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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 02, 2013 - The west of Japan had its hottest ever summer this year, official figures showed Monday after a season in which heatstroke reportedly killed hundreds and hospitalised tens of thousands nationwide.
Jun 26, 2026
Abidjan (AFP) Sept 6, 2024 - Severe flooding in West Africa has displaced nearly 950,000 people and disrupted children's education at the start of the school year, international charity Save the Children said Friday.
Jun 26, 2026
On Board The Dixmude, Senegal (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - Armed and stony-faced, six black-clothed members of Senegal's marine special forces board the Chinese fishing boat, alerted by radio that it may be operating illegally.
Jun 26, 2026
Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 20, 2020 - This year's ferocious wildfires on the US West Coast are taking a heavy toll on exhausted firefighters who see no end in sight to the blazes, with the coronavirus pandemic adding another layer of risk.
Jun 26, 2026
Acapulco, Mexico (AFP) Sept 27, 2024 - Residents of Mexico's beachside city of Acapulco were reeling Friday after a hurricane left at least five people dead and neighborhoods underwater in a region still recovering from a devastating storm last October.
Jun 26, 2026
Carti Sugtupu, Panama (AFP) Sept 6, 2023 - On a tiny Caribbean island, hundreds of people are preparing to pack up and move to escape the rising waters threatening to engulf their already precarious homes.
Jun 26, 2026
Qaraqosh, Iraq (AFP) Sept 27, 2023 - A huge portrait of Jesus Christ dominates the crowd, which parts to make way for a stream of coffins after a fire tore through an Iraqi Christian wedding.
Jun 26, 2026
Dalian, China (AFP) Sept 16, 2009 - Once a simple port city on China's northeast coast, Dalian is now the hub of the country's booming outsourcing and IT industries, with dozens of the world's top high-tech firms on site.
Jun 26, 2026
Denver (AFP) Sept 8, 2020 - Coloradans were ditching the suntan lotion Tuesday and pulling out warm gloves and boots as the western US state went from blazing summer heat to snowfall in just one day.
Jun 26, 2026
Laurel - Jan. 7, 2001 - Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., (APL) are now able to simultaneously measure the magnetic and electrical fields over large areas of the ionosphere above the Earth's polar regions, providing the first continuous monitoring of electric currents between space and the upper atmosphere and generating the first maps of electric power flowing into the polar upper atmosphere.
Jun 26, 2026
Geneva (AFP) Sept 20, 2007 - The UN's meteorological agency on Friday called for a multibillion dollar boost for weather forecasting, warning that about 30 percent of economic wealth was directly exposed to the impact of global warming.
Jun 26, 2026
Geneva (AFP) Sept 1, 2021 - Weather-related disasters have skyrocketed over the past half-century, causing far more damage even as better warning systems have meant fewer deaths, the UN said Wednesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Conakry (AFP) Sept 5, 2012 - Weapons destined for Mali which were bought by the country's ousted regime have been held in Guinea since July due to a request from a regional bloc, the state minister for defence said Wednesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Tallahassee, United States (AFP) Sept 27, 2024 - Hurricane Helene weakened on Friday hours after it made landfall in the US state of Florida, with officials warning the storm remained extremely dangerous as it surged inland, leaving flooded roads and homes in its wake.
Jun 26, 2026
Puerto San Carlos, Mexico (AFP) Sept 2, 2009 - Hurricane Jimena weakened to a Category Two storm early Wednesday as it bore down on Mexico's Baja California peninsula, US forecasters said.
Jun 26, 2026
Kathmandu (AFP) Sept 24, 2012 - Huddled in their sleeping bags, the climbers first heard the avalanche roar towards them and then the sound of screaming before being swept hundreds of metres down the slopes of Killer Mountain.
Jun 26, 2026
