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Europe braces for another summer heatwave
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Much of Europe is bracing for yet another heatwave following periods of scorching temperatures that have driven rivers to record lows, ignited historic forest f...
July was Spain's hottest month on record: weather agency
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
July was mainland Spain's joint-hottest month since records began in 1961, national weather agency AEMET said on Monday, after high temperatures fuelled the cou...
Drought declared in 'almost three-quarters' of England: UK govt
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Some 71.3 percent of England is in drought, the UK government said Monday, after the nation experienced its driest July on record, with a fifth heatwave and sca...
Drought dries major European rivers to record lows
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Vast tracts of many of Europe's largest rivers, including the Rhine, Rhone and Danube, have slowed to a trickle never-before recorded in the month of July, data...
Drought drys major European rivers to record lows
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Vast tracts of many of Europe's largest rivers, including the Rhine, Rhone and Danube, have slowed to a trickle never-before recorded in the month of July, data...
Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70 percent of France
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Nearly 70 percent of France is subject to water-use restrictions as drought conditions worsen amid successive heatwaves, the government said Monday.
Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from map
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Residents of Moerdijk, a small Dutch port village that survived WWII bombing and subsequent flooding, are facing a new existential challenge: the threat of bein...
Europe braces for another summer heatwave
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Much of Europe is bracing for yet another scorching heatwave following periods of record drought that have driven rivers to historic lows, ignited historic fore...
Days of heavy rain leave at least 16 dead in Philippines
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Floods, landslides and accidents driven by a nine-day downpour equivalent to more than a month's worth of rain in some areas have killed at least 16 people in t...
Parts of Germany's Rhine could become unnavigable, group warns
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Parts of the Rhine river in Germany could soon become unnavigable as water levels drop further due to soaring summer temperatures and low rainfall, an industry ...
Poland's Vistula river drops to historic low in Warsaw: official
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
The Vistula, Poland's longest river, fell on Monday to match its record low in Warsaw, the national meteorological institute IMGW reported, with Europe swelteri...
Record July heat in regions home to 900 mn people: AFP analysis
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Regions home to around 900 million people experienced their hottest July on record in 2026, including in the Sahel, Central America, France and Spain, according...
Oman moves to contain oil spill after tanker ran aground
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Oman on Monday said it was working to contain an oil spill off its southern coast after a tanker ran aground in June inside a protected marine area, triggering ...
Afghanistan's gold rush upends lives and landscapes
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their lives...
Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for nearly a week.
Empty beaches and 'unbearable stench': Mexico wages war on sargassum weeds
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A small skiff moves through a stinking carpet of sargassum, dragging what looks like a threshing machine through the brown, floating seaweed choking the normall...
Canada tries to adapt to a future of wildfires
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have disrupted daily life nationwide, Canada is trying...
Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A fire broke out Friday night at a recycling plant near the port of Rotterdam, spewing thick smoke across the area before being brought under control in an all-...
Etna ash suspends arrivals at Italy's Catania airport
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption on Saturday, forcing the suspension of arrivals at a nearby airp...
Arrivals resume at Sicily's Catania airport after Etna eruption
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
The airport at Catania in Sicily, a top Italian tourist destination, reopened late Saturday afternoon after suspending arrivals when an eruption at nearby Mount...
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