Malaysia is braced for major floods. So why is it holding an election? | CNN
CNN — The Malaysian government’s insistence on holding a snap general election next month during a monsoon season that’s expected...
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Stricken Chinese cruise ship lifted from Yangtze River; hundreds of bodies recovered | CNN
Story highlights The Eastern Star turns upright after divers tied slings around it and a crane lifted it Some oil...
Some Chinese cities break October heat records as others shiver | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — China is facing extreme weather as scorching heat breaks records in some drought-stricken parts of the...
Noru became a super typhoon in 6 hours. Scientists say powerful storms are becoming harder to forecast | CNN
CNN — Residents on the small resort island of Polillo are accustomed to severe weather – their island sits in...
Hundreds of thousands evacuated as Typhoon Noru makes landfall in Vietnam’s Da Nang | CNN
CNN — Typhoon Noru made landfall near Vietnam’s popular beach resort city of Da Nang on Wednesday morning, bringing powerful...
Hurricane Ian Is Latest Blow to Florida’s Struggling Home Insurers
Hurricane Ian will be a serious test of Florida’s unusual home-insurance market, where dozens of small to midsize carriers and...
Typhoon Noru leaves five dead as storm sweeps over the Philippines | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Five rescue workers have died in the aftermath of Typhoon Noru, which made landfall in the...
Severe power outages as Typhoon Nanmadol travels towards Tokyo | CNN
Tokyo CNN — More than 300,000 households across southwestern Japan have been left without power after Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall...
Experts slam ‘pittance’ in aid to Pakistan as they find climate crisis played a role in floods | CNN
London CNN — An analysis of Pakistan’s devastating floods has found “fingerprints” of the human-made climate crisis on the disaster,...
Pakistan ‘still in danger’ and flooding may take up to 6 months to recede, authorities say | CNN
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — Authorities in Pakistan have warned it could take up to six months for deadly flood waters...
North Korea hopes to build ‘socialist fairyland’ with new laws | CNN
North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament convened this week to pass legislation aimed at turning the country into a “beautiful and civilized...
China’s Industrial Profit Falls on Covid-19 Measures, Bad Weather
China’s industrial profit dropped in the first seven months of the year, reversing a year-on-year increase in the first half...
Droughts Hurt World’s Largest Economies
Severe droughts across the Northern Hemisphere—stretching from the farms of California to waterways in Europe and China—are further snarling supply...
Heat in Europe Is Driving Up Olive Oil Prices
Soaring temperatures in Spain this summer are expected to hit the country’s olive oil production, pushing up prices and threatening...
Winemakers in Southern Europe Grapple With Extreme Weather
Lucio Salamini has witnessed the weather patterns around his family’s vineyard in northern Italy change dramatically over the past 30...
European cities set all-time temperature records amid unrelenting heat wave
In northwest Spain, the city of Ourense set its all-time temperature record of 43.2 degrees Celsius (109.76 degrees Fahrenheit) on...
Hurricane Agatha makes landfall in southern Mexico with 105 mph winds
Agatha had rapidly intensified in the eastern Pacific Ocean and was nearing major hurricane status as it approached the southern...
India has seen months of extreme heat and this week it will only get hotter
The worst of the heat wave is expected late this week into this weekend with high temperatures approaching 10-15 degrees...
Not only is Lake Powell’s water level plummeting because of drought, its total capacity is shrinking, too | CNN
CNN — Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity...
Gombe is due to rapidly intensify before striking Mozambique
Gombe is forecast to soak northern Mozambique from Friday through Sunday with as much as 250 to 350 mm (10...
