Extreme Weather

France’s Worst Wildfire in Decades Brought Under Control ………………….. France’s largest wildfire this summer has been contained after killing one person and destroying thousands of hectares of land in the south, authorities said Thursday, as reported by France 24. The…

Kamchatka Earthquake Shifts Ground Nearly Two Meters ……………… A powerful earthquake that struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula last Wednesday caused the southern region to shift nearly two meters southeast, local scientists reported Tuesday, according to the Kamchatka branch of the…

Fast-Moving Wildfire Ravages Over 65,000 Acres in Southern California ……………… A rapidly spreading wildfire swept through more than 65,000 acres in south-central California over the weekend, injuring three people and forcing widespread evacuations, The Independent reports. The blaze, fueled by…

Extreme Weather Disrupts Thousands of Global Events, Study Finds ……………… A new study published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction reveals that extreme weather events linked to climate change have disrupted over 2,000 mass gatherings globally between 2004…

Record-Breaking 515-Mile Lightning Flash Confirmed Over U.S. ……………….. A lightning bolt that stretched 515 miles across parts of the U.S. has been confirmed as the longest ever recorded, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The “megaflash” occurred on October…

Nordic Countries Experience “Unprecedented” Heatwave, Driven by Climate Change ——————————————– Nordic countries are currently experiencing a “truly unprecedented” heatwave, with scientists recording the longest consecutive period of temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius in the region since 1961, The Guardian reported.…

Trump Administration Rolls Back Key Climate Change Policies —————————– The Trump administration is advancing major rollbacks of climate change regulations, including plans to revoke the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, a CNN…

Climate Change Linked to 2,300 European Heatwave Deaths, Scientists Warn ————————————- A recent heatwave in early July may have caused 2,300 deaths across a dozen major European cities, with scientists attributing about 1,500 of these fatalities directly to human-caused climate…

Pacific Nations on Alert After Powerful Quake Triggers Tsunami Warnings …………………. Communities across the Pacific Ocean were placed on high alert Tuesday following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast, The Guardian reported. The quake, one of the strongest ever…

Shanghai Evacuates Nearly 283,000 as Typhoon Co-May Nears ————————- Shanghai authorities have evacuated almost 283,000 residents as Typhoon Co-May approaches the bustling city, bringing with it intense rainfall and high winds, Arab News reported. State media reported the extensive evacuation…