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Concerns over heatwave as wildfires continue to flare up in Germany

Rain is necessary to ease the forest fire in Germany’s Saxon Switzerland national park that started more than a week ago, the local authority...

Heatwave in Britain causes severe travel disruption

High temperatures have brought severe disruption to rail services throughout Britain as the country wilts under a heatwave. Dozens of trains were cancelled or delayed...

Europe under deadly hot spell as wildfires displace thousands

Heat waves engulfing western and southern Europe show no sign of abating. Temperature records are expected to renew in some countries and the scorching sun...

Thousands flee in Greece as wildfires sweep through Mediterranean

Thousands of people fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens on Friday, August 6, 2021 as Greece faced a fourth day of wildfires...

Extreme heatwaves are not being recorded in sub-Saharan Africa, study reveals

Extreme heat events in sub-Saharan Africa are rapidly worsening because of climate change – but the records suggest they are not happening, and thus...

Refugees groan under Middle East heatwaves

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) will set up a committee to examine whether Mitrabah, Kuwait, set a new highest temperature record for the Eastern...

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Expert outlines causes, measures to mitigate flood in Yobe

An environmental expert, Dr Babagana Boso, has called on stakeholders in Yobe to take urgent action to mitigate flood...
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WHO official dismisses rumors about new virus in Russia

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) country office in Russia, Batyr Berdyklychev, has dismissed rumors about a...

Philippines expresses alarm over rising adult tobacco, vape use

The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, April 4, 2025, expressed alarm over the increasing prevalence of adult...

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Expert outlines causes, measures to mitigate flood in Yobe

An environmental expert, Dr Babagana Boso, has called on...

WHO official dismisses rumors about new virus in Russia

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) country...