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Arctic heat wave sweeps across western Nunavut and High Arctic

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Unseasonably warm temperatures over the past weekend saw people in the western Nunavut hub of Cambridge Bay heading out to their cabins or the beach, where some even dipped into the Arctic Ocean to cool off.
Jane George
08/15/2017

Alaska Towns At Risk from Rising Seas Sound Alarm

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According to the Army Corps of Engineers, 31 Alaskan communities face “imminent” existential threats from coastline erosion, flooding and other consequences of temperatures that are rising twice as quickly in the state as the global average.
Oliver Milman
08/15/2017

‘All We See Is Dead Bodies’: Floods and Mudslides Ravage Sierra Leone

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Torrents of water rushed through the streets of the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown on Monday, causing mudslides that killed hundreds and trapped hundreds more in their homes and vehicles, officials said.
Jaime Yaya Barry
08/14/2017

In Egypt, A Rising Sea — And Growing Worries About Climate Change's Effects

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On Egypt's Mediterranean coast, August should be prime tourist season. But the seaside restaurants in Alexandria are almost empty. Worries over security are keeping a lot of foreign tourists away.
Jane Arraf
08/13/2017

Firefighters battle wildfires near Athens for third day

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Firefighters battled a wildfire northeast of the Greek capital for a third day on Tuesday, trying to prevent a blaze that scorched thousands of hectares of pine forest from spreading further.
Phoebe Fronista and Alkis Konstantinidis
08/14/2017

Critical flood situation in Assam, 2.3 million affected, death toll mounts to 104

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The flood situation in India's state of Assam drastically worsened on Saturday and Sunday, August 12 and 13, 2017, after heavy monsoon rains engulfed the region on Friday.
08/13/2017

More than 300 killed as landslides and flash flooding hit Freetown, Sierra Leone

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More than 300 people have been killed in and around Sierra Leone's capital Freetown after heavy overnight rain caused landslides and flash flooding early Monday, August 14, 2017.
08/14/2017

What will become of Bangladesh's climate migrants?

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When Cyclone Aila hit the coast of Bangladesh in May 2009, water swelled over embankments along the Kholpetua river.The home Sirajul Islam (pictured) shared with his wife and four children in Kolbari village was flooded, along with the single acre he used to raise shrimp.
Megan Darby
08/14/2017

Tagus river at risk of drying up completely

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The Tagus river, the longest in the Iberian peninsula, is in danger of drying up completely as Spain once again finds itself in the grip of drought.
Stephen Burgen
08/14/2017

Monsoon flooding kills at least 160 across South Asia

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Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that have killed at least 160 people and displaced millions of others across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh.
08/13/2017
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