Severe Storms & Flooding
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‘Rip-Roaring’ Bomb Cyclone Pushes Flight from New York to London Two Hours Early
A record-fast flight that travelled from New York to London in just four hours and 56 minutes, arriving nearly two hours ahead of schedule, ... -
‘Absolute Welcome Disruption’ as Torrential Rains Help Quell Australian Bushfires
Hot, dry, windy conditions in the Australian state of New South Wales have given way to torrential rains that have reduced the number of ... -
Updated Climate Risk Plan Will Withdraw Disaster Aid for New Homes in Flood Plains
Canadians building or buying new homes in areas at high risk for flooding will no longer have access to federal disaster relief under a ... -
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Conservative U.S. States Take Tentative Steps, But Won’t Call it Climate Action
Across major swaths of the United States, legislators in some of the country’s most conservative enclaves are making tentative moves to take action on ... -
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From Newfoundland Snowstorms to Australian Bushfires, Climate Means the ‘Exceptional Becoming Normalized’
From an epic snowstorm blanketing Newfoundland to devastating bushfires and flash floods in Australia, climate change is the common thread that is turning the ... -
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Political Dysfunction, Economic Turmoil Exacerbate the Climate Crisis as Disease and Famine Spreads
Late 2019 saw the calamitous rise of both dengue fever in Honduras and hunger in Zimbabwe, events that demonstrated how government dysfunction, poverty, and ... -
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45 Million in Southern Africa Face ‘Critical Levels of Hunger’
Climate-induced drought and severe flooding, coupled with economic woes, have left 45 million people across Southern Africa facing critical levels of hunger and in ... -
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Morneau Cites Climate as ‘Central Focus’ of 2020 Federal Budget
The climate crisis will be a “central focus” of the 2020 federal budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau told students at Toronto’s Ryerson University Monday, ...
