To mark “Earth Overshoot Day,” which lands on 22 August this year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing alarming statistics...
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United States: Parts of northern California under choking haze from multiple wildfires
California, US : Tens of thousands of displaced Californians huddled under mass evacuation orders in the midst of a heat wave and a...
Ireland: Storm Ellen sends severe winds and crashing waves to coast
Louth, Ireland : Waves caused by Storm Ellen crashed over a beach barrier on Ireland's northeast coast on Thursday morning, as...
China's 1300-year-old Buddha statue endangered by floods
Leshan, Sichuan, China : A 1,300-year-old stone Buddha in China's Sichuan province has been endangered by floods overloading i...
China: 21 cars fall into sinkhole as road collapses in Southwest China
Yibin, Sichuan, China : A huge sinkhole swallowed 21 vehicles on Wednesday after a road collapsed after midnight in southwest China,...
Strong quake in Philippines, damages quarantine centre
Masbate City, Philippines : A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing at least one person and damaging ...
Millions displaced as floods continue to inundate one-third of Bangladesh
Louhajang, Bangladesh : About one-third of Bangladesh has been inundated by floods with local media reporting on Wednesday that mil...
Mauritius Oil Spill: Thousands of environmental activists are working around the clock
Mauritius : Tens of thousands of volunteers in Mauritius are now racing against time to clear and contain a serious oil spill caus...
Beluga whales released into world's first open sea sanctuary
Heimaey, Iceland : Two former captive beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, were successfully released into the world's ...
Typhoon Mekkhala makes landfall in east China's Fujian
Fujian, China : Mekkhala, the sixth typhoon of this year, landed in east China's Fujian Province on Tuesday morning, local met...
Mauritius declares environmental emergency as oil spill ruins coast
Riviere Des Creoles, Mauritius : Fuel spilling from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago i...
Satellite images show MV Wakashio leaking oil off the coast of Mauritius
Pointe d'Esny : Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth declared a "state of environmental emergency" on Friday, Aug...
Indonesia: Volunteers release 10,000 baby turtles in Bali
Bali, Indonesia : Thousands of scaly, mini-flippered baby sea turtles took their first plunge into the ocean at a beach in Indonesia...
Italy: Fly over the melting Mont Blanc glacier at risk of collapse
Plampincieux, Italy : Officials have evacuated part of an alpine valley on the border with France because of the threat that part of...
Four killed as Tropical Storm Isaias pounds US Northeast
USA : Tropical Storm Isaias killed at least four people on Tuesday, August 4 as it made its way up the U.S. Atlantic Coast, includi...
Typhoon Hagupit caused flood inundates homes, farmland in east China
Zhejiang, China : The powerful Typhoon Hagupit brought heavy rains caused floods in Pan'an County, east China's Zhejiang P...
Millions displaced in Bangladesh as monsoon floods continue amid coronavirus worries
Sirajdikhan, Bangladesh : Severe flooding continued in parts of Bangladesh on Tuesday, August 4, with millions displaced. In the S...
South Korea's rainstorms cause 15 deaths, leave muddy mess
South Korea : Heavy rains in South Korea, which lasted for four straight days, have left 15 people dead and 11 others missing as of ...
Hurricane Isaias lashes the Bahamas as it bears down on Florida
Florida, US : Hurricane Isaias strengthened slightly as it lashed the Bahamas on Saturday, August 1, bearing down on Florida, and w...
About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires: WWF
Sydney, Australia : Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in...
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