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A firefighter monitors a pump in a river bed used for wildfire sprinklers in the evacuated neighbourhood of Grayling Terrace in Fort McMurray, Alta., Thursday, May 16, 2024. The wildfire that forced thousands from their homes in Fort McMurray earlier this month is now under control. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Wildfire that forced thousands out of Fort McMurray, Alta., officially under control

A wildfire that forced thousands from their homes in Fort McMurray, in the Canadian province of Alberta, earlier this month is now under...

A veterinarian feeds a young howler monkey rescued amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tabasco state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)
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Heat-related howler monkeys deaths now reported in several Mexican states

Mexico's Environment Department says tests indicated the primates died of heat stroke, but that the country’s current drought and the "lack of water...

FILE PHOTO: A woman cools herself with a fan at her home on a hot spring day amid a nationwide drought and heatwaves that have sent temperatures soaring across much of the country, in Veracruz, Mexico, May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Yahir Ceballos/File Photo
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Mexico’s electricity demand hits record amid extreme heat and water shortages

Mexico has been consuming record amounts of electricity and occasionally more than its utility infrastructure can generate and transmit, official data showed, as...

FILE PHOTO: Waves crash against the seawall as Hurricane Irma slammed across islands in the northern Caribbean on Wednesday, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico September 6, 2017.  REUTERS/Alvin Baez//File Photo
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Climate change threatens low-lying Caribbean hospitals: UN report

Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and key infrastructure...

A pedestrian walks near the branch of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Saphir/ File Photo
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Climate change to have long-term economic impact: San Francisco Fed paper

An increase in the number of hot days as climate change warms the globe would likely damage the U.S. economy over the long-term,...

Heat is the leading cause of climate-related death (AFP)
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Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year

The report points to the role of global warming in increasing the frequency of extreme weather around the world.

El Bosque sits on a small peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico, exposed to Atlantic storms and hurricanes (AFP)
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Submerged homes and heat waves fuel Mexico climate angst

The climate is destroying us, say people in a Mexican village, as presidential candidate promises to invest billions in clean energy.

Cyclone Remal in Bangladesh lasted about 34 hours, a longer-than-normal duration experts say is part of a trend (AFP)
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Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen

Bangladeshi weather experts said Cyclone Remal was one of the longest-lasting they'd experienced, blaming climate change for the shift.

FILE PHOTO: Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne  addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Caribbean leader blasts ’empty’ climate promises at small islands summit

The president of this decade's summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted "empty" and "grossly inadequate" climate pledges, saying wealthy nations...

A veterinarian feeds a young howler monkey rescued amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tabasco state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)
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The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, with a few recovering

The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, the government said, with a tragically small number of the...

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