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  1. Daughter of British couple killed in Spanish wildfire rejects claim they ignored order to leave
    By Helena Horton

    Exclusive: Danielle Kirton calls on Ed Miliband to help her get answers about why evacuation order came too late

    theguardian.com/world/2026/jul

    #Spain #Wildfires #Extremeweather #Extremeheat #Environment #Europe #Politics #UKnews #EdMiliband #Worldnews #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  2. Daughter of British couple killed in Spanish wildfire rejects claim they ignored order to leave
    By Helena Horton

    Exclusive: Danielle Kirton calls on Ed Miliband to help her get answers about why evacuation order came too late

    theguardian.com/world/2026/jul

    #Spain #Wildfires #Extremeweather #Extremeheat #Environment #Europe #Politics #UKnews #EdMiliband #Worldnews #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton

  3. ‘We can’t make it better again’: what Europe’s wildfires tell us about the climate crisis
    By Ajit Niranjan

    In this week’s newsletter: As France and Spain battle huge fires in this summer of relentless heat, will it be enough to spur us to take action?

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #France #Europe #Worldnews #Wildfires #Climatecrisis #Spain #Flooding #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #AjitNiranjan

  4. ‘We can’t make it better again’: what Europe’s wildfires tell us about the climate crisis
    By Ajit Niranjan

    In this week’s newsletter: As France and Spain battle huge fires in this summer of relentless heat, will it be enough to spur us to take action?

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Environment #France #Europe #Worldnews #Wildfires #Climatecrisis #Spain #Flooding #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #AjitNiranjan

  5. Unraveling The Drivers Of Water Shortage Across Spatial Scales And Sectors In Colorado's West Slope River Basins
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    doi.org/10.1029/2026EF008137 <-- shared paper
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    H/T @sai Veena Sunkara | Postdoctoral Associate
    “…Colorado’s West Slope basins provide nearly 70% of the inflows to Lake Powell and are also essential to communities, agriculture, industry, hydropower, and downstream Colorado River users.
    To examine the wide range of possible futures, [they] simulated 2.1 million years, defining 20,000 plausible scenarios applying changes to streamflow, snowmelt timing, drought persistence, and agricultural, municipal, and industrial water demand.
    A key finding is that there is 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀. The most influential drivers vary by basin, sector, and water user. In some areas, shortages are driven primarily by persistent low-flow conditions or changing snowmelt timing. In others, increasing municipal, industrial, or irrigation demand plays a larger role. This suggests that adaptation strategies must be tailored to specific basins and users rather than relying on a single, system-wide solution. Other major findings are
    • West Slope deliveries to Lake Powell could fall more than 50% below the current median baseline
    • Storage in major West Slope reservoirs could decline 40–55% below historical medians
    These results underscore the need for water-planning approaches that account for deep uncertainty, persistent drought, shifting snowmelt patterns, and sector-specific demand…”
    #Colorado #waterallocation #StateMod #USWest #USA #WesternSlope #waterresources #watersecurity #watershortage #drought #snowmelt #rainfall #precipitation #riverbasin #water #hydrography #hydrology #reasons #agriculture #industry #hydropower #streamflow #surfacewater #municipal #irrigation #adaptationstrategies #planning #policy #mitigation #ColoradoRiver #basins #climatechange #extremeweather #populationpressure #waterdemand #waterrights #model #modeling #HiddenMarkovModel #stochastic #projecteddemand #ColoradoRiverBasin #wateruse #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #strategy

  6. Unraveling The Drivers Of Water Shortage Across Spatial Scales And Sectors In Colorado's West Slope River Basins
    --
    doi.org/10.1029/2026EF008137 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @sai Veena Sunkara | Postdoctoral Associate
    “…Colorado’s West Slope basins provide nearly 70% of the inflows to Lake Powell and are also essential to communities, agriculture, industry, hydropower, and downstream Colorado River users.
    To examine the wide range of possible futures, [they] simulated 2.1 million years, defining 20,000 plausible scenarios applying changes to streamflow, snowmelt timing, drought persistence, and agricultural, municipal, and industrial water demand.
    A key finding is that there is 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀. The most influential drivers vary by basin, sector, and water user. In some areas, shortages are driven primarily by persistent low-flow conditions or changing snowmelt timing. In others, increasing municipal, industrial, or irrigation demand plays a larger role. This suggests that adaptation strategies must be tailored to specific basins and users rather than relying on a single, system-wide solution. Other major findings are
    • West Slope deliveries to Lake Powell could fall more than 50% below the current median baseline
    • Storage in major West Slope reservoirs could decline 40–55% below historical medians
    These results underscore the need for water-planning approaches that account for deep uncertainty, persistent drought, shifting snowmelt patterns, and sector-specific demand…”

