lakes and reservoirs but are also seeing trees shed their leaves early. Read more »

Power cuts, sleepless nights in China's record heatwave

Noel Celis, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 07:23 PM

The lights are out along a once-bustling boulevard in a tourist spot at the epicenter of China's hottest summer on record. Read more »

China says 'worst heatwave on record' threatens harvest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 01:54 PM

Four government departments issued a notice on Tuesday urging the conservation of "every unit of water" to protect crops. Read more »

China warns of severe harvest threat from worst heatwave on record

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 24 11:42 AM

China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 19, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 12:06 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

38 killed in Algeria forest fire

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 19 10:15 AM

Algerian men check a charred bus in which at least 12 people were reportedly burnt to death following raging fires in Algeria's city of el-Kala. Read more »

China heat wave 'cooks' live shrimp in water bag

Alice Yan, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Aug 18 06:25 AM

An extreme heat wave in China has caused live shrimp purchased at a supermarket to be 'cooked' alive in the bag they were carried home. Read more »

China heat wave pushes up prices as hens lay fewer eggs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 02:22 PM

Scorching temperatures in eastern China have pushed up egg prices because hens are laying fewer in a hotter-than-usual summer. Read more »

Fighting forest fire in Portugal

Nuno Andre Ferreira, EPA-EFE
Posted at Aug 14 04:21 PM

Firefighters battle a forest fire in Rapa, Celorico da Beira, Guarda, Portugal, Saturday. Read more »

Alpine glaciers melt at an accelerated rate

Fabrice Coffrini, AFP
Posted at Aug 12 10:07 AM

The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass between Scex Rouge glacier and Tsanfleuron glacier since at least the Roman era will have melted away completely within a few weeks, Glacier 3000 officials said on August 11, 2022. Read more »

Swiss mountain pass ice to melt completely within weeks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 08:15 AM

The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have melted away completely within a few weeks, a ski resort said Thursday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 4, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 12:02 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Cooling off at the fountains of Trocadero

Mohammed Badra, EPA-EFE
Posted at Aug 04 10:00 AM

The European Commission encouraged EU member states to implement water conservation efforts and reuse treated wastewater for irrigation as countries like France experience its third heatwave since June. Read more »