Latest updates as wildfires rage for fourth day
Thousands of people in Greece have fled to safety from a wildfire burning for a fourth day north of Athens, amid the worst heatwave in the country for…
Temperatures in parts of Athens have reached 42C with Greek authorities saying it is the most intense heatwave in more than 30 years.
A sweltering heatwave in Greece, the country’s worst in 30 years…
Response of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party seen by many as out of touch as blazes rage for seventh day
People across Turkey are looking for answers as to how summer wildfires got so desperately…
Residents north of Greek capital evacuated, while 42C heat forces Acropolis to reduce opening hours
Thousands of people have fled their homes north of Athens after a forest wildfire reached…
Latest developments from across Europe
A heat wave across southern Europe, fed by hot air from North Africa, has triggered deadly blazes across the Mediterranean with the death toll rising to eight…
Heavy rains in southern Bangladesh this week have flooded and destroyed dwellings at camps hosting more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees.
“The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said more than 12,000…
Around 1.2 million acres of land burning by end of last week.
Wildfires have been raging across large swathes of the US as the western part of the country continues to grapple with crippling …
The new climate normal is frightening.
Climate scientists have warned for decades that emitting copious amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere would make extreme weather, such as floods and…
Footage of New Yorkers struggling to wade through filthy, waist-deep water at a Manhattan subway station as heavy rainfall engulfed the city's aging and long-neglected infrastructure on Thursday…
Like humans, trees need water to survive on hot, dry days, and they can survive for only short times under extreme heat and dry conditions.
During prolonged droughts and extreme heat waves like the…
“It passed through like a whirlwind, it destroyed everything,” says community leader
Four people were found dead as Cyprus battled to contain the worst forest fire in its history after homes burnt…
Wildfire season came early this year in the Bay Area after a meager rainy season left the landscape tinder-dry, offering an abundance of fuel for wildland blazes.
In just the past few years,…
Majority of land at risk from a 1-metre sea level rise is in the tropics, research finds
Up to 410 million people will be living in areas less than 2 metres above sea level, and at risk from sea…
The UK has made “woeful” progress on tackling the climate crisis, the government’s own advisers have warned.
Ministers have made too little progress on tackling greenhouse gas emissions in key areas…
The climate crisis is already killing us.
Close your eyes.
Imagine it’s the middle of summer. Normally, you’d be relaxing by the pool or going for a stroll on the beach. Not anymore.
Instead, your…
New research points to ways migrant-friendly cities with low-cost housing and job opportunities are helping those fleeing the effects of climate change.
Bangladesh faces a worsening climate…
Vicious circle of climate impacts, trauma and depression must be broken, say scientists.
The climate crisis is damaging the mental health of hundreds of millions of people around the world but the…
A new study says climate change added $8 billion to the massive costs of 2012's Superstorm Sandy
Climate change-triggered sea level rise added $8 billion in damage during 2012’s Superstorm Sandy,…
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