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COP17 Opens With Nature Finance Far Below Global Promise
YEREVAN, Armenia - Governments are gathering Monday for the United Nations biodiversity conference in Armenia with globa...
Singapore Haze Forecast Reaches Very Unhealthy Range as Kalimantan Fires Burn
Singapore has warned that its 24-hour air-quality reading could reach the low end of the very unhealthy range on Friday ...
Hurricane Simon Nears Mexico as 150 MPH Category 4 Storm
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Hurricane Simon strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm Saturday as it moved slowly towa...
Hurricane Isaias Nears U.S. Gulf Coast With 105 MPH Winds
MIAMI - Hurricane Isaias strengthened as it moved toward the U.S. Gulf Coast late Thursday, threatening the Florida Panh...
Trump Administration Lowers 2031 Fuel Economy Target to 34.9 MPG
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has finalized lower federal fuel-economy standards for passenger cars and light tr...
Bangkok Declares All 50 Districts Disaster Zones After Severe Flooding
BANGKOK - Authorities have declared all 50 districts of Thailand's capital disaster zones after days of heavy rain flood...
Hurricane Nolo Threatens Hawaii With Catastrophic Flooding
HONOLULU - Hurricane Nolo strengthened into a Category 2 storm south of Hawaii on Friday as forecasters warned that its ...
Lake Powell Falls to Record Low as Water and Power Risks Deepen
LAKE POWELL - The United States' second-largest reservoir fell to a record low over the weekend, bringing the Colorado R...
Hurricane Lala Skirts Hawaii but Leaves Floods and Outages
HONOLULU - Hurricane Lala passed just south of Hawaii's Big Island on Saturday without making landfall, sparing the isla...
Typhoon Dolphin Forces More Than a Million to Relocate as Shanghai Rain Sets Record
Local tallies from Wenzhou, Shanghai and Fujian showed more than 1.2 million relocations by Sunday evening after Typhoon...
Typhoon Dolphin Grounds Okinawa Flights as China Shuts Ports
Typhoon Dolphin closed Okinawa's main airport, grounded every flight in and out and sent hundreds of people to emergency...
British Columbia Declares Wildfire Emergency as More Than 20,000 Flee Okanagan
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - British Columbia declared a province-wide state of emergency on Saturday, August 8, after ...
Record-Low Danube Pushes Hungary's Paks Nuclear Plant Toward Possible First Full Shutdown
Record-low water on the Danube has sharply reduced output at Hungary's Paks nuclear power station and could force the fi...
Fast-Moving Washington Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate Near Spokane
A fast-moving wildfire driven by high temperatures and strong winds swept through northwest Spokane, Washington, on Satu...
Typhoon Noul Forces More Than 800,000 to Relocate in Southern China
More than 801,000 people had been relocated for safety in China’s southern Guangdong province by Sunday after Typhoon No...
Wildfires Force More Than 200,000 to Flee or Lock Down in France and Spain
More than 200,000 people were driven from homes and holiday accommodation, or ordered to remain indoors, as fast-moving ...