Focus on Weather
What to know about the unprecedented floods that killed more than 200 in Spain
Spanish authorities have recovered 205 bodies — 202 of them in the country's eastern Valencia region.
Early action can mitigate flood destruction, UN climate agency says
Effective flood warnings could prevent destruction like that in Spain’s Valencia region this week, says the WMO.
Papua New Guinea to boycott ‘waste of time’ COP29
Papua New Guinea will skip COP29, calling it a "waste of time" with "empty promises" from big polluters, says Foreign Minister Tkatchenko.
Spanish authorities report 51 dead from flash flooding
Spanish authorities reported Wednesday that flash floods have killed at least 51, marking the nation’s worst recent natural disaster.
Taiwan warns Typhoon Kong-rey ‘rapidly’ intensifying
Taiwan faces frequent tropical storms from July to October, but climate change is intensifying them, warns scientists.
Still no snow on Japan’s Mount Fuji, breaking record
Mount Fuji sets 130-year record, remaining snowless as of Monday—the latest in history for its slopes to stay bare.
Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa
Floods worsened by climate change are displacing millions in Africa, jeopardizing food security, and escalating climate risks.
In Ecuador, power-dependent patients wait in anguish as the government imposes hours-long blackouts
A long dry season in Ecuador has seriously undermined the country's hydroelectric power generation, leading to blackouts.
Canada’s new tool to study how climate change has shifted the odds of extreme cold weather
Canada will analyze how climate change affects extreme cold, expanding a system that found climate change fueled summer heat waves.
Tropical storm Trami leaves towns submerged, 76 dead in Philippines
Tropical Storm Trami has claimed dozens of lives and destroyed entire towns across the north of the Phillipines.
