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Greek villagers consider relocation after flooding destroys homes

"We grew up here… it's our village," says one local farmer. "But safety comes first. You cannot live with this insecurity all the time."

Green News

Australia offers refuge to Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change

Australia has offered the island nation of Tuvalu a lifeline to help residents escape the rising seas and increased storms brought by climate change.

Italy

Storm Ciarán brings record rainfall to Italy as European death toll rises to 14

In France, hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity in their homes as the storm rages on.

Spain

850 people evacuated as wildfire strikes eastern Spain

Authorities on Thursday warned villagers to stay at home as the winds fanned smoke from the blaze towards their homes

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Spain

Wildfire In Valencia forces hundreds from their homes

Firefighters in Valencia battled a wildfire overnight. Hundreds of people were evacuated and some 1,400 hectares of land were destroyed by the raging flames.

World News

Storm Ciarán kills several across Europe before landing in the UK

Recording-breaking winds in France and across much of Western Europe left at least seven people dead and injured others as Storm Ciarán swept through the continent overnight and into Thursday.

Climate

Storm Ciarán: Is climate change to blame for record-breaking weather?

We asked climate experts what impact climate change is having on European storms like Ciarán.

World News

Storm Ciaran: 1.2 million French homes without electricity

Winds up to 180 kilometers per hour (108 mph) slammed France's Atlantic coast overnight as Storm Ciaran lashed countries around western Europe, uprooting trees, blowing out windows and leaving 1.2 million French households without electricity Thursday.

World News

Northwest Europe on high alert ahead of Storm Ciaran

Three French departments - Finistere, Cotes-d'Armor and Manche - will be placed on red storm alert, the highest level, at midnight (2300 GMT), national weather agency Meteo-France said.

Travel News

Storm Ciarán: Which trains, ferries and flights are cancelled?

Jersey Airport will reopen at midday on Friday after assessing damage from the storm.

Climate

El Niño is back: How will it affect global weather in 2023?

El Niño has returned. Here’s what the phenomenon means for extreme weather and global warming.

World News

Flooding and destruction as Storm Babet hits Northern Europe

Storm Babet wreaks havoc across Northern Europe, with gale-force winds and heavy rain affecting Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway, and the UK.

Climate

Do warning systems save lives in deadly weather?

What happens before the warning even arrives may be the most important part.

Green News

‘80% of the city is without power’: Central Greece battered by storm

PM says Greece overshadowed by climate changed-caused disasters as Storm Elias hits.

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WATCH: Rescue teams in Derna find more bodies beneath the rubble

Rescue teams have been searching through hollowed-out buildings in what was Libya’s fourth-most populated city before the unusual Mediterranean storm unleashed the floods.

Climate

In photos: September brings deadly flooding around the world

There have been deadly storms in almost as many days in September so far, as climate scientists warn that “nowhere is immune”.

Green News

‘Nowhere is immune’: Libya’s floods made worse by climate change

‘Ferocious strength’ of storm that caused Libya’s devastating floods was powered by climate change, scientists say.

Libya

Libya floods: More than 2,300 people dead and thousands still missing

Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies as they dug through the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna on Tuesday, and 10,000 people were reported still missing after floodwaters broke through dams and smashed through the city, washing away entire neighbourhoods.

Climate

Billion-dollar climate disasters soar to record high in US

Eight new disasters were added to the list in the last month alone.

Greece

Evacuation orders for areas in central Greece as a river bursts

Severe rainstorms eased but floodwaters were still rising in parts of central Greece Friday, while fire department and military helicopters were plucking people from villages inundated by tons of water and mud.