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AccuWeather: Deadly EF3 tornado strikes El Reno, Oklahoma, for the 2nd time in 6 years (26.05.2019)
AP: Magnitude 8 earthquake strikes Amazon jungle in Peru (26.05.2019)
AccuWeather: Violent tornadoes tear across Missouri, killing 3 and leaving extensive damage (23.05.2019)
CNN: Reports of 30 tornadoes in the central US (22.05.2019)
NBC News: The universe may be a billion years younger than we thought. (18.05.2019)
CNN: India is facing the worst water crisis in its history (17.05.2019)
ESA: 24% of the glacier ice in West Antarctica is now unstable (16.05.2019)
Scientific American: CO2 Levels Just Hit Another Record—Here’s Why It Matters (16.05.2019)
AP: Powerful earthquakes hits PNG, triggers tsunami warning for Solomon Islands (15.05.2019)
New York Times: San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology (14.05.2019)
ipbes: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’ (06.05.2019)
New York Times: Aeroflot Plane Makes Fiery Emergency Landing in Russia, Killing 41 (05.05.2019)
ABC News: Dozens killed as Cyclone Fani hits Bangladesh and India (05.05.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Cyclone Fani kills several people in India, enters Bangladesh (04.05.2019)
NDTV: Cyclone Fani Kills 3, Submerges Villages In Puri; Kolkata Airport To Be Shut (03.05.2019)
Quanta Magazine: With a Simple Twist, a ‘Magic’ Material Is Now the Big Thing in Physics (03.05.2019)
ALJAZEERA: DR Congo records 1,000th Ebola death in current outbreak (03.05.2019)
THOMSON REUTERS: Northern Mozambique cholera outbreak following 2nd cyclone (02.05.2019)
Bloomberg: Pig ‘Ebola’ Virus Sends Shock Waves Through Global Food Chain (02.05.2019)
New York Times: Staking Out Battle Lines, House Votes to Keep U.S. in Paris Climate Pact (02.05.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Indonesia floods: At least 29 people dead, thousands displaced (29.04.2019)
Montreal Gazette: Quebec's flood crisis could be terrifying new normal (28.04.2019)
BBC: South Africa floods: Death toll after Durban rains rises to 60 (24.04.2019)
BBC: Cyclone Kenneth: Mozambique braces for another destructive storm (24.04.2019)
CNN: Philippines 6.1-magnitude earthquake leaves 11 dead, 30 feared trapped (23.04.2019)
CBS NEWS: 54 miners missing and feared dead after mudslide at Myanmar jade mine (23.04.2019)
News Central: Baby, five others killed after floods, mudslides disaster in South Africa (23.04.2019)
AccuWeather: At least 5 dead after 3-day severe weather outbreak slams southern, eastern US (21.04.2019)
AccuWeather: Potent storm to raise floodwaters to historic levels over parts of central US (18.04.2019)
BBC: Madeira crash: At least 29 killed on tourist bus near Caniço (18.04.2019)
Space.com: Notre Dame Fire Damage Spotted from Space (18.04.2019)
AccuWeather: Death toll surpasses 100 as storms batter India, Pakistan and Afghanistan (17.04.2019)
Space.com: Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft Crashes Into Moon During Landing Attempt (11.04.2019)
NASA: El Niño Conditions Prevail in the Central Pacific Ocean (11.04.2019)
BBC: First ever black hole image released (10.04.2019)
RFE: Iran Orders Evacuations In Flood-Hit City Of Ahvaz (10.04.2019)
New York Times: Flooding Displaces Tens of Thousands in Iran. And More Rain is Forecast. (06.04.2019)
BBC: China forest blaze: 30 firefighters killed in Sichuan (01.04.2019)
BBC: Nepal storm: At least 30 killed as winds flatten homes (01.04.2019)
AP: Mozambique says cholera cases up to 271 in cyclone-hit city (30.03.2019)
WMO: China's two high-resolution Earth observation satellites put into operation (29.03.2019)
WMO: State of the Climate in 2018 shows accelerating climate change impacts (28.03.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Bangladesh fire: Deadly blaze engulfs high-rise building in Dhaka (28.03.2019)
New York Times: Deadly Floods Across Iran Leave Broad Paths of Destruction (26.03.2019)
Reuters: Death toll from southern Africa cyclone, floods exceeds 700 (23.03.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Scores dead as ferry sinks in Tigris River near Iraq's Mosul (22.03.2019)
Reuters: Blast at Chinese chemical plant kills 47; Xi orders probe (22.03.2019)
The Atlantic: Peru Suffers Worst Flooding in Decades (20.03.2019)
ESA: Satellites map disastrous African flood (20.03.2019)
Africa Daily Voice: Mozambique says Cyclone Idai death toll may exceed 1000 (19.03.2019)
CNN: Historic floods - 75 Nebraska cities to issue emergency declarations (19.03.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Flash floods, mudslides kill at least 58 in Indonesia's Papua (17.03.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Cyclone Idai hits Zimbabwe, at least 31 people dead (17.03.2019)
New York Times: Children Trapped and Several Killed in Collapse of Building in Lagos, Nigeria (13.03.2019)
The Guardian: Radioactive particles from huge solar storm found in Greenland (11.03.2019)
Columbia University: El Niño Arrives, Unfashionably Late (11.03.2019)
CNN: 23 deaths, EF-4 tornado, 170 mph winds, almost mile wide track in Alabama (05.03.2019)
News Central: Bacterial infection kills 4,000 donkeys in Niger (04.03.2019)
The Conversation: 2018-19 was Australia’s hottest summer on record (28.02.2019)
Deutsche Welle: Indonesia: Dozens buried in gold mine collapse (27.02.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Egypt: Dozens killed in crash and fire at Cairo train station (27.02.2019)
New York Times: Nepal Helicopter Crash Kills 7, Including Tourism Minister (27.02.2019)
AccuWeather: Wind cuts power to hundreds of thousands in the US Midwest and Northeast (26.02.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Melting ice sheets may soon unleash 'climate chaos' (07.02.2019)
The Guardian: Court rules out Hunter Valley coalmine on climate change grounds (07.02.2019)
ABC News: Australia has its record hottest month - January mean temperature exceeding 30C (01.02.2019)
CBS NEWS: Deadly polar vortex blasts US Midwest and Northeast with coldest air in decades (31.01.2019)
CNN: Death toll rises in Brazil dam collapse as mining company faces criticism (29.01.2019)
Reuters: Indonesia death toll from floods, landslides climbs to 68 (27.01.2019)
Reuters: Second Vale dam burst in Brazil likely to curb mining risk appetite (26.01.2019)
U of Colorado: A landscape unseen in over 40,000 years (25.01.2019)
COSMOS: Invasive species may travel China’s new trade routes (25.01.2019)
NHK World: Indonesian landslides kill dozens (25.01.2019)
MTI Mag: NOAA employees turn to alternative employment during partial shutdown (25.01.2019)
MTI Mag: Swiss pledge support for WMO’s early warning systems initiative (25.01.2019)
The Guardian: Adelaide breaks all-time heat record hitting 46.6C, extreme Australia heatwave (24.01.2019)
ANADOLU AGENCY: Tornado in Turkish Mediterranean kills 2, injures 11 (24.01.2019)
CBS NEWS: Blue Origin launches successful New Shepard test flight (23.01.2019)
EOS: A Meteor Struck the Moon During the Total Lunar Eclipse (23.01.2019)
7Dnews: Nine Dead in Madagascar Floods (21.01.2019)
CNBC: Horrifying fireball at ruptured Mexico oil pipeline kills at least 66; 85 missing (19.01.2019)
EOS: Johnson Plans to Restore Credibility to US House Science Committee (17.01.2019)
AFP: Australian towns among hottest spots on Earth as heatwave sizzles (16.01.2019)
AFP: Million dead fish cause environmental stink in Australia (14.01.2019)
AFP: Nine dead in Papua New Guinea floods (14.01.2019)
The Times of Israel: Towns flood in north as forecasts see cold snap, snow in Jerusalem (14.01.2019)
CNN: Four killed, dozens hurt in Paris bakery explosion (13.01.2019)
AFP: Death toll in China mining accident rises to 21 (13.01.2019)
AP: At least 12 dead in winter storms, as avalanches and high winds hammer Europe (09.01.2019)
NPR: Heavy Winter Storm Wrecks Syrian Refugee Camps In Lebanon (09.01.2019)
AFP: Athens blanketed with unaccustomed snow (08.01.2019)
news.com.au: Bluebottle invasion sees thousands of Queensland beachgoers stung in a day (07.01.2019)
Deutsche Welle: Deadly snowfall wreaks havoc across Europe (07.01.2019)
AFP: Death toll from Philippine storm, landslides climbs to 126 (06.01.2019)
Reuters: At least 30 gold miners killed in tunnel collapse in northern Afghanistan (06.01.2019)
AFP: Tropical Storm Pabuk batters Thailand coast but tourists are spared the worst (05.01.2019)
CNN: Storm kills 3 in Thailand, moves into Andaman Sea (05.01.2019)
AP: Final toll from collapsed Russian building: 39 dead (03.01.2019)
Space.com: China Makes Historic 1st Landing on Mysterious Far Side of the Moon (03.01.2019)
BBC: MSC Zoe: Islands hit as 270 containers fall off ship (03.01.2019)
BBC: Train accident on Danish bridge kills six - high wind the cause (02.01.2019)
Bloomberg: Finland Hit by Record Gusts as Winter Storm Causes Power Outages (02.01.2019)
ALJAZEERA: Several dead and dozens missing in Indonesia landslide (01.01.2019)
Astronomy.com: New Horizons survived its flyby of Ultima Thule - image available (01.01.2019)
CNN: At least 75 dead after storm Usman hits Philippines (01.01.2019)
New York Times: 7 Dead and Dozens Missing in Russia Building Collapse (31.12.2018)
euronews: Mount Etna: Earthquake hits Sicily after eruption at Europe's most active volcano (26.12.2018)
BBC: Anak Krakatau: Indonesia flights rerouted as volcano alert level raised (26.12.2018)
AAP: Race against time to find tsunami survivors as death toll continues to climb (25.12.2018)
New York Times: Tsunami Strikes Indonesia Without Warning, Killing Nearly 170 (23.12.2018)
RFE: All Nine Bodies Recovered In Russian Mining Disaster (23.12.2018)
AFP: With final goodbye, Germany to shutter last black coal mine (21.12.2018)
CBCnews: B.C. windstorm: Thousands without power 'for days,' 1 dead (21.12.2018)
Financial Review: Sydney hail storm is costliest event of the year, say insurers (21.12.2018)
AFP: Spanish court confirms 1.5 bn euro Prestige spill compensation (20.12.2018)
Physorg.com: Los Angeles County can adapt its water supply for climate change (19.12.2018)
AFP: NGOs launch legal action against France over climate (18.12.2018)
AFP: Thousands flee cyclone on India's east coast (18.12.2018)
Time: The Paris Agreement Lives on at the U.N. Climate Change Conference. (17.12.2018)
Quartz: 15-year-old spoke for her generation at the COP24 climate talks in Poland (15.12.2018)
ABC News: Cyclone Owen to reach category four today as it closes in on Queensland's coast (14.12.2018)
AGU: Arctic Undergoing Most Unprecedented Transition in Human History (12.12.2018)
NASA: NASA's InSight Takes Its First Selfie (11.12.2018)
Washington Post: The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice — what’s to come? (11.12.2018)
The Watchers: World's second-largest Ebola outbreak spreads to DRC major city (10.12.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Coast to coast storm impacts millions across the United States (10.12.2018)
AFP: German farmers sue government over missed climate targets (08.12.2018)
StuffNZ: New Caledonia hit by two powerful quakes of M7.6 and M7 (05.12.2018)
UN: UN declares war on ocean plastic (05.12.2018)