  7. Record El Niño to bake Australia after extreme heat and fires across Europe and North America

    El Niño is strengthening across the Pacific Ocean at an alarming rate and could annihilate all records in…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Australia #Bushfirewarning #Drought #ElNiño #Europe #Extremeweather #Heatwave #NorthAmerica #PacificOcean #recordweather #TopNews #TopStories #weather #weatherpattern
    newsbeep.com/au/834310/

  8. Europe is burning – and if Trump’s war on the climate is not met with sanctions, things will only get worse | Alexander Hurst
    By Alexander Hurst

    The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change course

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Wildfires #Climatecrisis #France #Spain #Europe #Worldnews #Extremeweather #Environment #TheGuardian #AlexanderHurst

  9. Greek firefighters battle deadly wildfires on Crete for a second day

    Greek firefighters were ⁠battling deadly wildfires on ​the island of Crete for a second day on Thursday, as wildfires continue to ​spread across Europe following days of devastating blazes in Spain and France. On Wednesday, three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on Crete and on the [...]

    france24.com/en/video/20260730

    #Greece #GreeceNews #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #ExtremeWeather #News

  10. Greek firefighters battle deadly wildfires on Crete for a second day

    Greek firefighters were ⁠battling deadly wildfires on ​the island of Crete for a second day on Thursday, as wildfires continue to ​spread across Europe following days of devastating blazes in Spain and France. On Wednesday, three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on Crete and on the [...]

    france24.com/en/video/20260730

    #Greece #GreeceNews #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #ExtremeWeather #News

  11. The quick shift from scorching heat to torrential rain isn't just bad luck. It's a pattern we are seeing more often. #extremeweather

    phys.org/news/2026-06-torrenti

  12. At least 13 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as Poland investigates airspace violation – Europe live
    By Jakub Krupa

    Huge missile and drone attack on Ukraine as Poland’s Tusk prepares to travel to impact site discovered in east of country

    theguardian.com/world/live/202

    #Poland #Russia #Ukraine #Worldnews #Europe #Extremeweather #Wildfires #France #Spain #Greece #TheGuardian #JakubKrupa

  13. Coupled Hydrological And Public Health Risks From Urban Flooding - Integrated Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, And Hydrodynamic–Ecological Modelling
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026 <-- shared paper
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.10 <-- share (earlier) paper
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    H/T @RAHUL DEOPA | Research Scholar (IIT Roorkee)
    “… [U]rban floods are not merely hydraulic events; they also transport sewage, pathogens, and other contaminants across streets and communities, leading to significant public health risks…
    How do we quantify microbial contamination in near real time during a flood event, when emergency conditions make field sampling unsafe, sparse, or even impossible?...
    [The authors] explored whether Earth observation data, combined with machine learning, could bridge this critical monitoring gap. By combining Landsat-derived water surface temperature, machine learning, a coupled MIKE+ Flood–ECO Lab hydrodynamic–ecological model, and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), [they] estimated microbial concentrations (𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪), simulated their fate and transport during floods, and quantified the associated human health risks.
    The takeaway: predicting flood risk isn't just about where the water goes; it's about what it's carrying and who it puts in harm's way. Earth observation and machine learning can help close that gap when it matters most, during the emergency, not weeks after…”
    #publichealth #risk #hazard #watersecurity #Floodrisk #Humanhealthrisk #Urbanflooding #Hydrodynamicmodelling #waterquality #model #modeling #SupportVectorRegression #flood #flooding #urban #city #sewage #pathogens #contaminant #disease #streets #community #quantification #remotesensing #GIS #spatial #mapping #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #water #hydrology #climatechange #extremeweather #spatiotemporal #AI #machineleraning #fateandtransport #hydrodynamic #microbial #rainfall #drainage #streamflow #topography #hydrogeomorphology #Delhi #India #floodplain

