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House falls into river near Yellowstone National Park

Amateur video shows the rushing waters undercut the opposite riverbank, causing a house to fall into the Yellowstone River and float away mostly intact.

France

Severe weather in France grounds flights, leaves 1000s without power

Heavy rain, hailstorms and flooding cause huge disruption across France with one person killed and scores injured.

Green News

China sets new record for rising sea levels, how will its cities cope?

Projections indicate that rising sea levels are a "serious threat to China's coastal cities and populations".

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Lantern parade takes place in Seoul to celebrate Buddha's birthday

The lantern parade celebrating Buddha’s birthday returns to the streets of Seoul after three years, as previous ones had been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Climate

Everyone will be warned of dangerous floods and storms within 5 years

A third of the world is still not covered by live-saving alerts - something the UN and WMO are determined to fix.

Green News

Watch this shocking footage of Australia’s worst flood on record

This dramatic footage shows water levels rising in a 24 hour period.

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Australia to declare floods a national emergency

Australia to declare floods a national emergency

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Rescuers on scene after deadly Brazil landslides

Rescuers on scene after deadly Brazil landslides

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In Madagascar, roads are damaged and cities ravaged after the passage of cyclone Bastsirai

Collapsed and flooded roads mark the passage of tropical cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar, which spared the country's main cities but left 20 people dead, according to the latest official report

Madagascar

Madagascar cyclone six claims lives as winds batter island

Cyclone Batsirai devastates areas of Madagascar with several death and thousands made homeless by 200 km/h winds and heavy rain

Peru

Almost 900 people evacuated amid floods in Peru's Machu Picchu area

Heavy rains cause flooding in the town near Machu Picchu.

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Devastating flooding displaces thousands in Brazil

Devastation from flooding and landslides continued in Brazil's Minas Gerais on Wednesday after the state was pummeled by heavy rainfall to start the year.

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In France's Gironde, locals look on as floodwaters rise

In the town of La Réole, in the south of France's Gironde region, locals helplessly await the peak of floods, even if water levels are expected to be lower than those registered almost a year ago.

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24,000 evacuated, two dead in Indonesian floods

Heavy flooding on Indonesia's Sumatra island has left two children dead and forced some 24,000 people to flee their homes.

Climate

Malaysia calls for climate funds as the floods death toll rises to 48

With tens of thousands displaced this month, the country is asking for the money to adapt to increasingly extreme floods.

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Malaysian urban areas submerged under water after major flooding

Kuala Lumpur and Balakong residents try to save items from the muddied waters outside their property, homes and cars lie submerged under flood waters and workers clear out damaged goods from a building.

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Dead, injured amid severe floods in northern Iraq

Dead, injured amid severe floods in northern Iraq

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Washington state residents start clean-up after heavy floods

As heavy rains let up in Washington state, residents of the town of Everson take stock of the damage to their homes as they start clean-up efforts, with some lending a hand to neighbors with deliveries of food and other essentials.

Canada

Vancouver cut off as Pacific Northwest hit by severe storm and floods

Several people are thought to be missing after what's been described as the worst storm in decades brought floods and landslides to western parts of the US and Canada.

Climate

Rising sea levels pose a risk to cities like New York, says expert

Professor Anders Levermann explains why rising sea levels caused by climate change pose such a risk.