NSIDC: November snow cover over North America was the most extensive since 1966. (04.12.2018)
WHO: Simulation exercise puts global pandemic readiness to the test (03.12.2018)
Time: 88 Confirmed Dead in California's Camp Fire as Search for Victims Ends (30.11.2018)
New Zealand Herald: Mass whale stranding on Chatham Islands (30.11.2018)
BBC: Danish firm claims first biofuel commercial sea voyage (30.11.2018)
CNN: M7.0 Earthquake rattles Alaska (30.11.2018)
UN: Biodiversity Conference closes in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (29.11.2018)
Southern Cross University: Biggest Coral Reseeding Project Deployed as Great Barrier Reef Spa (28.11.2018)
New York Times: The Insect Apocalypse Is Here (27.11.2018)
National Geographic: Strange waves rippled around the world, and nobody knows why (26.11.2018)
NASA: InSight successful entry, descent, and landing on Mars (26.11.2018)
New York Times: US Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy (23.11.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Iraq: Seven killed, thousands displaced in flash flooding (23.11.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Drought-fueled dust storm blankets eastern Australia (22.11.2018)
abcNEWS: California wildfires death toll climbs to 86, with more than 500 still unaccounted for (21.11.2018)
WMO: Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere reach new record (20.11.2018)
AP: Landslides kill 13, leave 4 missing in south central Vietnam (19.11.2018)
NBC News: Death toll in Northern California wildfire climbs to 48 (14.11.2018)
The Guardian: Impact crater 19 miles wide found beneath Greenland glacier (14.11.2018)
CBS NEWS: Death toll jumps to 23 as California battles wildfires (11.11.2018)
GIZMODO: Indian Cities Struggle to Provide Clean Water Amid Dwindling Resources (11.11.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Jordan rains and floods kill 12, force tourists to flee Petra (10.11.2018)
ALJAZEERA: DRC says Ebola outbreak worst in country's recorded history (10.11.2018)
CNN: At least 9 dead as fires spread on both ends of California (10.11.2018)
New York Times: Climate Change and the US Midterm Elections: Five Takeaways (07.11.2018)
ESA: Europe's third polar-orbiting weather satellite lofted into orbit (07.11.2018)
AFP: China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered (06.11.2018)
The Local: Five-storey apartment blocks collapse in centre of Marseille (05.11.2018)
AFP: 10 dead in Sicily floods (04.11.2018)
RTE News: Death toll from storms in Italy rises to 29 (04.11.2018)
Reuters: Italian storms claim 17th life, and 14 million trees (03.11.2018)
The Guardian: Stop biodiversity loss or we could face our own extinction, warns UN (03.11.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Russia, China, Norway sink landmark Antarctic ocean reserve plan (03.11.2018)
South China Morning Post: Yutu first November storm in 25 years to prompt #3 warning in HK (02.11.2018)
BBC: WWF report: Mass wildlife loss caused by human consumption (30.10.2018)
BBC: Venice under water as deadly storms hit Italy (30.10.2018)
The Weather Channel: Typhoon Yutu (Rosita) Headed For Landfall in the Northern Philippines (29.10.2018)
Asahi Shimbun: Japan launches satellite for greenhouse gas observations (29.10.2018)
AFP: China, France launch satellite to study climate change (29.10.2018)
AccuWeather: 21 killed as flash flood sweeps away students, teachers near Dead Sea (27.10.2018)
USA Today: Major disaster after Super Typhoon Yutu strikes Northern Mariana Islands (27.10.2018)
BBC: Zakynthos earthquake: Greek island shaken by 6.4 tremor (26.10.2018)
Huffington Post: Remote Hawaiian Island Wiped Off The Map (23.10.2018)
CNN: Taiwan train derailed - 18 killed 178 injured (22.10.2018)
AFP: Flash floods in Tunisia leave five dead, two missing (18.10.2018)
Washington Post: Zombie storm slammed Portugal, France and Spain with unusual strength (16.10.2018)
The National: Two dead in Yemen after flash floods hit east (16.10.2018)
BBC: Red alert as flash floods kill 10 in south-west France (15.10.2018)
New York Times: Search and Rescue Begins Amid Ruins of Florida Coast (12.10.2018)
AccuWeather: 6 dead, 1 million no power as Michael spins over Virginia, North Carolina (11.10.2018)
abcNEWS: Hurricane Michael makes landfall Florida panhandle - neighborhoods submerged (10.10.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Indonesian death toll exceeds 1600 in dual earthquake tsunami event (06.10.2018)
AccuWeather: Dozens injured, thousands without power as Typhoon Trami lashes Japan (01.10.2018)
NHK World: Typhoon Trami approaches Japan's main islands (30.09.2018)
Washington Post: Death toll in Indonesia from quake and tsunami could reach into the '000s (29.09.2018)
CNN: Indonesia tsunami and earthquake kill 384, leave hundreds injured (29.09.2018)
Fox News: Powerful M7.5 earthquake strikes Indonesia (28.09.2018)
AFP: Huge blaze forces hundreds from homes in Tuscany (25.09.2018)
AFP: Tornado batters area near Canadian capital of Ottawa (23.09.2018)
AFP: Five killed in torrential Tunisia rains By Fethi Belaid (23.09.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Tanzania ferry disaster: Survivor found as death toll hits 200 (22.09.2018)
AFP: Ghana flooding kills 34 during heavy rains (20.09.2018)
msn news: Dozens Missing After Landslide in Philippine Province of Cebu (20.09.2018)
CBS NEWS: Florence gone but its flooding a crisis in parts of North Carolina (18.09.2018)
AFP: Hong Kong begins massive clean-up operation after typhoon chaos (18.09.2018)
New York Times: More Than 40 Bodies Found in Philippines Landslide (18.09.2018)
AP: 100 die in Nigeria flooding as toll expected to rise (18.09.2018)
New York Times: See Inside Typhoon Mangkhut in 3-D (17.09.2018)
CNN: Typhoon Mangkhut lashes Hong Kong and Guangzhou; 40 reported dead in Philippines (16.09.2018)
Fortune: Deadly Florence Threatens Up to $18 Billion in Damage (15.09.2018)
BBC: Hurricane Florence: 'Life-threatening' storm starts to lash US (14.09.2018)
The Guardian: Typhoon Mangkhut: thousands evacuated as Philippines braces for super storm (14.09.2018)
Hawaii Today: Tropical Storm Olivia leaves parts of Maui underwater (12.09.2018)
Asahi Shimbun: Death toll from Hokkaido quake reaches 41 as last missing found (11.09.2018)
BBC: Hurricane Florence: Trump issues warning as storm strengthens (11.09.2018)
Associated Press: 4000 children evacuated from Crimea town after chemical leak (07.09.2018)
AFP: Japan resilient, but climate change making disasters worse (07.09.2018)
Czech Radio: Summer of 2018 the warmest ever in Prague's history (06.09.2018)
ifrc: DPR Korea: Severe floods kill 76, Red Cross conduct search and rescue (06.09.2018)
Japan Times: M6.7 earthquake rocks Hokkaido, massive landslides; 7 dead 32 missing (06.09.2018)
WSJ: Typhoon Damage Closes One of Japan’s Largest Airports Indefinitely (05.09.2018)
The Guardian: Brazil museum fire: ‘incalculable’ loss as 200-year-old Rio institution gutted (03.09.2018)
AccuWeather: Jebi approaches Japan as a life-threatening typhoon (03.09.2018)
AFP: China culls 38,000 pigs as swine fever spreads (02.09.2018)
CNN: 2,975 deaths from Maria in Puerto Rico - the second deadliest US storm in 100 years. (29.08.2018)
CNN: Thousands flee flooding as Myanmar dam bursts (29.08.2018)
AFP: Myanmar dam overflow floods 100 villages (29.08.2018)
Qatar Tribune: Two dead, 255 injured in Iran earthquake (27.08.2018)
AFP: Flood toll in India's Kerala rises to 445 (26.08.2018)
Washington Post: Farmers claim VW weather cannons to prevent hail cause drought (25.08.2018)
AFP: Six dead, thousands evacuated in Taiwan floods (25.08.2018)
AFP: German firefighters stop spread of huge blaze, warn of ongoing threat (24.08.2018)
AFP: Raging forest fire bears down on German villages (24.08.2018)
abcNEWS: Monster Hurricane Lane pummeling Hawaii with torrential rains, winds (24.08.2018)
Kyodo News: Typhoon Cimaron leaves 13 injured in Japan (24.08.2018)
AFP: Indonesian earthquake death toll reaches 555 (24.08.2018)
CNN: Magnitude 7.3 quake strikes off Venezuelan coast (22.08.2018)
AFP: 11 hikers die as flash flood hits gorge in Italy’s Calabria (21.08.2018)
AFP: More than a million people in India flood relief camps (21.08.2018)
The Sun: Massive earthquake rocks Fiji with 8.2 magnitude tremors – too deep for damage (19.08.2018)
The Telegraph: New earthquake on Indonesian island Lombok triggers landslides (19.08.2018)
ABC News: Congo Ebola outbreak kills 44, aid workers struggle in conflict zone (17.08.2018)
The Scientist: Entire Bread Wheat Genome Fully Annotated (17.08.2018)
The Guardian: Kerala floods: death toll reaches 164 in worst monsoon in nearly a century (17.08.2018)
CBCnews: State of emergency declared as hundreds of wildfires burn across British Columbia (16.08.2018)
BBC: Italy bridge collapse: What might have caused it? (15.08.2018)
Reuters: Glacial lake in western China bursts, no casualties (15.08.2018)
New York Times: Italy Bridge Collapse Leaves at Least 20 Dead (14.08.2018)
NBC News: More Than 30 Million On Flash Flood Watch On The US East Coast (13.08.2018)
New York Times: How NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Will Touch the Sun (12.08.2018)
Nine News: 'Death toll to climb' after third strong earthquake strikes Lombok (10.08.2018)
The Independent: Flash floods: 1600 evacuated from Southern France campsites (10.08.2018)
AFP: Monsoon, landslides kill 20 in southern India (09.08.2018)
EOS: Kīlauea Eruption Abruptly Slows Down (09.08.2018)
AFP: Niger floods leave 22 dead and thousands homeless (09.08.2018)
AFP: More than 70,000 homeless after deadly Lombok quake (08.08.2018)
CNN: California fire explodes in size, is now largest in state history (07.08.2018)
New Scientist: Future heatwaves will knock nuclear, gas and coal power plants offline (07.08.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Tourists flee Lombok as Indonesian quake death toll rises (06.08.2018)
UPI: U.S. coal consumption last year at historic low (03.08.2018)
Myanmar Times: Myanmar flood & landslide toll rises to 12 (01.08.2018)
AFP: Laos dam collapse: hundreds still unaccounted (30.07.2018)
ABC News: Indonesia earthquake: 13 dead after 6.4 quake hits tourist island of Lombok (29.07.2018)
RTE News: Five dead, 17 missing in California wildfires (29.07.2018)
BBC: Typhoon Jongdari: Powerful storm hits weather-ravaged Japan (29.07.2018)
AFP: Rainstorms kill 49 in northern India (28.07.2018)
The Mainichi: Typhoon Jongdari to cause secondary disaster in rain-ravaged western Japan (28.07.2018)
Physorg.com: Red planet and 'blood moon' pair up to dazzle skygazers (27.07.2018)
AP: Vanuatu again orders evacuation of island as volcano erupts (27.07.2018)
AFP: Greece counts cost of deadliest wildfires in memory (26.07.2018)
YAHOO! NEWS: US park Yosemite closed as deadly fire rages (25.07.2018)
ESA: Water detected under Mars' South Pole (25.07.2018)
AFP: No day at the beach as toxic algae hit Baltic coast (25.07.2018)
AFP: EU court extends GMO rules to new techniques (25.07.2018)
The Guardian: Laos dam collapse: 3,000 in need of rescue as death toll rises to 19 (25.07.2018)
