Weather tracker: China issues heatstroke alert amid historic heatwave
Tianjin reports all-time record of 41.4C, while Texas and Mexico break numerous temperature records Parts of north-east China are in the grip of a historic...
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Brazil: 11 dead and 20 missing after cyclone strikes in south
Authorities warn of landslides after conducting several thousand flood rescues in two days At least 11 people were killed in Brazil’s southern state of Rio...
Weather tracker: Finland experiences coldest June on record
Despite 24-hour sun, Lapland dips to -7.7C. Elsewhere, the Atlantic hurricane season begins Thursday 1 June saw potentially the lowest June temperature on record in...
Heavy rains in Canada offer relief from wildfires but could lead to flooding
Crews hope wet weather could be ‘turning point’ after worst start to fire season on record in which area the size of Wales has burned...
‘No one saw this level of devastation coming’: climate crisis worsens in Somalia
Torrential rain, coming on top of the country’s worst drought in four decades, has forced 250,000 people to leave their homes Jamal Ali Abdi has...
Weather tracker: flash floods and landslides hit parts of east Africa
Many reported dead in Rwanda and Uganda, as heavy rain also devastates western regions of continent May is the end of the rainy season for...
More than 400 people now confirmed dead after flooding in DRC
About 5,500 people still missing after intense floods and landslides with thousands also left homeless At least 411 people are now known to have died...
At least 115 dead in Rwanda after heavy rains trigger floods and mudslides
State-run broadcaster says flood waters still rising in northern and western provinces and warns death toll may rise At least 115 people have died as...
Water ban in drought-stricken Tunisia adds to growing crisis
Risk of unrest rises amid fourth dry year, poor grain harvest, weak economy and likely food subsidy cuts Tunisia has introduced water rationing as the...
Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy leaves trail of devastation
Hundreds killed in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi in what may be longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record Cyclone Freddy, which developed over the Indian Ocean more...
