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‘Growing threat’: How climate change worsened Valencia’s deadly floods

A major study has confirmed that the flash flooding that devastated Valencia in 2024 was ‘intensified’ by human-made climate change.

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Meet the coffee farmers struggling to adapt to fossil-fueled warming

Coffee farmers have urged governments to act to protect harvests from increasing periods of extreme heat.

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Floods in western France leave two dead and 81 departments on alert

Western France faces record flood alerts, widespread power cuts and at least two deaths after weeks of relentless rain saturate soils and rivers.

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France on record flood alert as storms slam Spain with deadly winds

The storms have so far killed three people across France and Spain and left dozens injured in the extreme weather-related accidents.

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Flooded and unprepared: Portugal storms reveal climate planning gaps

The devastation of recent storms has sparked questions about how cities are being built and planned in the face of climate change.

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Estonia opens ice road across frozen sea as temperatures plummet

Passengers cannot wear seat belts to allow for fast exit in case of an accident.

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Floods: How many Europeans are insured against climate disasters?

Worries are sky high following the latest weather bombs in Spain, Portugal and Italy.

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Water shortages and wildfires feared as snow drought hits west US

While eastern states suffer bone-chilling cold, the west is facing the opposite problem.

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'It’s pretty warm out': Climate change heats Winter Olympics

This type of February 'warmth' for Cortina is made at least three times more likely due to climate change, according to meteorologists.

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Cold snaps and wildfires mark near-record January

While much of Europe and the US braced against frigid cold, the Southern Hemisphere faced extreme heat, wildfires and floods.

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Morocco floods: 150,000 now displaced as waters keep rising

Severe floods in northern Morocco force over 150,000 to flee, with four dead and one missing as evacuees shelter in tents near Kenitra.

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Storm Marta batters Portugal and Spain just days after deadly floods

Portugal and Spain both issued warnings over the potential fresh floods, after inundations blocked hundreds of roads, disrupted trains and forced thousands to evacuate from the rising waters.

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Why are frozen lizards falling from the sky in Florida?

The otherwise sunny US state of Florida is currently experiencing unusually low temperatures.

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Spain searches for missing woman as Storm Leonardo floods south

Spain searches for a missing woman swept away in a Malaga river as Storm Leonardo batters Andalusia, forcing evacuations and road closures.

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Portugal hit by worst floods in decades as Storm Marta looms

Boat evacuations in Alcácer do Sal followed the Sado River overflow, leaving one person dead during Portugal’s seventh storm this year. Another system, Storm Marta, is due on Saturday with winds up to 120 km/h and waves reaching 13 metres.

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Berlin airport halts flights due to winter weather: Your rights

Flights were suspended once again at Berlin airport on Friday morning due to black ice.

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Economic models ‘fail to capture’ severity of climate crisis - report

Scientists have warned that current models are significantly underrepresenting the toll climate change is taking on the global economy.

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Spain floods: Storm Leonardo forces 4,000 evacuations in Andalusia

Spain woke to flooded streets in Grazalema on Thursday after Storm Leonardo dumped more than 600 litres per square metre in just 36 hours, according to AEMET.

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Portugal on edge as Storm Leonardo triggers new flooding

Storm Leonardo battered Portugal on 5 February, killing one man, forcing hundreds to flee their homes and leaving Alcácer do Sal underwater, as forecasters warned a new storm is on the way.

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At least one killed as Storm Leonardo tears through Portugal and Spain

Leonardo is the latest in a string of storms to affect Spain and Portugal this year. Severe weather had already killed five people and injured hundreds in Portugal last week.