BBC: Greece wildfires: Search for missing family members after 77 dead (25.07.2018)
BBC: Japan heatwave declared natural disaster as death toll mounts (24.07.2018)
ABC News: Greece fires kill 49 as blazes rage out of control (24.07.2018)
Reuters: Vietnam flood death toll rises to 27, more rain forecast (24.07.2018)
Vox: Missouri duck boat accident ignites debate over weather warnings (21.07.2018)
CNN: Severe thunderstorm on Missouri lake capsizes tourist boat: at least 11 dead (20.07.2018)
The Mainichi: Death toll in Japan heat wave rises to more than 30 (19.07.2018)
The Weather Channel: Sweden wildfires most serious amid record-smashing heatwave (19.07.2018)
The Watchers: Meteotsunami floods islands of Mallorca and Menorca, Spain (17.07.2018)
EOS: Ten New Moons Discovered Around Jupiter (17.07.2018)
CNN: 23 injured when lava bomb hits Hawaii tour boat (17.07.2018)
USA Today: Mob slaughters 300 crocodiles after Indonesia man is killed (16.07.2018)
BBC: China industrial park explosion kills 19 (13.07.2018)
Reuters: Japan flood toll nears 200 amid disease outbreak fears (12.07.2018)
The Watchers: Eruptions intensify, off scale seismicity at Anak Krakatau, Indonesia (12.07.2018)
AFP: At least 10 dead in Afghan landslide (12.07.2018)
The Telegraph: Thai rescue success as all 12 boys & football coach saved after 18-day ordeal (10.07.2018)
NASA: Severe Rainfall and Flooding in Japan (09.07.2018)
Kyodo News: Death toll from west Japan downpours and flooding reaches 126 (09.07.2018)
The Guardian: Eighth boy rescued as divers re-enter Thai cave (09.07.2018)
AFP: Report accuses China firms over ozone-depleting gas (09.07.2018)
ABC News: Japan flooding and landslides kill dozens as millions are ordered to evacuate (08.07.2018)
BBC: Thailand tourist boat sinking: At least 33 confirmed dead off Phuket (06.07.2018)
NASA: Iceberg Towers over Greenland Village (05.07.2018)
CBCnews: Death toll jumps to 34 as heat wave continues to bake southern Quebec (05.07.2018)
Reuters: Captain of sinking Indonesian ferry sails onto reef; 31 dead (04.07.2018)
The Independent: 12 Thai boys and teacher found alive after nine days in cave (03.07.2018)
CNN: Multiple drought-fueled wildfires are raging across at least 4 Western state (03.07.2018)
UN: Progress report for Sustainable Development Goals, as of July 2018 (02.07.2018)
BBC: UK: Crews battle 'aggressive' merged moorland fire (01.07.2018)
AFP: Four dead, hundreds evacuated as torrential rains hit Romania (01.07.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Bali reopens airport after volcano eruption grounded flights (29.06.2018)
UPI: Meteor explodes unexpectedly over Russia (29.06.2018)
Reuters: Nigerian oil tanker fire kills nine in commercial capital Lagos (28.06.2018)
Latvia PBS: Latvian officials choose natural disaster over state of emergency (27.06.2018)
Physorg.com: Japan space probe reaches asteroid in search for origin of life (27.06.2018)
AAP: Seven dead in Vietnam floods, landslides (25.06.2018)
AP: Thailand: boys' football team feared trapped in flooded cave (25.06.2018)
AP: Divers search Indonesian lake for 192 missing after sinking (20.06.2018)
AP: Torrential rains and flash floods in Southern China: 25 dead, 33,200 displace (18.06.2018)
Japan Times: 3 people killed, several injured after strong earthquake rattles Osaka area (18.06.2018)
AFP: Guatemala volcano search called off with nearly 200 unaccounted for (18.06.2018)
The Straits Times: Landslides, flash floods as monsoon batters southern Myanmar (18.06.2018)
AGU: Kilauea Volcano: large-scale slumping on the rim of Halema'uma'u crater (15.06.2018)
AFP: South Africa lifts state of disaster over drought (13.06.2018)
AFP: Landslides kill 11 as monsoon batters Rohingya refugees (12.06.2018)
NPR: Thousands At Risk As Monsoon Rains Lash Rohingya Refugee Camps (12.06.2018)
Reuters: Guatemalans bury dead after volcano eruption leaves 109 dead, 200 missing (08.06.2018)
AFP: Rescuers save 23 workers trapped in China mine, 11 others dead (06.06.2018)
CBCnews: Why Guatemala's Volcano of Fire is so much deadlier than Hawaii's Kilauea (06.06.2018)
EOS: Huge Spike in Quakes Badly Damages Kīlauea Observatory (05.06.2018)
BBC: Guatemala volcano: Dozens die as Fuego volcano erupts (04.06.2018)
AFP: Seven killed in storm Alberto flooding in Cuba (02.06.2018)
AccuWeather: Deadly Cyclone Mekunu lashes Oman, Yemen - 40 missing (26.05.2018)
USA Today: Two earthquakes rock Guam on same day (22.05.2018)
abcNEWS: Congo announces 6 new confirmed cases of Ebola virus (22.05.2018)
Straits Times: 5 killed in Cambodia lightning strike (19.05.2018)
AFP: Biggest eruption at Hawaii volcano since it became more active (18.05.2018)
Mail Online: Hawaii goes on RED ALERT for 'major eruption' of Kilauea volcano (16.05.2018)
Reuters: Flash floods in Afghanistan kill at least 34 (15.05.2018)
AFP: Violent storms in India kill at least 86 (14.05.2018)
ABC News: Hobart (Tasmania) flooding declared 'catastrophe' (11.05.2018)
ABC News: Kenyan dam burst causes 'huge destruction of both life and property' (10.05.2018)
AFP: Lightning strikes kill dozens across Bangladesh (10.05.2018)
AFP: Strong 6.8-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea (09.05.2018)
Stanford: Hawaii’s most active volcano and the science behind the latest eruptions (09.05.2018)
The Guardian: Deadly flash floods hit east African countries already in dire need (08.05.2018)
AFP: Rescuers search for three Polish miners after deadly quake (06.05.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Ankara flash floods: Six injured as heavy rains cause havoc (06.05.2018)
CBS NEWS: Hawaii rattled by quakes as Kilauea volcano spews lava and toxic gas (05.05.2018)
Express: Philippines earthquake: Massive 6.1-magnitude quake strikes island (05.05.2018)
AFP: 17 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide (05.05.2018)
Mail Online: The hottest April day on Earth ever? (04.05.2018)
Maui Now: Hawai‘i volcanic eruption causes mandatory evacuations, closures (04.05.2018)
BBC: India dust storms: Nearly 100 killed in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan (03.05.2018)
AFP: Kanpur leads WHO blacklist of cities with worst air pollution (02.05.2018)
CNN: Brazil fire: Sao Paulo building consumed in deadly blaze (01.05.2018)
The News International: One dead, 16 injured after chemical leak at Czech plant (29.04.2018)
Washington Post: Earth’s atmosphere just crossed another troubling climate change threshold (29.04.2018)
BBC: Australia to fund Great Barrier Reef restoration and protection (29.04.2018)
The Independent: 9 killed as 36,749 lightning strikes hit Andhra Pradesh in just 13 hours (27.04.2018)
NatureNews: Scientists hail European ban on bee-harming pesticides (27.04.2018)
New York Times: Flash Flood Kills at Least 9 Israeli Teenagers on ‘Bonding’ Hike (26.04.2018)
ABC News: Indonesian oil well fire kills 18, injures dozens (25.04.2018)
ESA: Seventh Sentinel satellite launched for Copernicus (25.04.2018)
USA Today: Wild weather slams Northeast, Midwest and South, bringing heavy snow, floods (16.04.2018)
CRED: 90% of 2017 deaths due to climatological, hydrological or meteorological disasters (13.04.2018)
CNN: Gulf Stream system at its weakest in 1,600 years (12.04.2018)
Swiss Re: At $144 billion, global insured losses from disasters in 2017 were the highest ever (10.04.2018)
NASA: Tropical Cyclone Josie's Deadly Flooding Rainfall Examined With IMERG (03.04.2018)
ABC News: Cyclone Josie: Four dead, major flooding as tropical storm batters Fiji (03.04.2018)
NBC News: Spring snowstorm makes a mess for commuters in the Northeast (02.04.2018)
AFP: Oil spill cleanup fire kills two in Indonesia (31.03.2018)
AFP: Russia landfill protest town on 'high alert' (30.03.2018)
BBC: Whales in mass stranding on Western Australia beach (23.03.2018)
New York Times: Arctic Sea Ice Missed a Record Low This Winter. Barely. (23.03.2018)
abcNEWS: Fourth nor’easter hits the US region in less than three weeks (21.03.2018)
AFP: 20 dead as powerful storm hits Madagascar (20.03.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Madagascar hit by another tropical cyclone (18.03.2018)
ABC News: Cyclone Marcus: Darwin residents emerge to survey the damage (18.03.2018)
AFP: World's biggest battery in Australia to trump Musk's (16.03.2018)
abcNEWS: Collapse of Miami footbridge built with "innovative" system kills 4 (15.03.2018)
HPC Wire: Stephen Hawking, Legendary Scientist, Dies at 76 (14.03.2018)
AFP: PNG quake toll rises above 100 as PM warns of long recovery (09.03.2018)
Reuters: Snow storm pounds U.S. Northeast, closing schools, snarling commutes (09.03.2018)
AFP: Explosive eruptions continue at Kyushu volcano (08.03.2018)
CNN: Second nor'easter in a week intensifies as it moves up US East Coast (08.03.2018)
AFP: Papua New Guinea declares state of emergency following devastating earthquake (03.03.2018)
AFP: At least 5 dead as storm brings wind, floods and snow to US Northeast (03.03.2018)
BBC: Snow in Europe: Deadly winter storm brings chaos (02.03.2018)
CBS NEWS: Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea (25.02.2018)
abcNEWS: 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Mexico (16.02.2018)
CNN: Wild winds wreak havoc at Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (12.02.2018)
Reuters: Snowstorm paralyses, enchants Paris (08.02.2018)
xinhuanet: 8 died, 3 missing in south China road collapse (08.02.2018)
New York Times: Taiwan Earthquake Toll Rises to 9 Dead, With Dozens Missing (07.02.2018)
National Geographic: What's an 'Earthquake Swarm,' And Is One Hitting Taiwan? (07.02.2018)
The Guardian: Falcon Heavy: Elon Musk's giant SpaceX rocket makes triumphant launch (06.02.2018)
CNN: 2 killed, 116 hurt when Amtrak train crashes into stationary freight train (05.02.2018)
RT: Huge winter storm, freezing rain wreaks havoc in Moscow (04.02.2018)
AFP: 6.1 magnitude quake rattles northern Afghanistan (31.01.2018)
CBCnews: Hospital fire in South Korea kills at least 39 (26.01.2018)
AFP: Southwest Iran suffocates under dust cloud (23.01.2018)
AFP: Swollen Seine halts trains as France braces for floods (23.01.2018)
abcNEWS: Alaska earthquake prompts tsunami warning; no wave reported (23.01.2018)
Fox News: Avalanche at Japan ski resort kills 1, injures at least 11 (23.01.2018)
AFP: Thousands stranded, scores injured in snowbound Tokyo (23.01.2018)
AFP: Oil slick off China coast trebles in size (22.01.2018)
Reuters: Landslide pushes Colombian bus into ravine, killing at least 13 (22.01.2018)
AFP: Cape Town water ration to be slashed as drought bites (18.01.2018)
Deutsche Welle: Deadly storm Friederike wreaks havoc across Western Europe (18.01.2018)
NASA: Long-term warming trend continued in 2017 (18.01.2018)
New York Times: Colombia Bridge Collapse Throws Workers to Their Deaths (16.01.2018)
AP: Mezzanine inside Jakarta stock exchange tower collapses (15.01.2018)
SKY News: Alert level raised after volcano eruption in the Philippines (14.01.2018)
BBC: Peru: Earthquake leaves two dead and dozens injured (14.01.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Burning Iranian oil tanker sinks, 32 crew presumed dead (14.01.2018)
