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From Houston all the way to Mumbai and from Nepal to the desert state of Rajasthan, rains have cut a swathe of destruction with flooded streets and thousands marooned as their cities and villages go under.
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Torrential monsoon rains paralyzed India's financial capital Mumbai for a second day Wednesday as the streets turned into rivers and people waded through waist-deep waters.
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The National Weather Service on Monday issued an excessive-heat warning through Wednesday, saying the high temperatures will create “a dangerous situation” this week.
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As the remnants of Hurricane Harvey stalled in Texas over the weekend, southwest Florida also was experiencing record-breaking rains thanks to a moisture laden low-pressure system connected to a tropical disturbance....
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Rising ocean temperatures due to climate change could be causing the alarming decline of sea star populations off B.C.'s coast.
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A massive rockslide in Switzerland's Val Bondasca was not a complete surprise. Many parts of Switzerland, two thirds of which is mountainous, are at risk of avalanches and landslides.Communities in the Alps have been protecting themselves against such natural hazards for years.
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The world needs to use water more efficiently rather than exhausting invisible underground supplies and blindly exporting “virtual water” to avert a global crisis that would undermine food and energy systems, a leading expert warned.
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Today, Santiago's farmers draw much of their income from the production and sale of quinoa. A nutty grain indigenous to the Andean regions of Bolivia and Peru, quinoa traditionally was harvested by hand on smaller plots. In the dry Andes, scarce rainfall kept plants watered.
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WHEN Roosevelt Falgout was a boy, the brackish water that now laps within a few feet of his three-room cabin at Isle de Jean Charles was miles off.
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Intensity of rainfall overwhelmed drainage systems and destroyed bridges, says Met Éireann.A “once in a 100 years” extreme weather event was responsible for the widespread flooding and devastation that struck the northwest, according to Met Éireann.
