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Thousands forced to evacuate as Greece battles fifth day of wildfires
Thousands more people forced to flee their homes. Some rescued by boat to escape the advancing flames. Fires are raging across Greece for a fifth night running – fuelled by a combination of fierce winds and record high temperatures that’s created furnace like conditions which the emergency services are struggling to keep under control
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UK State of Climate Report demonstrates ‘how much our climate is changing’
More rain and more heat and more extreme weather events in the UK. Weather presenter Liam Dutton tells us what he made of the report.
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China floods: Death toll rises after record rainfall traps commuters in underground rail tunnels
Three days of rainfall have caused a level of flooding seen only “once in a thousand years” in China, with scientists blaming the intensity of the downpour on global warming.
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German floods: Merkel visits disaster zone, pledging to step up climate action
Angela Merkel has promised quick financial aid for the parts of western Germany devastated by flooding and has vowed to step up efforts to tackle climate change.
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Bootleg Fire continues to rip through Oregon damaging livelihoods and causing thousands to evacuate
Forecasters in the United States say that dry and windy weather will continue to fuel wildfires.
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German floods: As climate warms ‘these events will become more likely’, Dr Linda Speight, Hydrometeorologist
Well earlier I spoke to flood forecasting expert Dr Linda Speight and began by asking why the floods in Germany were so devastating.
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Desperate search for survivors of Europe floods continue with over 160 dead
The true scale of the devastation caused by floods in parts of Western Europe has been laid bare as water levels drop.
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Some effects could have been mitigated if we had taken climate scientists warnings seriously, says German Green Party
We spoke to Jutta Paulus, a German MEP for the Green Party, and began by asking her about the situation.
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Authorities criticised for not acting sooner with ‘death toll expected to rise’ in Germany flooding
We spoke to journalist Giulia Saudelli, who is in the Rhineland-Palatinate region, and she gave us the latest update.
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At least 120 dead and more than 1,000 missing in Western Europe floods
Record rainfall caused rivers to burst their banks and the intensity of the floods that followed have now claimed more than 120 lives. Towns and villages have been left devastated as buildings collapsed, and residents were left stranded. Germany has been the hardest hit. In the country’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, at least 43…
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Canada heatwave: British Columbia sees 195% increase in sudden deaths
It’s feared that hundreds of sudden deaths in Canada may have been caused by the record heatwave there, which has seen temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs.
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Snow a welcome distraction for families in parts of England
Heavy snow and bitterly cold weather are sweeping parts of the country – with amber warnings of snow across east and southeast England. Forecasters have warned of “significant disruption” into Monday – as Storm Darcy brings strong easterly winds from Ukraine and the Black Sea. Anja Popp was in Aylesford in Kent.
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How have UK floods affected business?
This afternoon here in Pontypridd I dropped in on a prominent environmental campaigner – currently not campaigning but cleaning out his shop wrecked by floods here.
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More rain hits Wales amid Storm Dennis fallout
For communities here in South Wales that have been devastated by Storm Dennis there was more heavy rain and flooding today.
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Hottest July day ever forecast as temperatures soar to 39 degrees
Temperatures in the UK could hit a new record tomorrow – a staggering 39 degrees.