Reuters: Death toll rises to 19 in California mudslides, five still missing (13.01.2018)
NASA: Tropical Cyclone Joyce makes landfall on Australia's Pilbara Coast (12.01.2018)
AP: 8 earthquakes strike along Iran-Iraq border, rattle Baghdad (11.01.2018)
The Watchers: Bangladesh hit by coldest temperatures ever (10.01.2018)
CNN: Southern California mudslides wipe out homes, leaving 13 dead (10.01.2018)
CNN: It snowed in one of the hottest places in the world (09.01.2018)
BBC: South Africa train crash: 200 injured near Johannesburg (09.01.2018)
The Local: 13,000 tourists stranded in Zermatt, village cut off as avalanche risk raised to max (09.01.2018)
AFP: 13,000 tourists trapped in Swiss ski resort after heavy snowfall (09.01.2018)
ALJAZEERA: Cyclone Ava kills at least 29 in Madagascar (09.01.2018)
Reuters: Madagascar cyclone kills 29, displaces thousands (08.01.2018)
AFP: Hundreds evacuated as Papua New Guinea volcano erupts (08.01.2018)
BBC: Tanker and ship collision near Shanghai leaves 32 missing (07.01.2018)
AFP: One killed, thousands displaced after Madagascar cyclone (07.01.2018)
BBC: Sydney swelters on hottest day since 1939 as mercury hits 47.3C (07.01.2018)
AFP: In DR Congo, flood tragedy highlights perils of urban sprawl (06.01.2018)
Reuters: National Guard responds to blizzard pounding U.S. Northeast (04.01.2018)
BBC: South Africa train crash: 'Bodies burnt beyond recognition' (04.01.2018)
BBC: Deadly Storm Eleanor batters Europe (03.01.2018)
New York Times: Peru Bus Plunges Off ‘Devil’s Curve,’ Killing at Least 48 (02.01.2018)
CBS NEWS: Cold weather claims lives as deep freeze grips U.S. (02.01.2018)
BBC: 'Ferocious' fire ripped through Liverpool Echo Arena car park (01.01.2018)
Express: Ice, snow and 70mph winds – UK Met Office warns of BRUTALLY COLD weather (30.12.2017)
BBC: Kamala Mills: Fire at Mumbai complex kills 15 people (29.12.2017)
Daily News: Stove accidentally started Bronx blaze that killed 12 people (29.12.2017)
abcNEWS: Brutal record-breaking cold snap hits northern United States and Canada (29.12.2017)
AFP: India says more than 660 missing one month after deadly cyclone (27.12.2017)
BBC: Philippines mall fire: At least 37 feared dead in Davao (24.12.2017)
CNN: Thomas Fire is the largest blaze in California history (23.12.2017)
BBC: Philippines Tropical Storm Tembin kills more than 100 on Mindanao (23.12.2017)
Reuters: Philippines' coast guard rescues 252 passengers from capsized ferry (22.12.2017)
Wikipedia: 2017 Washington train derailment (18.12.2017)
BBC: Chile: Landslide destroys village and kills at least five (17.12.2017)
South China Morning Post: Three dead, 77,000 flee as storm Kai-Tak pounds Philippines (17.12.2017)
Channelnewsasia.com: Two dead after 6.5-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia's Java island (16.12.2017)
Fox News: Thomas Fire in Southern California joins list of destructive blazes in the state (16.12.2017)
Astronomy Now: See asteroid Phaethon, source of the Geminids, in a close brush with Earth (14.12.2017)
CNN: California wildfires have destroyed 1,000 structures ... and counting (12.12.2017)
BBC: Snow in Europe triggers transport chaos (11.12.2017)
CNN: California fires stretch from north of Los Angeles to San Diego County (08.12.2017)
abcNEWS: Southern California wildfires burn with little containment as conditions worsen (07.12.2017)
U of Bristol: Time between volcanic super-eruptions less than previously thought (29.11.2017)
The Straits Times: At least 11 dead as floods, landslides hit East Java (29.11.2017)
Washington Post: Norwegian train kills 17 reindeer in Arctic (29.11.2017)
BBC: Bali volcano: Mt Agung ash shuts airport for second (28.11.2017)
Channelnewsasia.com: Septic tank at centre of huge China blast (27.11.2017)
AFP: Iran earthquake death toll rises to 483 (27.11.2017)
Physics Today: World carbon emissions inch upward in 2017, ending hiatus (21.11.2017)
South China Morning Post: Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes southern China (18.11.2017)
USA Today: South Korea earthquake leaves 1,500 homeless, dozens injured (16.11.2017)
CNN: 15 dead in Athens flash floods (16.11.2017)
UNISDR: Iran to investigate construction in quake zone (15.11.2017)
CNN: Iran-Iraq: Survivors struggle in aftermath of year's most deadly earthquake (14.11.2017)
CNN: Costa Rica hit by magnitude 6.5 earthquake (13.11.2017)
BioScience: World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice (13.11.2017)
AFP: More than 90 killed in Vietnam's deadliest typhoon in years (09.11.2017)
ABC News: Vietnam's death toll from Typhoon Damrey nears 50 (06.11.2017)
Straits Times: Seven dead in worst floods to hit Penang (06.11.2017)
AccuWeather: At least 27 dead after strongest typhoon in 16 years strikes southern Vietnam (05.11.2017)
VOA: Northern European Storms Kill at Least 11 (30.10.2017)
Washington Post: One million power outages in the Northeast after blockbuster fall storm (30.10.2017)
The Guardian: Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record high (30.10.2017)
CNN: At least 47 killed in Indonesia fireworks factory explosion (26.10.2017)
AccuWeather: Deadly Typhoon Lan slams Japan with damaging winds, flooding and mudslides (23.10.2017)
CNN: Pollution linked to 9 million deaths worldwide in 2015 (20.10.2017)
The Guardian: Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbers (18.10.2017)
Quartz: Tropical Storm Ophelia hits Ireland, Wales and Scotland (17.10.2017)
The Guardian: At least 30 killed as Ophelia winds fan wildfires in Portugal and Spain (16.10.2017)
abcNEWS: At least 24 dead in horrific California wildfires, hundreds missing (12.10.2017)
ABC News: Vietnam floods and landslides leave 43 dead, thousands evacuated (12.10.2017)
Express: Chile earthquake: 6.3 magnitude tremor - landslides ravage region (10.10.2017)
CNN: At least 10 dead as fires rage in Northern California (10.10.2017)
New York Times: Gas Station Explosion in Ghana Kills at Least 7 and Injures Over 100 (07.10.2017)
Newsweek: Hurricane Nate threatens U.S., Central America with $1B worth of damage (07.10.2017)
BBC: Elon Musk says he can rebuild Puerto Rico's power grid with solar (06.10.2017)
Red Cross Red Crescent: Volcanoes: the climate angle (02.10.2017)
Reuters: Dunkirk-style evacuation as Vanuatu volcano pollutes drinking water (01.10.2017)
GIZMODO: Tourists Spot Hundreds of Polar Bears Swarming Whale Carcass in Siberia (29.09.2017)
CNN: Hurricane Maria could be a $95 billion storm for Puerto Rico (28.09.2017)
LATimes: 2,000 historic buildings in Mexico damaged by earthquake (27.09.2017)
U of Queensland: Balinese volcano looks increasingly volatile (26.09.2017)
THOMSON REUTERS: Hurricane-ravaged Barbuda and Dominica must "build back better" (26.09.2017)
Washington Post: Puerto Rico devastation; at least 6 dead in Hurricane Maria aftermath (22.09.2017)
New York Times: In Puerto Rico,hurricane Maria ‘Destroyed Us’ (21.09.2017)
BBC: Hurricane Maria 'leaves 15 dead in Dominica' (21.09.2017)
abcNEWS: Maria 'potentially most catastrophic hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in a century' (20.09.2017)
New York Times: Hurricane Maria Does ‘Mind-Boggling’ Damage to Dominica (19.09.2017)
LATimes: At least 248 killed as powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes central Mexico (19.09.2017)
NOAA: Globe sees 2nd warmest year to date, 3rd warmest August on record (18.09.2017)
SKY News: People evacuated from homes as Typhoon Talim batters southern Japan (17.09.2017)
National Geographic: Cassini's grand tour of Saturn and its many moons (15.09.2017)
THOMSON REUTERS: Mexico steps up to unique triple disaster threat (14.09.2017)
The Conversation: Predicting disaster: better hurricane forecasts buy vital time for residents (13.09.2017)
New Scientist: Mysterious lights in the sky seen after Mexico’s huge earthquake (13.09.2017)
FT: Hurricane Irma set to cost insurers up to $65bn (10.09.2017)
Reuters: Mexico Earthquake Death Toll Climbs to 90 as Oaxaca Reports More Victims (10.09.2017)
The Guardian: Havana flooded and 5,000 tourists evacuated from coast as Irma hits Cuba (10.09.2017)
SKY News: Deadly flash floods in Tuscan port city of Leghorn Italy after heavy rain (10.09.2017)
ABC News: Irma, Katia and Jose: Trio of hurricanes in Atlantic Ocean baffles weather scientists (08.09.2017)
New York Times: Mexico Earthquake, Strongest in a Century, Kills Dozens (08.09.2017)
abcNEWS: Hurricane Irma leaves 'unprecedented' destruction in the Caribbean, kills at least 13 (07.09.2017)
Washington Post: Cat 5 Irma crashes into Caribbean, aiming at Florida and Southeast U.S. (06.09.2017)
CNN: More than 1,000 firefighters battling largest fire in Los Angeles history (04.09.2017)
Reuters: Tropical Storm Lidia leaves seven dead in Mexico's Baja California peninsula (03.09.2017)
AFP: 15 injured as lightning strikes French music festival (03.09.2017)
AFP: Fresh landslides in Swiss Alps force more evacuations (03.09.2017)
ALJAZEERA: Nigeria floods displace more than 100,000 people (02.09.2017)
Reuters: Rescue efforts end in Indian building collapse; 34 dead (01.09.2017)
The Guardian: South Asia floods kill 1,200 and shut 1.8 million children out of school (31.08.2017)
Vox: Devastating monsoon rains affect 41 million people in South Asia (30.08.2017)
Vox: Devastating monsoon rains affect 41 million people in South Asia (30.08.2017)
LATimes: Harvey breaks rainfall record, Houston imposes curfew, death toll climbs to 18 (29.08.2017)
USA Today: Tropical Storm Harvey: What we know (28.08.2017)
xinhuanet: Death toll rises to 3 after landslide in southwest China (28.08.2017)
CNN: Harvey spawns catastrophic flooding in southeastern Texas (27.08.2017)
South China Morning Post: Pakhar brings heavy rains and fresh chaos to southern China (27.08.2017)
CNN: Eight missing after Switzerland landslide (24.08.2017)
AFP: Six dead as typhoon smashes into Macau and Hong Kong (23.08.2017)
New York Times: Deadly Earthquake Hits Italian Island of Ischia (22.08.2017)
Reuters: Croatia, Montenegro fighting forest fires along Adriatic coast (21.08.2017)
AFP: Sudan warns of floods as Nile water level surges (21.08.2017)
AFP: Death toll in DR Congo landslide climbs to 140 (21.08.2017)
ITV news: More than 550 killed by flooding in India, Nepal and Bangladesh (19.08.2017)
BBC: India train crash in Uttar Pradesh leaves 23 dead (19.08.2017)
Physics Today: Tracking the eclipse across the USA (18.08.2017)
The Guardian: Wildfires trap 2,000 people in town in central Portugal (17.08.2017)
ALJAZEERA: DR Congo landslide kills scores in northeast (17.08.2017)
Human Rights Watch: Groundbreaking Mercury Treaty Takes Effect (16.08.2017)
AP: Poland needs until 2019 to clear trees felled by heavy wind (16.08.2017)
BBC: Sierra Leone mudslide: At least 600 still missing in Freetown (16.08.2017)
UGeneva: Mercury is altering gene expression (15.08.2017)
BBC: Falling tree kills 13 on Portuguese island of Madeira (15.08.2017)
BBC: Sierra Leone floods kill hundreds as mudslides bury houses (15.08.2017)
abcNEWS: Death toll in South Asia monsoon flooding rises to 245 (15.08.2017)
UPI: Scientists discover new tectonic plate (14.08.2017)
Reuters: Greece seeks EU help as wildfires rage (14.08.2017)
