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Country hit by record rainfall that followed Mediterranean storm with similarities to tropical cycloneAfter battering Greece last week, Storm Daniel caused further devastating floods, this time affecting Libya. As the storm moved across the Sahara, it …
The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed the ‘medicane’ storm DanielThe flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a “medicane”, a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scie…
Storm Daniel was by no means the only factor behind the devastation wrought on the city of DernaWhen the climate crisis meets a failed state, the outcome is the kind of disaster that Libya is witnessing in Derna.Any city would have struggled with the e…
A new report shows that 175 of 244 US cities had extraordinarily warm temperatures made more likely by climate changeMost of the US population, 326 million people, have experienced at least one unusually hot summer day this summer, according to a new r…
The estimate exceeds $6bn paid out by insurers for Australia’s costliest disaster, the 2022 NSW and Queensland floodsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA repeat of Australia’s worst disasters such as Cyclone Tracy …
More should be done to prepare for the impact of heating, Climate of the Nation survey suggests, but certainty about the cause of extreme events fallsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA majority of Labor voters th…
Neighbourhoods washed away in port city of Derna, where two dams burst, with many bodies swept out to seaThe situation in Derna, the Libyan port city where two dams burst over the weekend, has been described as “disastrous beyond comprehension”, as the…
NT police commissioner says evacuations ‘not going to occur’ in town as ADF joins battle against 10,000 sq km blazeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn emergen…
The confirmed death toll from the weekend flooding stood at 61, according to health authorities. But the tally did not include the city of Derna, which had become inaccessible.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces biggest crisis yet as residents ask where money for ‘immediate’ flood relief has goneThe Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is facing his biggest crisis yet as – less than a week after rainstorms left vast tracts of th…