Strong El Nino expected to raise extreme weather risks into 2027: UN weather agency

El Nino is firmly established and expected to strengthen further in the coming months, increasing risks of floods, drought and extreme heat, the UN weather agency said Thursday.

Pacific islands warned of food shortages due to warming

The Pacific islands will face food shortages and drinking water will be impacted by rising seas, scientists have warned, as a UN report found the world would fail to limit global warming to 1.5C.

Greenland’s Ice Sheet retreat sends grim message, researchers say

Greenland’s vast ice sheet, which covers about 80% of its territory, is shrinking for the 30th consecutive year, according to the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS).

Spain sees record 5,232 heat-related deaths this summer

 The number of deaths linked to extremely hot weather in Spain during the summer period has reached an all-time high, with 5,232 people dead. According to data from the daily mortality monitoring system, 2,147 people died from high temperatures in August alone this year.

Algeria battles scores of wildfires that have killed 12, injured dozens

Sixty-four wildfires were still burning across 10 Algerian provinces on Friday, most of them in the eastern Jijel province, after authorities extinguished 110 out of 174 fires that erupted nationwide over the past 24 hours.

Nepal, China warn of fresh flood risks with lakes threatening to burst

Nepal ⁠and China both warned ​on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas as two lakes that ​have developed on either side of their border threaten to burst in a region still grappling with this week's catastrophic flood.