AFP: Earthquake M6.5 off Indonesia's Sumatra; tremors felt in Singapore (13.08.2017)
The Guardian: Scientists discover 91 volcanoes below Antarctic ice sheet (12.08.2017)
AFP: Huge wildfires rage on Corsica (12.08.2017)
Reuters: Egypt train crash kills dozens, injures more than 100 people (11.08.2017)
NOAA: International report confirms 2016 was warmest year on record for the globe (10.08.2017)
CNN: Powerful earthquake kills at least 13 in China, 175 injured (09.08.2017)
NPR: Rescue Crews Search For Survivors Following Deadly Earthquake In China (09.08.2017)
Reuters: Landslide in southwest China kills 23 (08.08.2017)
The Independent: Sichuan earthquake: Magnitude 6.5 tremor strikes central China (08.08.2017)
Reuters: Almost 190,000 evacuated as thunderstorms roil northeast China (07.08.2017)
Sydney Morning Herald: Japan bracing for Typhoon Noru as deaths recorded (06.08.2017)
AFP: Italy heatwave and drought spark killer wildfires (04.08.2017)
Channelnewsasia.com: Lightning kills 21 as India reels from floods (31.07.2017)
Straits Times: Taiwan hit by second storm after Nesat injures 111 (30.07.2017)
The Telegraph: Freak storm hits Istanbul, hailstones like golf balls and floods sweep city (28.07.2017)
AP: Portugal makes progress on 5-day-old wildfire (27.07.2017)
Time: The Vatican Turns off Its 100 Fountains Amid Italian Drought (25.07.2017)
SKY News: Wildfires rage in French tourist hotspots of Provence and Corsica (25.07.2017)
Japan Times: Evacuation advice for 120,000 in Akita Prefecture following record rainfall (24.07.2017)
ABC News: New Zealand storms spark flooding and evacuations, mobilisation of troops (22.07.2017)
The Guardian: Earthquake in Turkey and Greece leaves at least two dead in Kos (21.07.2017)
AFP: Hottest day ever in Shanghai as heat wave bakes China (21.07.2017)
LATimes: 'Explosive' flames destroy 45 homes as wildfire rages near Yosemite (20.07.2017)
The Guardian: Canada wildfires: almost 40,000 evacuated in B.C. amid state of emergency (18.07.2017)
AFP: World's northernmost coral reef in Japan bleached (18.07.2017)
CNN: Sinkhole swallows homes in Florida (15.07.2017)
Vox: These are the closest-ever images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot (13.07.2017)
NASA: NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10 (10.07.2017)
Kyodo News: Death toll rises to 16 in flood-hit Kyushu as rescue continues (08.07.2017)
Reuters: Western Canada wildfires prompt state of emergency, evacuations (08.07.2017)
LATimes: Palm Springs hits new record high temperature as Southern California broils (07.07.2017)
BBC: Tesla to build world's largest lithium ion battery in Australia (07.07.2017)
ABC News: Japan floods: 500,000 to evacuate after days of torrential rain in Kyushu (06.07.2017)
Reuters: Swathes of south China under water, heat strikes north (03.07.2017)
BBC: Pakistan fuel tanker inferno death toll tops 200 (03.07.2017)
The Watchers: Eruptions at Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano cover nearby towns in ash (03.07.2017)
abcNEWS: Thousands in Arizona flee flames as wildfires sweep US West (28.06.2017)
ABC News: Pakistan oil tanker fire kills more than 120 as onlookers rush to gather leaking fuel (25.06.2017)
Daily Mail: Holidaymakers flee as a wildfire tears through a Spanish national park (25.06.2017)
AP: At least 9 dead, 28 missing after tourist boat sinks in Colombia (25.06.2017)
The Guardian: Sixty towers across England found to have unsafe cladding (25.06.2017)
The Conversation: What links Portugal’s deadliest wildfire to Grenfell Tower? (25.06.2017)
BBC: China landslide leaves at least 140 missing in Sichuan (24.06.2017)
The Watchers: Details emerge about Greenland tsunami (21.06.2017)
The Watchers: Large landslide kills at least 11 people in Huehuetenango, Guatemala (20.06.2017)
Time: At Least 62 Killed, Dozens Injured in Portugal Wildfires (19.06.2017)
The Telegraph: At least 25 killed in Portugal forest fire (18.06.2017)
Newsnext: Bangladesh landslides death toll climbs to 152 (17.06.2017)
CBS NEWS: 58 people missing, presumed dead in Grenfell Tower fire (17.06.2017)
BBC: Bangladesh: Rain triggers landslides and leaves 107 dead (13.06.2017)
BBC: Greece earthquake hits Lesbos: Tremors felt in Istanbul and Athens (12.06.2017)
ALJAZEERA: Storm kills several, displaces thousands in Cape Town (08.06.2017)
AFP: First UN talks to save oceans kick off on Monday (04.06.2017)
AFP: One Dead, Two Missing As Taiwan Battles Floods (02.06.2017)
AFP: Cape Town cuts back to survive worst drought in 100 years (01.06.2017)
AccuWeather: Thousands displaced as Cyclone Mora damages Myanmar, Bangladesh (01.06.2017)
IRIN: Sri Lanka failed to issue early warnings for storm that killed 202 people (31.05.2017)
CNN: 1 million in nature's crosshairs as Cyclone Mora makes landfall in Bangladesh (30.05.2017)
New York Times: Fierce Wind Lashes Moscow, Leaving 12 Dead (29.05.2017)
ABC News: Sri Lankan landslides, flooding kills 122, as nation appeals for international help (28.05.2017)
NASA: NASA to Make Announcement About First Mission to Touch Sun (26.05.2017)
NASA: A Whole New Jupiter: First Science Results from NASA’s Juno Mission (25.05.2017)
Washington Post: So much water pulsed through a melting glacier that it warped the Earth’s crust (25.05.2017)
Washington Post: White House budget aims to ‘slow’ gains in weather prediction, shocking forecasters (24.05.2017)
AP: Landslide on California highway part of $1 billion in damage (23.05.2017)
The Watchers: Severe storm closes border bridge in Laredo, US-Mexico (22.05.2017)
Daily Mail: China finds flammable ice 4,000ft under South China Sea (19.05.2017)
AFP: Quake kills two, injures hundreds in Iran (14.05.2017)
Popular Science: Historic floods are ravaging Canada (12.05.2017)
The Watchers: Site-wide emergency alert at US Hanford Nuclear Reservation (10.05.2017)
The Watchers: Donna becomes strongest May cyclone ever to hit southern hemisphere (09.05.2017)
CNN: Okeefenokee wildfire spreads, forces evacuations in Georgia (08.05.2017)
The Weather Channel: US Flooding: Hundreds of Roads Closed, Vital Waterways Shut Down (04.05.2017)
Deutsche Welle: Deadly storms and flooding in US Midwest, South (01.05.2017)
Reuters: Tornadoes, storms kill 11 in U.S. South (01.05.2017)
AP: 22 killed in Sri Lanka as massive mound of garbage collapses (16.04.2017)
The Guardian: Great Barrier Reef: scientists despair at latest coral bleaching data (09.04.2017)
LATimes: California declares stubborn drought officially over (07.04.2017)
AP: Indian soldiers killed after Kashmir outpost buried by avalanche (07.04.2017)
AFP: Relief as flood peak passes in Australia town (06.04.2017)
AFP: Australian cyclone aftermath hits New Zealand (06.04.2017)
Reuters: Colombia mudslide, flooding kill 254 in midnight deluge (01.04.2017)
NASA: NASA examines the rainfall left behind from ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie (30.03.2017)
ABC News: Warning as Cyclone Debbie intensifies; emergency alert Queensland (27.03.2017)
New York Times: Japan Avalanche Kills 7 Teenage Mountaineers and a Teacher (27.03.2017)
Smithsonian.com: Largest-Known Dinosaur Footprint Discovered in Western Australia (27.03.2017)
ALJAZEERA: Angola floods kill 11, cause widespread destruction (24.03.2017)
NASA: Sea Ice Extent Sinks to Record Lows at Both Poles (22.03.2017)
Washington Post: Gulf of Mexico waters warmest or record. Explosive storms to follow? (22.03.2017)
YAHOO! NEWS: Trump, NASA and a rare consensus: mission to Mars (22.03.2017)
YAHOO! NEWS: Closures along iconic California highway hit tourism (21.03.2017)
Reuters: Bill Gates Has Started a New Crusade to Save the World (21.03.2017)
The Japan Times: In first, government and Tepco found liable for Fukushima disaster (20.03.2017)
AFP: Beijing shuts last coal power plant in switch to natural gas (19.03.2017)
The Guardian: CO2 emissions same for third year in row, despite global economy growth (18.03.2017)
Reuters: Abnormal El Nino in Peru unleashes deadly downpours (18.03.2017)
Washington Post: Cold snap kills nearly half of cherry blossoms in Washington DC (18.03.2017)
AccuWeather: Blizzard slams Northeast unleashing deep snow, power cuts and avalanches (15.03.2017)
ALJAZEERA: Death toll soars to 82 in Addis Ababa rubbish landslide (15.03.2017)
AFP: 17 killed in China coal mine accident: state media (14.03.2017)
AFP: Huge swathe of Australian mangroves 'die of thirst' (14.03.2017)
UPI: More salt water in Egypt's Nile Delta putting millions at grave risk (13.03.2017)
AFP: Cyclone kills 50, affects 176,000 in Madagascar (12.03.2017)
AFP: Landslide at Ethiopia garbage dump kills at least 46 (12.03.2017)
AFP: World's first museum of polar lands opens in France (11.03.2017)
The Guardian: Great Barrier Reef bleached for unprecedented second year running (10.03.2017)
ABC News: Australia's Climate Institute announces closure, citing lack of funding to continue (10.03.2017)
AFP: Sea of Galilee water level lowest in century (07.03.2017)
The Watchers: First lightning detector in a geostationary orbit (06.03.2017)
AFP: Powerful aftershock hits quake-stricken Philippine city (05.03.2017)
San Francisco Chronicle: Riverbanks collapse after Oroville Dam spillway shut off (04.03.2017)
BuzzFeed: Dramatic New Photos Show The Catastrophic Damage At America’s Tallest Dam (04.03.2017)
AFP: Three killed in Italian avalanche (03.03.2017)
BBC: Weather supercomputing ‘heads to Italy’ (03.03.2017)
AFP: Zimbabwe seeks aid after floods kill over 240 in 3 months (03.03.2017)
New York Times: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Trappist (24.02.2017)
abcNEWS: Thousands flee, freeway shut in flooding near San Francisco (22.02.2017)
CNN: Deadly storm slams Southern California (18.02.2017)
AJC.com: Woman rescued when car falls into L.A. sinkhole (18.02.2017)
Hindustan Times: Kazakhstan: Seven army soldiers killed in avalanche, 16 rescued (17.02.2017)
AFP: Cyclone Dineo batters southern Mozambique, killing 7 (17.02.2017)
BBC: Christchurch fires: Homes destroyed and residents evacuated (16.02.2017)
Weather Underground: This is February? 80°F in Denver, 99° in Oklahoma, 66° in Iceland, 116° in Australia (14.02.2017)
Fox News: 8 dead, 3 missing after central China coal mine blast (13.02.2017)
LATimes: Oroville Dam spillway expected to fail; residents ordered to evacuate (12.02.2017)
ALJAZEERA: Australia battles bushfires as heatwave continues (12.02.2017)
LATimes: More than 200 whales swim away after New Zealand stranding (12.02.2017)
AFP: Myanmar jade mine landslide kills 9 (11.02.2017)
euronews: Philippines struck by strongest quake in more than 100 years (11.02.2017)
ABC News: More than 400 whales stranded on New Zealand beach (10.02.2017)
ABC News: Bali landslide leaves 12 people dead, homes wiped out (10.02.2017)
AFP: Afghan death toll from heavy snowfall, avalanches hits 191 (10.02.2017)
UPI: Explosion at French nuclear plant no risk of contamination (09.02.2017)
AFP: Rescuers battle to reach Afghan avalanche victims (06.02.2017)
CNN: Avalanches kill at least 59 in Afghanistan and Pakistan (05.02.2017)
FloodList: Floods affect 60,000 and destroy 1,800 homes in Lambayeque, Peru (05.02.2017)
