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At least 151 people lost their lives in landslides as of Wednesday, triggered by torrential monsoon rains. The number of casualties is expected to rise. Landslides in southern India’s Kerala state have killed

Authorities have shot and killed a brown mother bear in the Alpine province of Trento after it attacked a French hiker. Animal rights groups were outraged, as the latest hiccup in a

Kim Jong Un “personally guided” a military rescue operation that saved 5,000 people threatened by floods, state media reported. North Korean state media on Monday said more than 5,000 people isolated by flooding

Heavy rains in Japan’s northwest have triggered floods and landslides, disrupting transportation and forcing hundreds of residents to take shelter on safer ground. At least four people were missing in Japan after heavy rains

A fast-moving wall of flames descended on the town of Jasper, leaving a path of destruction. Canada is dealing with hundreds of wildfires, many of which are out of control. Up to

Plans to pave a highway running through the Amazon have been suspended over fears it would increase deforestation. It was first introduced by former President Jair Bolsonaro. A Brazilian federal court on Thursday ruled

Firefighters are working to protect an oil pipeline in the Jasper National Park as a wildfire reached the area. Locals and tourists have already been evacuated from the region. A wildfire reached

Search operations for the missing crew will be carried out once the weather stabilizes. Typhoon Gaemi passed over Taiwan overnight, killing at least two and injuring more than 200 people. Taiwan’s Central

The climate group Last Generation broke on to the runway and glued themselves to the ground. An airport spokesperson said the demonstrators had been arrested. Flights were temporarily suspended at Cologne/Bonn airport

All flights were grounded and schools and offices were closed in Taiwan, as the island braced for one of the strongest storms in years that is expected to unload damaging winds and