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Indonesia races to extinguish wildfires as dry season hits peak
Published on 01/10/2023
» Firefighters are rushing to extinguish forest and land fires across parts of Indonesia, with the scorching weather in the Southeast Asian nation worsened by an El Nino dry spell and set to peak this month.
Loch Ness struggles with Scotland's shifting climate
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» INVERNESS (UNITED KINGDOM) - Around Scotland's Loch Ness, famous for hosting a mythical monster in its murky depths, another prolonged dry spell earlier this year has heightened fears of a different kind.
Honeybee swarms on the rise
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/06/2023
» The sight is one that beekeepers say is understandably intimidating to the ordinary person out for a walk: a sliver of sky suddenly darkening amid the collective roar of thousands of honeybees before they cluster on branches or bushes.
UK enforces water use restrictions
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» LONDON: Millions of people across parts of southern England will be banned from using garden hoses as a hot spell sparks record demand for drinking water, authorities said on Friday.
Macron dismisses unrest, vows drought action
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» SAVINES-LE-LAC, France: President Emmanuel Macron announced new water-saving measures for France on Thursday as he sought to brush aside weeks of political turmoil after he imposed a deeply unpopular pensions reform.
Kenyans vent anger over economic crisis
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» NAIROBI: Hempstone Monari's taxi business was just getting going when the wheels fell off his financial future and a Kenyan bank auctioned off his car over the non-payment of a $9,900 loan.
At least 15,000 killed by hot weather in Europe in 2022: WHO
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» COPENHAGEN - At least 15,000 people have died in Europe because of hot weather in 2022 so far, the World Health Organization said Monday, with Spain and Germany among the worst-affected countries.
Climate change made 2022 drought 'at least 20 times likelier'
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» PARIS: Human-caused climate change made this summer's drought across the Northern Hemisphere at least 20 times more likely, according to a rapid analysis released Wednesday that warns such extreme dry periods will become increasingly common with global heating.
Record early heatwave sweeps France as fires flare in Spain
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» PARIS - French officials urged caution Thursday as a record pre-summer heatwave spread across the country from Spain, where authorities were fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures.
Low French rainfall adds new cloud to global food market
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» SULLY-SUR-LOIRE (FRANCE) - French farmer Robin Lachaux is worried about his wheat. In normal years, it flowers and bulks up in May thanks to regular spring rainfall, but this year hot and dry conditions risk stunting its progress.