The Watchers: Extreme levels of radiation detected at Fukushima No. 1 reactor (03.02.2017)
AFP: Renewables can't deliver Paris climate goals (31.01.2017)
ALJAZEERA: Floods lash Bolivia and Peru (28.01.2017)
CNN: Chile wildfires: At least 10 die in catastrophe (27.01.2017)
AFP: Heavy snowfall, freezing weather kills 27 children in Afghanistan (26.01.2017)
CNN: Italy avalanche: Hotel search ends with 29 dead, 11 rescued (26.01.2017)
ABC News: PNG: Tsunami threat passes after M7.9 tremor near Bougainville (22.01.2017)
AFP: Catastrophe declared as wildfires rage in central Chile (22.01.2017)
NBC News: Severe Storms Batter Georgia Leaving 11 Dead, 23 Injured (22.01.2017)
New York Times: At Least 20 Firefighters Killed in Tehran High-Rise Collapse (19.01.2017)
Reuters: Hopes fade of finding survivors buried under avalanche in Italy (19.01.2017)
South China Morning Post: China’s local bureaus ordered to stop issuing smog warnings (18.01.2017)
New York Times: Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year (18.01.2017)
The Watchers: Severe winter storm hits Japan, intense sea-effect snow (15.01.2017)
Chicago Tribune: Central U.S. ice storm falls short of dire forecasts (15.01.2017)
Reuters: More rain and pain expected as Thai flood death toll rises to 40 (14.01.2017)
BBC: Icy storm lashes France and Germany causing hardship (13.01.2017)
VOA: Migrants at Risk of Dying as Cold Blankets Southeast Europe (12.01.2017)
Reuters: Thai floods kill 21 and hit rubber production (09.01.2017)
abcNEWS: Beloved California Giant Sequoia Tree Felled by Storm (09.01.2017)
Reuters: More rain, snow forecast as U.S. storm brings floods to California (09.01.2017)
AFP: At least 23 people die in cold snap across Europe (08.01.2017)
Reuters: France orders massive duck cull to contain bird flu (04.01.2017)
The Watchers: Switzerland experienced driest December since 1864 (03.01.2017)
France24: Fire ravages homes in Chile port city of Valparaiso (03.01.2017)
The Weather Channel: Severe Storms Kill 6 Across US South, Including 5 in Alabama (03.01.2017)
The Atlantic: How a Region in Chile Survived an Earthquake With Just a Couple of Scratches (29.12.2016)
euronews: Floods kill at least eight in Bolivia (28.12.2016)
CNN: Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits off Chilean coast (26.12.2016)
CNN: Typhoon Nock-ten strands thousands in Philippines (26.12.2016)
ALJAZEERA: Typhoon Nock-Ten kills four people in the Philippines (26.12.2016)
YONHAP NEWS: S. Korea culls more than 22 million poultry over bird flu (24.12.2016)
ABC News: Broome (AUS) swamped in wettest December on record (23.12.2016)
The Watchers: Unexpected, powerful eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska (21.12.2016)
Reuters: Air pollution in northern Chinese city surpasses WHO guideline by 100 times (19.12.2016)
New Scientist: Molten iron river discovered speeding beneath Russia and Canada (19.12.2016)
PRESSTV: Ice storm near DC causes 100s of road crashes, killing 4, injuring many others (18.12.2016)
EveningStandard: Bird flu at British turkey farm sparks mass cull during Christmas run-up (17.12.2016)
ABC News: Papua New Guinea residents flee to hills after M7.9 quake, tsunami threat passes (16.12.2016)
Reuters: South Korea orders record cull of poultry to contain bird flu (15.12.2016)
EOS: 2016 Arctic Report Card Highlights Dramatic Changes in Region (15.12.2016)
CNN: Cyclone Vardah hits Indian city of Chennai, 10 dead (13.12.2016)
ALJAZEERA: Kenya fuel tanker explosion kills more than 30 (11.12.2016)
AP: Church Collapse in Uyo, Nigeria, Kills More Than 150 Worshipers (11.12.2016)
BN-D: 7 killed, 29 injured in Bulgarian tanker train explosion (10.12.2016)
USA Today: Fukushima radiation has reached U.S. shores (09.12.2016)
ABC News: M7.8 quake hits Solomon Islands, no reports of damage; tsunami alert cancelled (08.12.2016)
AFP: Thousands of geese die after landing in toxic US water (07.12.2016)
AFP: Paris chokes under worst winter pollution in decade (07.12.2016)
USA Today: Indonesia earthquake kills at least 97 (07.12.2016)
SWI: Stratospheric plane unveiled in Switzerland (07.12.2016)
Reuters: Heavy flooding in Thailand kills 14, inundates tourist isles (06.12.2016)
U of Colorado: Sea ice hits record low in November (06.12.2016)
CNN: Hawaii: Sand, surf and snow (05.12.2016)
Washington Post: Texas sinkhole swallows two cars, killing a Sheriff's deputy (05.12.2016)
AFP: China coal mine blasts kill 59 (03.12.2016)
The Watchers: 150 landslide dams, up to 100 000 landslides after Kaikoura NZ earthquake (02.12.2016)
Nature World News: Avian Flu Outbreak Expected in Europe and Asia (01.12.2016)
AFP: S. Korea confirms more cases of deadly bird flu (30.11.2016)
ULeicester: Research finds Earth's ‘technosphere’ now weighs 30 trillion tons (30.11.2016)
CNN: 3 dead in eastern Tennessee fires; Gatlinburg under curfew (29.11.2016)
New York Times: Great Barrier Reef Hit by Worst Coral Die-Off on Record (29.11.2016)
The Age: Melbourne should have been better prepared for thunderstorm asthma (29.11.2016)
The Guardian: Thunderstorm asthma claims sixth life in Melbourne, with five in intensive care (27.11.2016)
DOHA NEWS: Malls, roads and homes flood after heavy Qatar rain (26.11.2016)
CNN: Tropical Storm Otto kills at least 9 in Costa Rica (26.11.2016)
AFP: Satellites confirm sinking of San Francisco Tower (25.11.2016)
AFP: Sweden slaughters 200,000 hens on bird flu fears (25.11.2016)
AFP: '13 held' over China power plant collapse as toll hits 74 (25.11.2016)
ALJAZEERA: Scores killed in Iran train collision (25.11.2016)
Japan Times: Tokyo area gets first November dusting of snow in 54 years (24.11.2016)
Fox News: M7.0 offshore quake rattles Central America; Nicaragua declares emergency (24.11.2016)
Reuters: Hurricane Otto hits Nicaragua, Costa Rica as quake shakes region (24.11.2016)
Washington Post: 60,000 Israelis evacuated in Haifa as fires continue to rage (24.11.2016)
AFP: At least 67 killed in China power plant mishap (24.11.2016)
The Local: Northern Italy on high alert, battered by heavy rainstorms (24.11.2016)
The Guardian: Japan earthquake: 7.4 magnitude quake prompts tsunami warning (22.11.2016)
The Watchers: North Pole in the grip of extreme warmth, parts of Asia suffer frigid conditions (22.11.2016)
BBC: India train wreck - at least 142 dead (21.11.2016)
NASA: Next-Gen weather satellite GOES-R successfully launched by NASA (20.11.2016)
BBC: India train crash: 115 killed in derailment near Kanpur (20.11.2016)
NBC News: Wildfires Rage Across the South, Scorching More Than 100,000 Acres (17.11.2016)
UMD: Research Institutions Form Global Network to Accelerate Climate Action (17.11.2016)
WKMG: Trains collide, derail in Florida, causing massive fuel leak (16.11.2016)
BBC: New Zealand hit by aftershocks after severe earthquake (14.11.2016)
Time: Giant Sinkhole Swallows an Entire Street in Japan (08.11.2016)
Fox News: Substantial damage after earthquake rattles major Oklahoma oil hub (07.11.2016)
abcNEWS: Floods in Central Vietnam Kill 15, Leave 6 Missing (07.11.2016)
Washington Post: Deadly tornadoes strike Italy, near Rome (07.11.2016)
The Guardian: Indian government declares Delhi air pollution an emergency (06.11.2016)
AFP: Pakistan's Lahore chokes on toxic smog (03.11.2016)
ESA: Sentinel satellites reveal east-west shift in Italian quake (03.11.2016)
AFP: 3,000 Italian farms 'need quake help' (01.11.2016)
AFP: China blast kills 15 miners, 18 missing (31.10.2016)
CNN: Italy earthquake again: 6.6-magnitude tremor rocks nation's cen... (30.10.2016)
AFP: Fire At Iraq Sulphur Plant Out: Officials (29.10.2016)
National Geographic: World's Largest Marine Reserve Created Off Antarctica (28.10.2016)
BBC: Italy earthquakes: Widespread damage in historic towns (27.10.2016)
AFP: Humanity decimating planetary wildlife (27.10.2016)
France24: Colombia landslide kills at least six (26.10.2016)
The Watchers: Huge toxic plume spreading through the Middle East (26.10.2016)
NASA: 2016 Antarctic Ozone Hole Attains Moderate Size, Consistent With Scientific Expectations (25.10.2016)
WMO: The El Niño event has disappeared. Climate change has not. CO2 reaches 400ppm. (24.10.2016)
AccuWeather: Typhoon Haima slams China after killing 13 in the Philippines (21.10.2016)
LATimes: 6.6 earthquake rocks western Japan but poses no tsunami danger (21.10.2016)
RT: ‘Deadliest yet’: San Francisco-area quake faults found to be connected (20.10.2016)
The Weather Channel: Typhoon Haima targets SE China after hitting Northern Philippines (20.10.2016)
France24: Haiti sees 800 new cholera cases after hurricane (19.10.2016)
Wired: Watch Live as the ESA’s Probe Lands on the Red Planet (19.10.2016)
The Weather Channel: N. Carolina Flooding Crisis continues: Parts of I-95 Closed for Weeks (16.10.2016)
The Guardian: Vietnam floods: deaths reported, tens of thousands of homes destroyed (16.10.2016)
Channelnewsasia.com: Thousands flee as typhoon smashes into Philippines (16.10.2016)
CBCnews: Nearly 200 nations agree to cut HFCs to reduce greenhouse gases (15.10.2016)
USA Today: Storm brings twisters, heavy rain to US Pacific Northwest (14.10.2016)
AccuWeather: Hurricane Nicole unleashes 120-mph winds in rare strike on Bermuda (14.10.2016)
abcNEWS: Famine Fears Rise in Haiti After Devastating Hurricane (11.10.2016)
abcNEWS: Matthew Downgraded to Post-Tropical Cyclone and Heads out to Atlantic (09.10.2016)
AFP: After hurricane, Haiti confronts cholera outbreak (09.10.2016)
The Watchers: Explosive eruption of Japan's Mount Aso spews ash 11 km. height (08.10.2016)
Reuters: Haiti Death Toll Nears 900 in Hurricane Matthew's Wake (08.10.2016)
abcNEWS: Hurricane Matthew Makes Landfall in South Carolina (08.10.2016)
New York Times: Hurricane Matthew Approaches Florida; Governor Urges 1.5 Million to Flee (06.10.2016)
BBC: Hundreds dead in Haiti storm disaster (06.10.2016)
Time: Paris Climate Change Agreement Set to Take Effect After Quick Ratification Process (05.10.2016)
The Watchers: Matthew makes direct hit on Haiti, death toll near 900 (04.10.2016)
Fox News: Hurricane Matthew could bring 40 inches of rain to Haiti (03.10.2016)
The Hindu: India ratifies historic Paris climate deal at U.N. (02.10.2016)
The Watchers: Perfect storm creates weather events never seen before in South Australia (30.09.2016)
CNN: North Korea floods: Survivors homeless, sick as winter looms (30.09.2016)
AFP: At least 8 dead, 19 missing after China landslides (29.09.2016)
DLR: New 3D world map – TanDEM-X global elevation model completed (29.09.2016)
France24: Tourists evacuated as Indonesian volcano erupts (28.09.2016)
xinhuanet: Landslide leaves 27 missing in east China (28.09.2016)
AFP: Siberia forest fires engulf 2 mn hectares (28.09.2016)
AFP: Chinese coal accident kills 18, traps 2 (27.09.2016)
WHO: Country estimates on air pollution exposure and health impact released (27.09.2016)
AFP: Typhoon Megi leaves trail of damage as it hits Taiwan (27.09.2016)
AFP: Amazon forest fire threatens natives, wildlife in Peru (21.09.2016)
AFP: ICC prosecutors to step up focus on ecological crimes (15.09.2016)
ShanghaiDaily: Taiwan’s strongest typhoon in 21 years brings island to a standstill (15.09.2016)
