Focus on Weather
Canada’s New Brunswick expecting a busy wildfire season, a repeat of last year
New Brunswick's environment minister says officials in the Atlantic Canadian province are bracing for a wildfire season every bit as "horrific" as last...
Dubai airport diverts flights as ‘exceptional weather,’ floods, hits Gulf
Both the Oman and the UAE, which hosted last year's COP28 UN climate talks, have previously warned that global warming is likely to...
Don’t let it flow: Tourists to Spain’s Catalonia may soon see water restrictions in the dry season
Catalonia has borne the brunt of a drought driven by climate change that has also impacted parts of southern Spain, though a wet...
Drought-hit Colombia halts export of electricity to Ecuador
Colombia has halted electricity exports to neighboring Ecuador as its hydropower plants reach near-critical levels due to a biting drought.
The Conversation: Domination of private interests presents a risk to the long-term health of Canada’s Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy in Atlantic Canada is facing pressures from sea-level rise along with more unpredictable and intense flooding and hurricane events...
Heavy rains lash UAE and surrounding nations as the death toll in Oman flooding rises to 18
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy thunderstorms lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the...
Colombia’s capital announces new measures to cut water consumption as dry weather persists
A drought associated with the El Niño weather pattern has already prompted officials in Bogotá to ration water in most neighborhoods and ask...
Much of central US faces severe thunderstorm threat and possible tornadoes
Some scientists believe that over the past few decades, tornadoes in the U.S. have been shifting. One possible factor could be that the...
Urban firefighters to get additional training to also battle Canada’s wildfire blazes
The impacts of climate change and population growth are combining to increase the risk that wildfires happen in or near urban areas. Natural...
Record heat rots cocoa beans threatening Ivory Coast agriculture
Africa has emitted only seven percent of global greenhouse gases since the mid-19th century, according to the UN climate change panel (IPCC), but...
