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Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7m rain in 24 hours
An image published by state media on Monday showed a room in a main hospital in the city flooded with…
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Hong Kong seeks innovative green solutions to tackle climate change, extreme weather
CLIMATE DEFENCE STRATEGY But experts caution that sluggish progress risks derailing those targets, leaving the city more vulnerable to extreme…
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Trump tells UN that climate change is ‘greatest con job’ globally
SECOND US WITHDRAWAL FROM CLIMATE PACT Once Trump took office in January, the US submitted its withdrawal for a second…
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Europe had over 62,700 heat-related deaths in 2024, report finds
COPENHAGEN: More than 62,700 people died in Europe from heat-related causes in 2024, according to research published in Nature Medicine…
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Oaxaca town requests relocation in the face of rising sea levels
Heavy ocean swells in recent days have again left a Oaxacan coastal area in crisis — a 20-year-old situation that…
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Surging temperatures hit Bangladesh health and economy
DHAKA: Bangladesh is facing mounting health risks and economic costs from surging temperatures, with extreme heat costing the country up…
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Sabah landslide death toll climbs to 12 as expert warns of ‘new normal’ in Southeast Asia
Beyond Indonesia and Malaysia, extreme weather conditions have also affected other parts of Southeast Asia including Vietnam and the Philippines…
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2025 summer was Spain’s warmest on record: Weather agency
MADRID: Spain this year sweltered through its hottest summer ever, the national meteorological agency AEMET said on Tuesday (Sep 16),…
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Hot demand, shrinking harvests: Thai coffee faces boom and doom paradox
A DEMAND THAT CANNOT BE STOPPED Back when coffee cultivation began in Thailand in the late 1960s, Thais hardly drank…
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Commentary: Pakistan’s secret weapon can help it rebuild after floods
WHAT’S THE FIX? How is one of the world’s poorest countries going to fix this as the blows from global…
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