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Greece’s summer season has got off to a tragic start with its earliest heatwave on record causing several deaths this month. At least six tourists are known to have died in the searing temperatures, which also shut schools and sites including the Acropolis. One firefighter also lost his life while battling a wildfire last week, as blazes broke out across the country “almost every 10 minutes” according to the fire service. Temperatures in Athens are currently below the official heatwave threshold of 38C, but little respite is expected for the rest of the summer. There is no doubt that the Medit...
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After heavy rainfall earlier this week caused severe flooding in Italy, the southern European country is now bracing for the return of high temperatures in what has been an extreme weather rollercoaster. The regions worst affected were Emilia Romagna, Liguria, southern Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria and Marche. On Tuesday, streets and underpasses were flooded in Pistoia, northern Tuscany, while fire teams went out in dinghies around Parma to rescue stranded motorists. River levels around Modena and Piacenza were on red alert, and heavy snow cut off mountain refuges in Piedmont. The weather is impro...
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After his friend Rosa was swept away, 14-year-old Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts sat watching the treetops sway left to right outside the window. He slouched in the chair because if he sat up, he could still see the raging stream that had taken her as they tried to reach their campsite base in Marcourt, Belgium. “I thought then this is a moment I’m going to remember for the rest of my life,” he says. “I could hear the water and I could see the flashes of sirens through the window - police, ambulance, fire. But I was just sitting there looking at the trees.” Rosa Reichel, 15, was one of more...
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And they also injured a “substantial number,” Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government said in a post on the social media platform X: "Hundreds ... have succumbed to these calamitous floods, while a substantial number have sustained injuries,” he wrote. Mujahid said the provinces of Badakhshan, Baghlan, Ghor and Herat were the worst hit. He added that “the extensive devastation” has resulted in “significant financial losses.” He also said the government had ordered all available resources mobilised to rescue people, transport the injured and recover the bodies of the ...
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Massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities have announced. At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains forced more than 88,000 people from their homes. Approximately 16,000 took refuge in schools, gymnasiums and other temporary shelters. The floods left a wake of devastation, including landslides, washed-out roads and collapsed bridges across the state. Operators reported electricity and communications cuts. More than 800,000 people are without a ...
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