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Sri Lanka's famed beach shack battles demolition

Sri Lanka's famed seafood shack Beach Wadiya has hosted royalty including Britain's Princess Anne and sporting legends such as cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, but now faces demolition under a government-ordered coastal clean-up.

الأرصاد السعودية تتوقع سيولاً وأمطاراً رعدية في خمس مناطق

توقع تقرير الأحد أمطاراً متوسطة إلى غزيرة وبرداً ورياحاً نشطة على أجزاء من غرب المملكة.

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Coastal erosion forces cancellation of California music festival

A music festival set to feature The Killers, Olivia Dean and Jack White was cancelled Friday because the California beach where it was to be held has been eaten away by coastal erosion.

August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges

Europe's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded around the world and warned of worse to come, as an unprecedented El Nino pattern grows stronger.

Mount Fuji ends hiking season with landslide, two rescues

A landslide struck a car park on Japan's Mount Fuji, with the final day of the volcano's summer climbing season on Thursday marred by downpours and dense mist.

Evacuations in Malibu after waves open sinkhole at Nicolas Cage's house

People living in an upmarket coastal stretch of Malibu were under an evacuation order Wednesday after a giant sinkhole opened up on the driveway of a beachfront home belonging to Oscar-winning US actor Nicolas Cage.

Spain endured hottest summer on record: weather agency

Mainland Spain endured its hottest summer since records began in 1961, with an unprecedented 61 heatwave days across June, July and August, national weather agency AEMET said on Wednesday.

Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii's western islands

Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, knocking out power for 91 percent of a western island as it pushed out further into the Pacific on Tuesday.

Nepal flood death toll rises as rescuers scour tunnels

The death toll from Nepal's devastating flood rose on Tuesday to 1,357, with 5,326 people still missing, the country's disaster authority said nearly two weeks after the August 26 disaster.

Kauai on tornado watch as Hurricane Lowell nears Hawaiian islands

Residents of Kauai were warned to watch for tornadoes late Monday as Hurricane Lowell edged toward the westernmost Hawaiian islands in the US Pacific island chain, the National Weather Service said.

Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino

The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather pattern, the new administrator of the waterway told AFP on Monday.

Hurricane warning issued for westernmost Hawaiian islands

A hurricane warning was issued Monday for the westernmost Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Niihau as Category 3 Hurricane Lowell approached the US Pacific island chain, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

UN's Nepal chief makes emotional plea for flood-ravaged country

The United Nations chief in Nepal issued an emotional plea for aid on Sunday, saying survivors of the catastrophic flooding had seen their lives transformed in just "one to two minutes".

Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares over summer

A record-breaking summer that saw more than 1,000 wildfires has torched some 540,000 hectares of land across the European Union since mid-June, according to official data -- an area more than twice the size of Luxembourg.

Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo

Malaysia declared an emergency in a region of its Sarawak state on Borneo island after hazardous haze from fires in neighbouring Indonesia drove air pollution to critical levels, the prime minister's office said.

Nepal's 'Himalayan tsunami': what we know

Nepal is reeling from a deadly Himalayan glacial mountain collapse on the border with China that has killed more than 1,300 people and left upwards of 5,600 missing in both countries.

Heavy rain puts a dampener on Taiwan 'extreme heat' drill

Taiwan had planned an "extreme heat drill" for government officials and emergency workers to practise their response to 40C temperatures, but Thursday's exercise was almost washed out by heavy rain.

WMO Says Powerful El Niño Is Likely to Persist Into February 2027

The World Meteorological Organization says the 2026 El Niño is firmly established, likely to strengthen further and has a nearly 100 percent chance of persisting through February 2027.

Rare trio of Pacific hurricanes fueled by historic El Nino

A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Nino phenomenon.

Nepal seeks climate justice after Himalayan disaster

When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border tore through his village last week, Pemba Chhring Tamang watched the landscape he had known all his life disappear.

Rare train of Pacific cyclones fueled by historic El Nino

Two powerful hurricanes and a strengthening tropical storm on Wednesday were churning through the Pacific Ocean where waters were being warmed by a historically strong El Nino climate episode.

Melting glaciers an 'immediate' climate risk: author of UN report

Climate change is accelerating the loss of glaciers and increasing the risk of devastating events like the Himalaya floods, said one author of a major UN scientific assessment published Wednesday.

Pacific islands to face food shortages over global warming: scientists

The Pacific islands will face food shortages and drinking water will be impacted by rising seas, scientists said Wednesday, as a UN report found the world would fail to limit global warming to 1.5C.

UN says world must navigate 'reality' of 1.5C overshoot

The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessment met with dismay in climate-vulnernable nations.

Australia defends Pacific climate meeting despite doubts on attendance

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday a top climate meeting being held in Fiji and Tuvalu next month will "elevate" the global challenge, despite only a handful of leaders so far confirming they will attend.

Nepal's wall of missing offers last hope after Himalayan flood

In Nepal's capital, desperate people searching for family members missing after Wednesday's devastating floods post photographs on a wall, clinging to a final, fading hope of finding them.

2 die in Grand Canyon flash flood, only 1 person unaccounted for

The number of people unaccounted for after a deadly flash flood hit part of the Grand Canyon fell to one Monday as US Park Rangers said they had managed to make contact with over a dozen who had been missing.

In Japan's mountains, a different way to manage bears

As a sensor sounded, scientist Akiko Takii hurried to a bear trap deep in the forests of Nagano in Japan, where rising nationwide attacks have brought fear and resulted in the culling of thousands of the animals.

Heavy rain at Grand Canyon after flood kills 2, dozen missing

Heavy rainstorms swept through the Grand Canyon on Monday, threatening efforts to find more than a dozen people missing after flash floods over the weekend, the National Park Service (NPS) said, with two bodies already recovered.

In France's north, winegrowers bet on a warmer future

In a green valley in Normandy, rows of grapevines stretch across slopes where an apple orchard once stood.

Chennai Sets ₹100 Crore Flood-Readiness Plan for Vulnerable Areas

Chennai civic agencies are coordinating drainage, pumping, rescue and relief measures at locations made vulnerable by major infrastructure work ahead of the northeast monsoon.

NHAI Starts Removing Temporary Cooum River Bunds Ahead of Northeast Monsoon

The National Highways Authority of India has begun phased removal of about 250 temporary work platforms along the Cooum River used for construction of the Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Elevated Corridor, with completion promised before the first week of October.

Very strong El Niño forecast to peak during southern African summer

A very strong El Niño is expected to peak between October 2026 and January 2027, although experts say its precise effects across southern Africa remain uncertain.

Odisha faces very heavy rain as Sri Ganganagar reaches 41.4C

India's weather agency warned of very heavy rain in Odisha and widespread storms across several states while Sri Ganganagar recorded 41.4C.

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