NSIDC: 2016 ties with 2007 for second lowest Arctic sea ice minimum (15.09.2016)
AFP: North Korea says floods 'worst disaster' since WWII (14.09.2016)
The Watchers: Wettest September 3-day stretch for parts of Victoria in 100 years, Australia (14.09.2016)
AFP: South Korea clearing up after strongest ever quake (13.09.2016)
AFP: Greenland sets record temperatures, ice melts early (13.09.2016)
NBC News: Emergency Declared in Oklahoma After Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake (04.09.2016)
AccuWeather: Powerful Typhoon Namtheun slams Japan with floods & damaging winds (03.09.2016)
BBC: Japan's typhoon aftermath leaves widespread damage (02.09.2016)
PBS: Why Hermine is the first hurricane to hit U.S. soil in over a decade (02.09.2016)
The Guardian: As earthquake death toll rises Italy questions why it was so unprepared (31.08.2016)
CNN: Japan braces for a third powerful storm in a week (31.08.2016)
The Independent: Norway lightning strike kills 323 reindeer (30.08.2016)
New York Times: Powerful Earthquake in Italy Kills Dozens and Shatters Towns (24.08.2016)
WSJ: Myanmar Quake Damages Nearly 100 Bagan Pagodas (24.08.2016)
CNN: Closest potentially habitable planet to our solar system found (24.08.2016)
National Geographic: Potentially habitable planet found orbiting star closest to sun (24.08.2016)
NBC News: More Than 300 Dead in India as Floods Force Villagers Into Relief Camps (23.08.2016)
AFP: Hundreds of flights grounded as typhoon strikes near Tokyo (22.08.2016)
AFP: Over 17,000 firefighters battle monster fires in US (19.08.2016)
THOMSON REUTERS: U.S. village in Alaska votes to relocate due to climate change (18.08.2016)
NOAA: July was hottest month on record for the globe (17.08.2016)
Washington Post: July was ‘absolutely’ Earth’s hottest month ever recorded (17.08.2016)
Reuters: Southern California orders 82,000 people to evacuate over wildfire (17.08.2016)
New York Times: As Louisiana Floodwaters Recede, the Scope of Disaster Comes Into View (16.08.2016)
AFP: Earthquake in Peru kills at least nine (15.08.2016)
AP: Shallow Quake in Peru Kills at Least 4, Including U.S. Tourist (15.08.2016)
NBCNews.com: Louisiana Flooding: At Least Three Dead, 7000+ Rescued (14.08.2016)
AFP: Sudan floods kill 100, destroy villages (14.08.2016)
The Guardian: 12 dead in Burkina Faso floods (11.08.2016)
Mirror: At least 3 dead and hundreds hospitalised as blazes sweep through Portugal (10.08.2016)
NBCNews.com: Thousands Evacuated as Several Fires Blaze Across Southern France (10.08.2016)
Fox News: Wildfire threatens thousands of homes in Southern California (10.08.2016)
USA Today: Hurricane Earl death toll in Mexico rises to 38 (08.08.2016)
BBC: Macedonia storm: Deadly freak floods hit Skopje (07.08.2016)
The Sun: Devastating wildfires tear through Canary Island (04.08.2016)
AFP: Australia boosts climate science research in u-turn (04.08.2016)
BBC: Many missing after India bridge collapses on key Goa highway (03.08.2016)
Motherboard: To Prevent a Nuclear Disaster, Washington Firefighters Burned a Whole Mountain (03.08.2016)
Channelnewsasia.com: Volcanic eruptions in Indonesia hit air travel (03.08.2016)
Straits Times: China sinkhole swallows passers-by (03.08.2016)
NOAA: International report confirms Earth is hot and getting hotter (02.08.2016)
Sputnik: Russia's First Solar-Powered Satellite Completes Test Flight (02.08.2016)
BBC: Popocatepetl volcano spews ash and rocks over Mexico City (02.08.2016)
CNN: Hong Kong soaked but safe as Typhoon Nida is downgraded (02.08.2016)
BBC: Canadian city ravaged by wildfires hit with heavy flooding (01.08.2016)
AFP: False megaquake alert shakes Tokyo (01.08.2016)
NBCNews.com: 100 Rescued After Flooding Causes 'Tremendous Devastation' in Maryland (31.07.2016)
AFP: Solar panels blaze at water park in Taiwan heatwave (28.07.2016)
AFP: Northern Vietnam struck by powerful storm (28.07.2016)
Channelnewsasia.com: Floods, landslides kill at least 58 in Nepal (27.07.2016)
The Guardian: Solar plane makes history after completing round-the-world trip (26.07.2016)
UPI: Emergency declared after Husky oil spill (26.07.2016)
AFP: Nearly 300 dead or missing from China flooding (25.07.2016)
AFP: Raging wildfire engulfs California homes, film set (25.07.2016)
Washington Post: Hottest temperatures ever recorded in Middle East (22.07.2016)
Reuters: Quake of magnitude 5.0 hits Tokyo and eastern Japan, no major damage (17.07.2016)
UPI: Death toll in China from Typhoon Nepartak increases to 10 dead, 11 missing (12.07.2016)
New York Times: Widespread Flooding in China Kills Over 160, Providing a Test for Leaders (09.07.2016)
CNBC: Typhoon floods Chinese stadium like a bathtub (08.07.2016)
AFP: Landslide kills 35 in northwest China (08.07.2016)
The Guardian: Super typhoon Nepartak causes devastation across Taiwan's coastline (08.07.2016)
CBCnews: Fort McMurray wildfire costliest insured disaster in Canadian history (07.07.2016)
ABC News: Typhoon Nepartak: Thousands evacuated as super-typhoon barrels towards Taiwan (07.07.2016)
ABC News: China floods leave more than 120 dead, scores missing (06.07.2016)
AFP: NASA's Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, 'king of solar system' (05.07.2016)
CNN: Dozens killed by floods across Pakistan and India (04.07.2016)
ALJAZEERA: China: Torrential rains cause widespread flooding (03.07.2016)
LA Herald Tribune: Peru Government Declares Cold Wave Emergency (03.07.2016)
UPI: China finishes world's largest radio telescope to search for alien life (03.07.2016)
AFP: Flash floods kill 43 in northern Pakistan (03.07.2016)
AFP: Landslides and flooding kill 25 in India (02.07.2016)
Chinook Observer: Ocean Observatories Initiative data now live (01.07.2016)
NASA: NASA's Juno Spacecraft Getting Close to Jupiter (01.07.2016)
AFP: Vietnam says Taiwanese steel mill to pay $500m for pollution (30.06.2016)
The Weather Channel: Deadly West Virginia Flooding Leaves Thousands Homeless (28.06.2016)
Fox News: At least 2 dead, 60,000 acres lost to California wildfires (27.06.2016)
ALJAZEERA: China tornado kills almost 100 people in Jiangsu (25.06.2016)
abcNEWS: 14 Dead in West Virginia Flooding (24.06.2016)
The Guardian: Solar plane completes first-ever Atlantic flight (23.06.2016)
AFP: 78 dead, 500 hurt by storms in eastern China (23.06.2016)
The Guardian: Indian farmers demand action as lightning kills 93 people in two days (22.06.2016)
Japan Times: Heavy rain kills six in Kumamoto, Japan (21.06.2016)
ABC News: Death toll from Indonesia floods, landslides rises to 47 (20.06.2016)
NBCNews.com: Intense Heatwave Kills Four, Feeds Southwest US Wildfires (19.06.2016)
Huffington Post: California Wildfire Spreads, Forms Fire Tornadoes (19.06.2016)
USA Today: Solar Impulse 2 lands in New York City, final U.S. destination (11.06.2016)
Channelnewsasia.com: Annual monsoon arrives in drought-hit India (08.06.2016)
Newsweek: Louvre to reopen after historic Paris floods (07.06.2016)
AFP: Surging river water kills five hikers in Taiwan (06.06.2016)
BBC: Australia storm kills three people, with more missing (06.06.2016)
CNN: Texas floods: Fort Hood death toll rises to 9 (05.06.2016)
BBC: France floods: Louvre to close as Seine rises further (02.06.2016)
AFP: Torrential downpours wreak havoc in north Europe (01.06.2016)
AFP: First residents return to fire-ravaged Canadian city (01.06.2016)
The Independent: Deadly lightning storms strike Europe (29.05.2016)
AFP: Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania on record-breaking flight (26.05.2016)
NZHerald: The 51C heatwave that's melting India (26.05.2016)
AFP: More Than 70 Missing After Landslide in Myanmar’s Jade-Mining Region (25.05.2016)
AFP: Peru declares mercury poison emergency due to gold mining (24.05.2016)
AAP: At least 20 dead as landslide sweeps Yemen village (23.05.2016)
CNN: Mount Sinabung volcano erupts in Indonesia, killing 7 (23.05.2016)
AccuWeather: Cyclone Roanu leaves at least 21 people dead in Bangladesh (22.05.2016)
The Guardian: Sri Lanka landslides kill at least 73 with scores more missing (21.05.2016)
BBC: Volcano ash covers Costa Rica towns (21.05.2016)
ABC News: Sri Lanka landslides: 37 dead, 150 more feared buried after days of torrential rain (19.05.2016)
Fox News: Oklahoma gov declares state of emergency after tornadoes, strong storms kill 2 (10.05.2016)
Reuters: China landslide death toll climbs to 34 (09.05.2016)
BBC: Alberta blaze reaches Saskatchewan (08.05.2016)
AFP: Four rescued six days after Kenya building collapse (06.05.2016)
BBC: Massive Canada wildfire spreads south forcing more evacuations (06.05.2016)
AFP: Wave of dead sea creatures hits Chile's beaches (05.05.2016)
UC San Diego: Three Earth-Sized Planets Found Orbiting a Tiny Nearby Star (02.05.2016)
NSF: Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species (02.05.2016)
Boston University: Extensive Leaf Growth Worldwide Due to Global Warming (27.04.2016)
BBC: Second EU radar Sentinel satellite launches (26.04.2016)
NBCNews.com: Solar Impulse 2 Lands in California After Risky 3-Day Flight (24.04.2016)
The Watchers: Widespread flooding displaces tens of thousands across Uruguay, (22.04.2016)
ALJAZEERA: Fear mounts as heat wave envelops India (21.04.2016)
Reuters: Ecuador disaster toll tops 500, big new quake shakes coast (20.04.2016)
The Watchers: 13 000 liters of nuclear waste leak from double-shell tank at Hanford, US (20.04.2016)
Channelnewsasia.com: Japan battles to care for 100,000 evacuees after quake (19.04.2016)
AFP: Natural disasters since 1900 'have cost $7 trillion' (19.04.2016)
AFP: Extreme rain triggered health crisis on South Pacific island (18.04.2016)
CNN: Ecuador earthquake: Death toll jumps to 238; more than 1,500 wounded (18.04.2016)
CNN: Houston largely shut down amid rain, flooding (18.04.2016)
AFP: Chile heavy rain leaves millions without water, closes copper mine (17.04.2016)
CNN: Ecuador earthquake: 77 killed, hundreds injured (17.04.2016)
AFP: Storms leave three million without water in Chile capital (17.04.2016)
Reuters: Second deadly quake hits southern Japan, rescuers race against time (16.04.2016)
BBC: Deadly earthquake topples houses in southern Japan (14.04.2016)
AFP: Downpour kills more than 40 in Saudi Arabia, Yemen (14.04.2016)
GIZMODO: Solar-Powered Airplane Solar Impulse 2 to Continue Round-the-World Flight (13.04.2016)
Channelnewsasia.com: Crane collapse kills 18 in southern China (13.04.2016)
ALJAZEERA: Severe heatwave grips Malaysia (11.04.2016)
AFP: Death toll from South Asian quake rises to 6 (11.04.2016)
The Weather Channel: Late Snow Blankets the Great Lakes and US Northeast in Early April (09.04.2016)
AFP: Pakistan searches for 23 people trapped by landslides (06.04.2016)
ALJAZEERA: Scores dead as flash floods ravage northwest Pakistan (04.04.2016)
ABC News: Australia - March temperatures sets record as hottest ever (01.04.2016)
AFP: Rivers turn to dust as drought bites Somalia (31.03.2016)
AFP: Powerful winds bring outages, traffic chaos to western Europe (29.03.2016)
NASA: 2016 Arctic Sea Ice Wintertime Extent Hits Another Record Low (28.03.2016)
The Watchers: Abrupt eruption of Pavlof volcano sends ash to 6 km a.s.l., Alaska (27.03.2016)
