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October 06, 2025

Weather tracker: Typhoon Matmo batters southern China

About 350,000 flee homes as heavy rain and winds sweep region, while Hurricane Priscilla forms near MexicoTyphoon Matmo made landfall on the southern...

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September 25, 2025

Weakened Super Typhoon Ragasa heads towards Vietnam after battering China and Hong Kong

Huge clear-up efforts start after storm leaves trail of destruction, with 25 reported dead in Taiwan and the Philippines Huge clear-up operations...

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September 24, 2025

Super Typhoon Ragasa: at least 14 killed in Taiwan as Hong Kong and southern China brace for impact

Strong winds, rain and flooding in Hong Kong after typhoon causes lake to burst in Taiwan’s Hualien county

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September 24, 2025

Typhoon Ragasa live: Two million people evacuated in southern China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines

Schools and businesses closed in Hong Kong and Guangdong as powerful winds and rain set to hit after destruction across Taiwan and Philippines

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September 12, 2025

Strongest tornado ever recorded in Japan hits Shizuoka prefecture

Devastating twister packs gusts of up to 168mph, injuring 89 people and leaving trail of destructionJapan has experienced the strongest tornado in...

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September 07, 2025

‘Everything is gone’: Punjabi farmers suffer worst floods in three decades

Flooding in northern India and Pakistan has destroyed homes - and hundreds of thousands of acres of cropsFor days, farmers in the Indian state of...

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August 29, 2025

Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki lashes south-east Asia with fatalities in Vietnam

Duration of torrential rains from Typhoon Kajiki lead to elevated landslide risk across Laos and Thailand

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August 18, 2025

Weather tracker: southern Arabian peninsula braced for storms

Elongated area of low pressure likely to bring higher-than-usual levels of rainfall to normally arid regionUnusual levels of rainfall are due to hit...

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August 17, 2025

‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warmsRoad closures,...

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August 13, 2025

Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of...

Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%

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August 12, 2025

Thousands evacuated in Spain as deadly heatwave fans Mediterranean wildfires

Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Rome as scientists say high temperatures and fires are reminder of climate emergencyThe deadly heatwave fanning...

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August 11, 2025

Colorado prison evacuated as wildfire becomes one of largest in state history

Lee fire chars more than 167 sq miles with 6% containment as California crews reach 62% containment on Canyon fireA Colorado prison was evacuated as...

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