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To Serve, Health Care Workers Bear the Burdens of Climate Change

Sanskrita Bharadwaj / Truthdig Jul 26, 2023 The warming Earth is making the role of health care workers in places like Assam more vital and more dangerous. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Typhoon Kills 12 in Philippines, Heads to Southern China

AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN / The Associated Press Sep 14, 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut, which set off landslides and destroyed homes on the island of Luzon, is expected to make landfall in Guangdong province by Sunday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Climate-Smart Villages Boost Nepali Farmers’ Harvests

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Oct 5, 2015 Nepali farmers are finding that environmentally friendly cultivation methods increase yields -- and also help them adapt to rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Extreme Weather Puts Africa’s Food Security at Risk

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Aug 16, 2015 A British government scientific panel says increasingly frequent heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather threaten more -- and more severe -- global food crises. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

India Blames Heat-Wave Deaths on Climate Change

By Pramila Krishnan, Climate News Network Jun 19, 2015 Fierce temperatures in India doubled the heat-related deaths normally recorded in May -- and the government insists natural causes are not to blame. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change ‘Helped to End Monsoon 4,000 Years Ago’

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Feb 28, 2014 This generation has lessons to learn from the way climate change helped topple civilizations thousands of years ago, British scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pakistan Floods Kill 1,000

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2010 Floods in northwest Pakistan have taken the lives of more than 1,000 people, officials say. About 30,000 Pakistani troops have joined the rescue and relief effort as monsoon rains threaten to cause additional flooding. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Storms Kill More Than 200 in Pakistan

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2007 More than 200 people have died in Karachi, Pakistan, as a result of storms that ravaged the city. Heavy rain, gale-force winds and flooding obliterated many homes, while falling trees, billboards and power lines wreaked further havoc. At least 45 people have also died in southern India. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )