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16 dead, 5 missing in Indonesia landslide: officials
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 21, 2025 At least 16 people have been killed and five more are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Indonesia's Central Java province, local police and disaster officials said Tuesday. "Sixteen people were confirmed dead. For injured victims, 10 have been referred to hospitals and the nearest community health centre," Doni Prakoso, police chief in Central Java's Pekalongan city, told local broadcaster Metro TV. He said the landslide hit the area on Monday and rescue workers were trying ... read more |
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Australia declares disaster in areas of storm-hit eastSydney (AFP) Jan 18, 2025 Authorities declared a natural disaster Saturday in parts of eastern Australia where gales have toppled trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes. ... more 
2024 was Turkey's hottest-ever year on recordIstanbul (AFP) Jan 13, 2025 Turkey experienced its hottest year on record in 2024, its weather agency said Monday, as bouts of extreme temperatures multiplied across the globe due to climate change. ... more 
Saudi prepares for another hajj menaced by extreme heatRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first step, analysts say. ... more 
Brazil, Indonesia, Serbia and China all report 2024 as hottest year on recordRio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 4, 2025 Last year was Brazil's hottest on record, its weather agency said Friday, after a record-breaking drought and flooding in the South American country that climate experts have linked to global warming. ... more |
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Single heat wave wiped out millions of Alaska's dominant seabirdWashington (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 The common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to the impacts of climate change. ... more
Milan neighborhoods face rising cardiovascular risks during extreme heat eventsParis, France (SPX) Dec 11, 2024 A study by the D-Hygea Lab at the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering at the Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with the Regional Emergency Agency (AREU), has shed light ... more 
2024 'certain' to be hottest year on record: EU monitorParis (AFP) Dec 9, 2024 This year is "effectively certain" to be the hottest on record and the first above a critical threshold to protect the planet from dangerously overheating, Europe's climate monitor said Monday. ... more 
Portugal records hottest-ever November: weather agencyLisbon (AFP) Dec 5, 2024 Portugal has experienced its hottest-ever November, the country's meteorological agency the IPMA said Thursday, the average air temperature 2.69 degrees Celsius higher than the average for 1981-2010. ... more
Global temps soar: China, Spain, and Japan all report warmest seasons on recordBeijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 China reported its warmest autumn this year since records began decades ago, its National Climate Centre announced on Wednesday. ... more |
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Japan witnesses warmest autumn on record
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 Japan has recorded its warmest autumn since records began 126 years ago, the weather agency said, delaying the country's popular displays of seasonal foliage into December. "This year was 1.97 degrees Celsius higher than usual... making it the hottest autumn since 1898, when statistics began," the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday on their website. Between September and November, the temperature was 2.4 degrees Celsius higher than usual in Tokyo, 2.9 more in the central city of Nagoya and ... read more
After floods, Spain records warmest November everMadrid (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 Spain has registered its warmest November since record-keeping began more than six decades ago, even after October ended with its worst floods in a generation, official data showed Tuesday. ... more |
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Storms kill five across Greece, India; 122,000 evacuated in Malaysian floods Athens (AFP) Dec 1, 2024 A storm sweeping through Greece has killed two people on the island of Lemnos, and damaged roads and buildings in Rhodes, authorities said on Sunday. ... more
Third death as Storm Bora batters GreeceAthens (AFP) Dec 2, 2024 A storm sweeping through Greece has claimed a third victim, state TV reported Monday, after damaging roads and buildings on the islands of Lemnos, Rhodes and other parts of the country. ... more 
Death toll from Uganda landslides rises to 20: Red CrossKampala (AFP) Nov 29, 2024 The death toll from landslides which hit several villages in eastern Uganda rose to 20, with more than 100 still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said Friday. ... more 
Four children drowned in Sri Lanka as storm heads to IndiaColombo (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 Sri Lankan rescue teams said Thursday they had recovered four drowned children killed in a flash flood, with four other people missing, after torrential rains from a powerful but slow-moving storm now heading towards India. ... more 
Indonesia's North Sumatra landslide death toll rises to 27Jakarta (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 The death toll from flooding triggered by intense rains in western Indonesia has risen to 27, after a landslide buried vehicles, a rescue official said Thursday. ... more |
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