An Afghan Air Force helicopter crashed due to “technical issues” while attempting to recover bodies from a river in Ghor. Sat 18 May 2024: At least 50 people have died, and thousands of homes have been destroyed due to recent heavy rains and flooding in central Afghanistan, officials have confirmed. Weeks of torrential seasonal […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: On Tuesday, the sun unleashed its most powerful solar flare in seven years, according to an American scientific and regulatory agency. The Space Weather Prediction Center, part of the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), reported on X that this flare ranks as the 17th largest ever recorded. The center […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Authorities in the Canadian province of Alberta have issued evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, as a growing wildfire nears the community at the heart of Canada’s tar sands region. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on Tuesday afternoon gave residents of the Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek and Grayling […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: Thousands of people in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia (BC) have been evacuated from their homes as authorities warn that a enormous wildfire continues to grow. In a video shared online late on Sunday, Cliff Chapman of the BC Wildfire Service said the Parker Lake Wildfire has exhibited “fast growth and high […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: How ordinary items like toothpaste and teabags could actually be damaging our environment. This week, the fourth round of treaty talks by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution concluded in Ottawa, Canada. A major bone of contention between negotiators from 175 countries is whether or not to limit the production of […]
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Mon 13 May 2024: Over the weekend, western Indonesia was ravaged by hours of relentless rainfall, triggering flash floods and a cold lava flow from a volcano, resulting in the confirmed deaths of at least 41 individuals. According to a local disaster official speaking to AFP news agency, Mount Marapi, the most active volcano on […]
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Sun 12 May 2024: Floods, triggered by relentless downpours in Kenya in the last three weeks, have claimed 267 lives, authorities reported Saturday. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said 188 individuals have been injured, while 75 remain missing. He noted that adverse weather conditions have affected 389,000 people, with 56,000 families forced to evacuate their homes. […]
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Sat 11 May 2024: Heavy rains in Brazil have triggered floods, resulting in a rise in casualties to 127, with 141 individuals reported missing, according to authorities on Saturday. The southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has been grappling with intense rainfall since last week, leading to escalating loss of life and property. The […]
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Wed 08 May 2024: Global April Temperatures Soar to Unprecedented Levels, Marking 11-Month Streak, Reports EU Climate Monitoring Service According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), April 2024 emerged as the hottest April on record, extending an unbroken streak of 11 months of remarkably high temperatures worldwide. Since June 2023, each month has consistently […]
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Mon 06 May 2024: Analysts anticipate a significant slowdown in global petrol demand trajectory for 2024, with growth potentially halving compared to previous years. This shift, as outlined by Reuters, is mainly attributed to the rising popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) in major markets such as China and the US, alongside a return to pre-pandemic […]
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