Physics Today: Global carbon dioxide emissions decline for a second year (23.03.2016)
WMO: World Meteorological Day. Hotter, Drier, Wetter. Face the Future. (23.03.2016)
UNESCO: 20 sites added to World Network of Biosphere Reserves (19.03.2016)
AFP: Mongolia herders face disaster: Red Cross (18.03.2016)
USA Today: Hailstorm smashes cars, covers streets in Dallas-Fort Worth area (17.03.2016)
PRESS TV: Deaths from flooding in Pakistan rises to 42 (14.03.2016)
Weather Network: Massive algae bloom kills 23 million salmon (14.03.2016)
AFP: Rising seas swamp Marshall Islands (11.03.2016)
AFP: Record leap in carbon dioxide seen in 2015 (11.03.2016)
AFP: Downpour shuts UAE schools, disrupts flights (09.03.2016)
AFP: South Sudan oil production pollution threatens thousands (04.03.2016)
AFP: Guatemala on alert as volcano spews ash over vast area (02.03.2016)
AFP: Brazil mine disaster company settles for $6.2 billion (02.03.2016)
AFP: Powerful 7.8 magnitude quake hits W. Indonesia, tsunami alert (02.03.2016)
Channelnewsasia.com: Vietnam hit by worst drought in 90 years (01.03.2016)
Bloomberg: South African Growth Weakens Amid Worst Drought in 100 Years (01.03.2016)
NASA: Drought in eastern Mediterranean worst of past 900 years (01.03.2016)
ALJAZEERA: Peru declares emergency after oil spill hits rivers (29.02.2016)
Superstation95: False alarm: carbon monoxide 'apparent' spike on US West Coast (27.02.2016)
Reuters: Fiji cyclone death toll rises to 42: official (26.02.2016)
UC Davis: California Blowout Led to Largest U.S. Methane Release Ever (25.02.2016)
NBCNews.com: Deadly Storms Trigger Tornado Alert from Florida to Mid-Atlantic (24.02.2016)
BBC: India caste unrest: 'Ten million without water' in Delhi (22.02.2016)
ALJAZEERA: Tropical Cyclone Winston death toll rises as Fiji starts clean-up (22.02.2016)
Rutgers U: Sea level rise in 20th century was fastest in 3,000 years (22.02.2016)
The Weather Channel: Cyclone Winston Makes Category 5 Landfall; Strongest on Record in Fiji (20.02.2016)
AFP: Massive California gas leak permanently capped (18.02.2016)
AFP: Tragic tales of loss in Taiwan as search for quake survivors ends (14.02.2016)
BBC: New Zealand cliffs collapse in Christchurch earthquake (14.02.2016)
The Guardian: 150,000 penguins die after giant iceberg renders colony landlocked (13.02.2016)
NBCNews.com: Polar Vortex to Bring 'Coldest Air for More Than a Decade' to US Northeast (12.02.2016)
New York Times: Supreme Court Deals Blow to Obama’s Efforts to Regulate Coal Emissions (09.02.2016)
Scientific American: Australia Cuts 110 Climate Scientist Jobs (08.02.2016)
Huffington Post: Sakurajima Volcano Shoots Out Lava, Ash And Lightning During Eruption (07.02.2016)
BBC: Deadly earthquake topples buildings in Taiwan city of Tainan (06.02.2016)
U of Exeter: Bee virus spread manmade and emanates from Europe (05.02.2016)
abcNEWS: Torrential Rain Causes Second Oregon Sinkhole (29.01.2016)
The Weather Channel: Storm Jonas: At Least 50 Dead, Economic Impact $850 Million (29.01.2016)
BBC: Astronomers discover largest solar system (27.01.2016)
IBT: Temperature records tumble as polar vortex and ice storm sweep across eastern Asia (25.01.2016)
Fox News: 17 dead, 100,000 without power in US northeast, NY travel ban due to blizzard (24.01.2016)
USGS: Alaska hit by 6.8-magnitude earthquake (24.01.2016)
BBC: US snowstorm: 85 million in path of huge blizzard (23.01.2016)
Washington Post: EPA issues emergency order over Flint water crisis, Michigan (22.01.2016)
NASA: Multiple Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015 (20.01.2016)
Fox News: 2 dead, several injured as storms rip through Florida (17.01.2016)
Washington Post: Alex becomes first Atlantic hurricane to form in January since 1938 (14.01.2016)
Durham University: World's Largest Canyon? (13.01.2016)
Stanford: New lithium-ion battery shuts down at high temperatures and restarts when it cools (12.01.2016)
MIT: A nanophotonic comeback for incandescent bulbs (11.01.2016)
BBC: Australia Waroona fire threatens more towns after devastating Yarloop (08.01.2016)
BBC: Scotland flooding: Record high for river levels (08.01.2016)
AFP: Heavy rain pounds California (07.01.2016)
CNN: Porter Ranch gas leak triggers state of emergency in California (07.01.2016)
Australian BoM: El Niño likely past its peak (05.01.2016)
AFP: Texas blizzard kills 15,000 cows (04.01.2016)
AFP: US towns at risk as levees fail amid rare winter floods (04.01.2016)
AFP: Sub-zero weather kills 21 in Poland over weekend (04.01.2016)
The Indian Express: 7 killed, over 90 injured as strong quake hits North-East India (04.01.2016)
Munich Re: El Niño curbs losses from natural catastrophes in 2015 (04.01.2016)
BBC: Poland cold snap toll rises to 21 dead (04.01.2016)
AccuWeather: Flooding inundates St. Louis, Missouri highways as Mississippi River crests (02.01.2016)
ABC News: Cyclone Ula: Hundreds evacuated as first Pacific cyclone of 2016 slams into Tonga, heads for Fiji (01.01.2016)
ABC News: Tehran bans outdoor sport, closes schools after two weeks of heavy pollution (30.12.2015)
AFP: Freak storm sank China ferry with loss of 450 lives (30.12.2015)
CNN: Derailed train in Australia had more than 200,000 gallons of acid on board (29.12.2015)
AFP: Floods claim 13 lives, force evacuation of US town (29.12.2015)
AFP: Biggest snow storm in decades hits north Mexico (28.12.2015)
AFP: Christmas 'cancelled' in Nigerian town as gas blast kills nine (27.12.2015)
AFP: Scores injured as powerful quake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan (27.12.2015)
NBCNews.com: Texas Storms, Tornadoes Leave at Least 11 Dead Around Dallas Area (27.12.2015)
news.com.au: Victorian bushfires destroy more than 100 homes (27.12.2015)
NBCNews.com: Firefighters Gaining Control Over Explosive Ventura, California, Fire (27.12.2015)
AFP: Recovery underway after storms kill 17 in southern US (26.12.2015)
AFP: Toxic smog brings nightmare 'white Christmas' to Beijing (25.12.2015)
BBC: US storms: At least 11 dead in trail of destruction (25.12.2015)
BBC: China smog sparks red alerts in 10 cities (24.12.2015)
AFP: Five dead, 150,000 evacuated in Latin America floods (24.12.2015)
AFP: Solar Impulse 2 ready to fly again by April 20 (23.12.2015)
OPEC: 2015 World Oil Outlook (23.12.2015)
Japan Today: Thousands of plants cut production as Beijing smog persists (21.12.2015)
Japan Times: China landslide leaves 91 missing, sparks gas explosion (21.12.2015)
AFP: Death toll rises to 45 in storm-hit Philippines (21.12.2015)
AFP: Spanish firefighters battle a hundred wildfires in Asturias (20.12.2015)
NASA: Air quality for the top 195 world cities (20.12.2015)
NASA: El Niño Observations (20.12.2015)
NOAA: Global Analysis - November 2015 (18.12.2015)
NASA: NASA Releases New High-Resolution Earthrise Image (18.12.2015)
AFP: New storm approaches Philippines after typhoon kills 20 (17.12.2015)
ABC News: Clean-up underway in Sydney after 'unprecedented' storm delivers 213kph winds (15.12.2015)
NOAA: Arctic air warmest in 115 years (15.12.2015)
BBC: COP21: Climate deal 'final draft' reached in Paris (12.12.2015)
NASA: U.S. Pacific Northwest's Extreme Rainfall Tallied (10.12.2015)
AFP: 31 dead, 20,000 families homeless in torrential rain in Kinshasa (09.12.2015)
AFP: Beijing slashes traffic in pollution red alert (08.12.2015)
AFP: At least two dead in earthquake in Tajikistan (07.12.2015)
AFP: Britain deploys army to rescue Storm Desmond flood victims (06.12.2015)
UNFCCC: Australia establishes International Partnership for Blue Carbon (06.12.2015)
AFP: India's southern city of Chennai grapples with deadly flood aftermath (05.12.2015)
AFP: Rescuers race to reach victims of deadly India floods (04.12.2015)
AFP: Indonesian landslide buries 18 villagers (03.12.2015)
AFP: Hurricane season shatters records (01.12.2015)
UNISDR: Americas hit hard by El Niño (27.11.2015)
ABC News: Two dead in South Australia bushfire (26.11.2015)
AFP: Flooding brings Qatar to near standstill (26.11.2015)
WMO: 2015 likely to be Warmest on Record, 2011-2015 Warmest Five Year Period (25.11.2015)
AFP: Australian bushfires leave four dead in 'day from hell' (18.11.2015)
EMIRATES247: Saudi flooding death toll hits eight (18.11.2015)
BBC: China landslide: Search for survivors continues as death toll reaches 25 (16.11.2015)
Tech Times: Magnitude 7 Earthquake Rattles Southern Coast Of Japan (14.11.2015)
BBC: 'Most distant' Solar System object spied (11.11.2015)
BBC: Brazil dams burst: 'Hopes of finding survivors fading' (08.11.2015)
AFP: Panic, deaths as Yemen's Socotra hit by new cyclone (08.11.2015)
AFP: Over 90,000 hit by Somalia floods: UN (07.11.2015)
BBC: Heavy fog delays flights across Europe (02.11.2015)
ALJAZEERA: Deadly cyclone wreaking havoc in Yemeni waters (02.11.2015)
rfi: France, China agree on climate change checks (02.11.2015)
AFP: Cyclone heads for Yemen after injuring 200 islanders (02.11.2015)
CBS: Huge Crack Discovered In Earth In Wyoming (31.10.2015)
NBCNews.com: Texas Storms Bring Destructive Flooding, More Tornadoes (31.10.2015)
NOAA: Annual Antarctic ozone hole larger and formed later in 2015 (29.10.2015)
AFP: Huge fire in Brazil's jungle threatens tribes (28.10.2015)
AP: Death Toll Rises Above 375 in Afghanistan, Pakistan Earthquake (27.10.2015)
Channelnewsasia.com: Powerful quake rocks South Asia, 70 dead (26.10.2015)
AFP: 5 dead as heavy rains pound Egypt's Alexandria (25.10.2015)
CBS NEWS: Mexico appears to dodge major damage as Patricia fizzles (24.10.2015)
CNN: Patricia, strongest recorded hurricane with 200-mph winds, menaces Mexico (23.10.2015)
AFP: 'Worst haze in a decade' blankets S. Thailand (22.10.2015)
AFP: First nine months of 2015 shatter heat records (21.10.2015)
AFP: Flood misery in Philippines after typhoon kills 22 (20.10.2015)
NASA: Daily Views of Earth Available on New NASA Website (19.10.2015)
AFP: El Nino brings rain to California but won't end drought (19.10.2015)
AFP: Malaysia again shuts schools due to Indonesia smoke haze (18.10.2015)
CNN: Thousands displaced as Typhoon Koppu pummels northern Philippines (18.10.2015)
BBC: Five dead after southern Europe rains (16.10.2015)
CBS: Massive Mudslide, Flash Flood Shuts Down Grapevine On US I-5 In Both Directions (15.10.2015)
Space.com: Giant 'Hole' in Sun Is 50 Earths Wide (15.10.2015)
AccuWeather: Cold 'Blob' in Atlantic Ocean May Affect Weather in Europe, Eastern US (11.10.2015)
AFP: Guatemala mudslide toll rises to 253 dead (09.10.2015)
AFP: Ecuador volcano spews giant ash column (08.10.2015)
AFP: Vulnerable nations launch 'V20' to fight climate change (08.10.2015)
CNN: South Carolina governor calls deadly rain a 'thousand-year' event (05.10.2015)
AP: Typhoon roars into south China, killing 9 (05.10.2015)
National Geographic: Chile Creates Largest Marine Reserve in the Americas (05.10.2015)
AP: Hope Dims for Finding Survivors of Deadly Guatemala Mudslide (04.10.2015)
Reuters: Hundreds feared dead in Guatemala landslide (04.10.2015)
BBC: 17 dead on French Riviera after storms (04.10.2015)
The Guardian: New Zealand's new ocean reserve will be one of world's largest protected areas (29.09.2015)
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