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FILE - People evacuated from a village near Jakhau board a bus to travel to a shelter in Kutch district, India, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. A top United Nations official says even though climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally. Thats because of better warning, planning and resilience. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)

Better preparation has shrunk climate-related deaths, says UN

A United Nations official says that better warnings, planning and resilience are saving lives when climate disasters strike.

By Seth Borenstein1 Jun 2024The Associated Press

A wetter-than-expected spring has Western Canadian farmers breathing a sigh of relief, but the threat of drought remains. A farmer drives a seeding rig as he plants a canola crop on their family's farm near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, May 16, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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Spring rains welcome, but drought risk lingers in Western Canada

A wetter-than-expected spring has Western Canadian farmers breathing a sigh of relief, but the threat of drought remains.

By Amanda Stephenson31 May 2024The Canadian Press

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Last year set record for US heat deaths, AP analysis shows. Could this year be worse?

The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the...

By Seth Borenstein31 May 2024The Associated Press

FILE - A doctor checks a child, who is suffering from gastroenteritis due to hot weather, at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on May 23, 2024. A new study by the United Nations children’s agency released on Friday May 31, 2024 says developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in Pakistan could avert over 175,000 deaths by 2030. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih, File)

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Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says

The study, conducted by UNICEF’s Economist Impact Unit, comes as Pakistan is experiencing a heatwave that has sickened thousands of people.

By Muir Ahmed31 May 2024The Associated Press

FILE - A man views flood damage in Bridgewater, Vt., that submerged vehicles and threatened homes Monday, July 10, 2023. Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change, Thursday, May 30, 2024 after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

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Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change

Vermont has enacted a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change.

By Lisa Rathke31 May 2024The Associated Press

Pakistan is the world's fourth-largest mango producer but recent weather changes have upended the industry (AFP)

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Pakistan farmers pin poor mango crop on climate change

Pakistan mango farmers are blaming climate change for the parasites and extreme weather ruining much of this season's crop.

By Sabina Qazi31 May 2024Agence France-Presse

Drivers navigate high water on Yale Street in the Heights after a strong storm blew in Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Houston. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Crews race to restore power across Texas ahead of more storms

The ongoing power outages following storms in north Texas prompted the Garland Independent School District in suburban Dallas to cancel classes for the...

By AP30 May 2024The Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Officials inspect the carcass of an elephant in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe December 7, 2023 REUTERS/Nyasha Chingono/File Photo

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Southern African countries fear losing more elephants to drought

Southern African countries home to the largest elephant population in the world fear a rise in animal deaths in the coming months as...

By Nyasha Chingono30 May 2024Reuters

Pratap Das, 51, a fisherman, casts a fishing net into the Hooghly River on Ghoramara Island in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India, May 18, 2024. Researchers say as climate change has forced a rise in sea surface temperatures, seasonal, cyclonic storms barrelling in from the Bay of Bengal have become more fierce and frequent, particularly in the last decade. The island's inhabitants were once predominantly dependent on agriculture, with most families farming rice and betel leaves. But cyclones in 2020 and 2021 flooded the fields with water high in saline, leaving the soil barren. REUTERS/Avijit Ghosh

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For islanders, India’s election is about climate change and survival

Ghoramara residents are fighting to save their homes from disappearing, due to rising sea levels and fierce storms, related to climate change

By Avijit Ghosh30 May 2024Reuters

An unoccupied, privately owned house in Rodanthe, N.C., just south of Rodanthe Pier, collapsed into the ocean early Tuesday morning, May 28, 2024. (Corinne Saunders/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

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Sixth house collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina coast

North Carolina’s coast is almost entirely made up of narrow, low-lying barrier islands that are increasingly vulnerable to storm surges and to being...

By CP29 May 2024The Associated Press