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This image taken from video provided by WGBA-TV, shows water breaching a section of a dam along the Little Wolf River, Friday, July 5, 2024, in Manawa, Wis. (WGBA-TV via AP)
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Eastern Wisconsin community evacuated after floodwaters breach dam

The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf River was breached about 1:45 p.m. by floodwaters, said meteorologist Scott Cultice.

FILE - A palm oil plantation is visible in Polewali Mandar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, April 23, 2024. Vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left undeveloped for years after they’re felled and when the land is finally put to use, it’s most often for new palm oil plantations, according to a new study. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil, File)
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A study finds Indonesia’s deforested land is often left idle. But some see potential in that

Indonesia may have an opportunity to expand its agricultural, palm, pulp and other commodities without cutting down more trees.

FILE PHOTO: Fish swim near recovering coral reefs after bleaching in late December 2023 due to extreme weather, in Bondalem village, Buleleng regency, Bali, Indonesia, June 20, 2024. REUTERS/Yuddy Cahya Budiman/File Photo
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Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise

Coral bleaching in Bali in late 2023 was mainly caused by rising sea temperatures caused by the El Nino phenomenon that hit Indonesia.

dians living in Grenada and Canadians of Grenadian origin here in Canada are doing what they can to provide relief after the Island nation was struck with a powerful hurricane earlier this week. Palm trees wilt after being uprooted by Hurricane Beryl in St. Patrick, Grenada, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Haron Forteau
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Canadians in Grenada and Montreal rally to help after hurricane Beryl devastation

Downgraded to a Category 2 storm Thursday as it headed toward Mexico’s Caribbean coast, Beryl has claimed at least nine lives.

A man cools off at a temporary misting station deployed by the city in the Downtown Eastside due to a heat wave, in Vancouver on August 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Environment Canada issues multiple warnings as B.C. braces for weekend heat

A high pressure ridge building over East Vancouver Island will usher in a hot weekend, presenting a "moderate" public health risk before more...

An air tanker drops fire retardant while trying to keep the Grubbs Fire from spreading in the Palermo community of Butte County, Calif., on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Firefighters stopped the fire at around 10 acres. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Most evacuation orders lifted as crews continue battling Northern California wildfire

Containment of the Thompson Fire near the city of Oroville in Butte County remained at 7%, the same as the previous night.

FILE PHOTO: Volunteer firefighter members of the Alto Pantanal Brigade walk through a burned area while working to extinguish a fire rising in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
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Intense fires burn in Brazil as court mandates return of striking environmental workers

The decision was made as intense fires burn in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands and with the oil industry hampered by the lack of licensing...

Anne-Claire Fontan, scientific officer at the WMO's tropical cyclone programme, said that Beryl signals a very active Atlantic hurricane season in 2024 (NOAA/RAMMB)
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Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification signals a new era of powerful storms

The World Meteorological Organization told AFP that more storms with the hallmarks of Hurricane Beryl could be expected in the future.

FILE - Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, speaks on a bill before the Assembly at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 1, 2023. California lawmakers will decide whether to place a pair of $10 billion bonds on the ballot this November. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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California Legislature votes to ask voters for permission borrow $20 billion for climate, schools

If approved by voters, the money would pay for building new schools and help communities prepare for the impacts of climate change.

FILE PHOTO: A chaja opens its wings near teros standing in the Navarro lagoon, which dried up due to the climate phenomenon La Nina, in Navarro, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
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La Nina threatens Latin America with hurricanes and droughts: experts

La Nina is linked to both floods and drought, as well as an increase in the frequency of hurricanes in the Caribbean.

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