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Brazil braces for more fires amid extreme low humidity

More than a thousand Brazilian municipalities were on alert Thursday due to very low humidity—in some cases comparable to that of the Sahara desert—as the country is gripped by a historic drought that has fueled major ...

Powerful Typhoon Shanshan slams into southern Japan

One of Japan's strongest typhoons in decades dumped torrential rain across southern regions on Thursday, with one person missing and at least 80 injured as authorities warned of life-threatening flooding and landslides.

Extreme weather threatens survival of seabirds and seals

Scientists have identified the Australian and Antarctic marine predators most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and it will help focus conservation efforts for species under threat.

Turkey battles forest fires for third day

Firefighters were battling a strong forest fire in Turkey's Aegean city of Izmir for a third day on Saturday, AFP reporters said, a day after hundreds of local people in nearby villages had to be evacuated.

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