MUNICH (Reuters) – Forest fires caused by climate change are costing insurers more than ever, with the deadly fire that ravaged northern California the single most expensive natural disaster in 2018, Munich Re said in its catastrophe report on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A group of U.S. Forest Service firefighters monitor a back fire while battling
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A cat is seen inside the archaeological site of the ancient Temple of Zeus following a snowfall in Athens, Greece, January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) – Residents of the Greek capital, Athens, woke on Tuesday to rare snowfall as the country shivered in the grip of a cold spell, with sub-freezing temperatures in
HONG KONG/HARBIN, China (Reuters) – At the Siberia Tiger Park in the frigid Chinese city of Harbin, visitors can learn about the facility’s successful breeding program and buy chicken carcasses to toss to around 20 tigers pacing the snow flecked ground of their enclosure. FILE PHOTO: Visitors watch from a bus as Siberian tigers try
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the attorney general of Massachusetts to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp(XOM.N) to probe whether the oil company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change. FILE PHOTO: A logo of the Exxon Mobil Corp is seen
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Air pollution in China’s heavy-industrial province of Henan worsened in December even as other regions improved, official data showed, with its cities hit by unfavorable weather and a struggle to find cleaner sources of economic growth. FILE PHOTO – A view of sunset is seen in smog in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China
FILE PHOTO: A man rides his bicycle in front of the India Gate shrouded in smog in New Delhi, India, December 26, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A rainy spell early on Sunday brought better air to residents of New Delhi, giving them a brief respite from thick grey smog that has
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand resumed flights on Saturday to its southern provinces, as the first tropical storm in 30 years slowed and headed into the Andaman Sea, leaving behind a trail of homes damaged by fallen trees or blown-off roofs, and disrupted power networks. Fallen electricity poles are seen along a road as tropical storm
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will take action against highly-polluting diesel trucks by imposing tougher fuel and engine standards, raising rail freight volumes and strengthening its monitoring capabilities, new guidelines published by the environment ministry said. A worker drives a motorised vehicle past trucks parked outside ceramics factories in rural Gaoyi county near Shijiazhuang, Hebei province,
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s capital of Beijing, and its surrounding industrial province of Hebei, cut smog emissions by at least 12 percent in 2018 after a long crackdown on polluters and campaigns to reduce household coal use, environmental authorities said. A thermal power plant is pictured amid heavy smog, from an aircraft over Hebei province,
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Authorities from a chain of Dutch islands have told Swiss shipping line MSC they will hold it responsible for cleaning costs related to debris from 270 lost cargo containers that washed up on their shores, an official said on Friday. A handout photo made available by the central command for maritime emergencies
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s first tropical storm in three decades killed one person on Friday as it arrived on the south coast, knocking down trees and blowing off roofs in its path, but was losing speed, officials said, while warning against the risk of flash floods. A red flag, warning of dangerous conditions, is seen
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A heatwave sweeping Australia engulfed the densely-populated southeast on Friday, boosting temperature records, spurring fire bans and arousing concern about the health of contestants in this month’s tennis Open. Children jump into the water off Altona pier in Melbourne, Australia January 4, 2019. AAP Image/David Crosling/via REUTERS A week after Australia’s hottest
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swedish truck maker Volvo is pictured at the IAA truck show in Hanover, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer (Reuters) – Sweden’s Volvo is setting aside 7 billion Swedish crowns ($778 million) to cover costs related to its admission in October that its truck and bus engines could be exceeding limits
Jae Jae, a Sumatran Tiger examines a noticeboard during an event to publicise the annual stocktake at London Zoo in London, Britain, January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Keepers at London Zoo began the arduous task of counting some 600 different species on Thursday, carrying out the park’s week-long annual stocktake. From tigers
Electric cars are parked in Oslo, Norway January 1, 2019. Picture taken January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Almost a third of new cars sold in Norway last year were pure electric, a new world record as the country strives to end sales of fossil-fueled vehicles by 2025. In a bid to cut
Search and rescue teams gather for a briefing during a search effort to find victims from the landslide in Sukabumi, West Java Province, Indonesia January 1, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media. SEKOLAH RELAWAN/via REUTERS JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian rescue teams were searching for victims of a series of landslides that killed at
Rescue workers carry a body bag containing remains of victims following a landslide at Cisolok district in Sukabumi, West Java province, Indonesia, January 1, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken January 1, 2019. Antara Foto/Nurul Ramadhan/ via REUTERS MANILA (Reuters) – The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the
FILE PHOTO: A man rides his bicycle in front of the India Gate shrouded in smog in New Delhi, India, December 26, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Pollution levels spiked last week in New Delhi, India’s teeming capital of more than 20 million people, climbing to nearly 12 times the recommended level and
CIGONDONG/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – As Indonesia reels from the carnage of yet another natural disaster, authorities around the globe are working on how they can prepare for the kind of freak tsunami that battered coasts west of Jakarta this month. Debris are seen after the tsunami damage at Sunda strait at Kunjir village in South
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany on Friday cleared away legal hurdles for carmakers to upgrade exhaust emissions filtering systems on older diesel cars as a way to avoid vehicle bans, but failed to quell doubts among manufacturers and suppliers over the effectiveness of retrofits. FILE PHOTO: Cars pass a traffic sign, which ban diesel cars at
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia looks set to sweat through one of its hottest Decembers ever, the national weather bureau said on Friday, prompting fire bans, health warnings and big crowds trying to cool off at beaches. Volunteer life guards from North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club, keep an eye on swimmers enjoying Christmas day on
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The first days of 2019 will be marked by below-normal rainfall in Brazil’s main soybean producing areas, with farmers bracing for losses as December’s dry conditions and high temperatures continue to ruin fields. FILE PHOTO: A view of the soybean plants on a farm in Barreiras, Bahia State, Brazil March 19,
A pedestrian carries a British union flag design plastic bag in Leicester Square in London, Britain, March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain launched a consultation on Thursday on its plans to double the charge for single-use carrier bags from 2020 and extend the scheme to cover all shops in a bid
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Scarce rains in December will reduce soybean yields and possibly output in Brazil’s largest-producing state, farmers from various regions of Mato Grosso told Reuters on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Workers prepare to harvest soy on a farm in Gilbues, Piaui State, Brazil March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Roberto Samora Dry weather and high temperatures
SUMUR, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian rescue teams on Wednesday struggled to reach remote areas on the western coast of Java amid an “extreme weather” rain warning after a tsunami killed more than 400 people last week. Men are seen among debris and damaged property by the beach after a tsunami, in Sumur, Banten province, Indonesia
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Australia and New Zealand welcomed the decision to abandon the Antarctic whale hunt, but expressed
TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities warned on Wednesday of “extreme weather and high waves” around the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, urging people to stay away from the coast already devastated by a tsunami that killed more than 400 people. Debris is seen along a beach after a tsunami, near Sumur, Banten province, Indonesia
LABUAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people. Rescue workers use a dog to search victims among debris after a tsunami hit Sunda Strait at Rajabasa in South Lampung,
LABUAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people, warning more victims are expected to be uncovered as the search expands. Rescue workers use a dog to search victims among
LABUAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian military and rescue teams fanned out across a stretch of coastline on Monday, hoping to find survivors of a tsunami triggered by a landslide from a volcano that killed at least 373 people. Thick clouds of ash spewed from Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island where a crater collapse at high
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