  14. Coupled Hydrological And Public Health Risks From Urban Flooding - Integrated Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, And Hydrodynamic–Ecological Modelling
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026 <-- shared paper
    --
    doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.10 <-- share (earlier) paper
    --
    H/T @RAHUL DEOPA | Research Scholar (IIT Roorkee)
    “… [U]rban floods are not merely hydraulic events; they also transport sewage, pathogens, and other contaminants across streets and communities, leading to significant public health risks…
    How do we quantify microbial contamination in near real time during a flood event, when emergency conditions make field sampling unsafe, sparse, or even impossible?...
    [The authors] explored whether Earth observation data, combined with machine learning, could bridge this critical monitoring gap. By combining Landsat-derived water surface temperature, machine learning, a coupled MIKE+ Flood–ECO Lab hydrodynamic–ecological model, and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), [they] estimated microbial concentrations (𝘌. 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪), simulated their fate and transport during floods, and quantified the associated human health risks.
    The takeaway: predicting flood risk isn't just about where the water goes; it's about what it's carrying and who it puts in harm's way. Earth observation and machine learning can help close that gap when it matters most, during the emergency, not weeks after…”

  15. A rain festival with no rain: the Indian farmers bracing for a ‘super’ El Niño as monsoon arrives late
    By Words and photographs by Neelima Vallangi

    Raja is normally a celebration of the start of the monsoon, but in the eastern state of Odisha, the rains came so late the seeds were sown under clear skies

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Globaldevelopment #Environmentalsustainability #India #ElNiosouthernoscillation #Farming #Drought #Water #Foodsecurity #Environment #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Accesstowater #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #Words #photographsbyNeelimaVallangi

  16. Three Greek firefighters killed as wildfires strike further east in Europe

    Three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on the island of Crete and the mainland as wildfires spread across Europe on Wednesday after days of devastating fires in Spain and France. Two firefighters became ​trapped in the Crete blaze near the village of Krya Vrysi while they were [...]

    fbcnews.com.fj/world/three-gre

    #Greece #ExtremeWeather #GreeceNews #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #News

  17. Three Greek firefighters killed as wildfires strike further east in Europe

    Three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on the island of Crete and the mainland as wildfires spread across Europe on Wednesday after days of devastating fires in Spain and France. Two firefighters became ​trapped in the Crete blaze near the village of Krya Vrysi while they were [...]

    fbcnews.com.fj/world/three-gre

    #Greece #ExtremeWeather #GreeceNews #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #News

  18. Spanish blaze stabilises as French heatwave intensifies

    A major blaze in central Spain has stabilised, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said, in a rare reprieve as soaring temperatures in France and Spain increased the threat from wildfires in both countries.

    rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0729/1

    #ExtremeWeather #France #News #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #Spain #FranceNews #SpainNews

  19. Spanish blaze stabilises as French heatwave intensifies

    A major blaze in central Spain has stabilised, Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said, in a rare reprieve as soaring temperatures in France and Spain increased the threat from wildfires in both countries.

    rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0729/1

    #ExtremeWeather #France #News #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #Spain #FranceNews #SpainNews

  20. Thousands in Spain return home but new heatwave raises wildfire fears

    Spain and France are both braced for the start of the fourth heatwave so far this summer and some fires have continued to burn.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyjgw

    #News #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #SpainNews #Spain #ExtremeWeather

  21. Thousands in Spain return home but new heatwave raises wildfire fears

    Spain and France are both braced for the start of the fourth heatwave so far this summer and some fires have continued to burn.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyjgw

    #News #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather #SpainNews #Spain #ExtremeWeather

  22. 2 #firefighters have died in a #wildfire that broke out Wednesday on the southern Greek island of #Crete, the fire department said.

    The 2 were among >50 firefighters battling a wildfire in the region of Rethymno in Crete that broke out Wednesday afternoon.

    “They fell heroically in the line of duty to protect the lives & property of citizens & the natural environment,” the department said in a written statement.

    #wildfires #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis
    apnews.com/live/europe-extreme

  23. 2 #firefighters have died in a #wildfire that broke out Wednesday on the southern Greek island of #Crete, the fire department said.

    The 2 were among >50 firefighters battling a wildfire in the region of Rethymno in Crete that broke out Wednesday afternoon.

    “They fell heroically in the line of duty to protect the lives & property of citizens & the natural environment,” the department said in a written statement.

    #wildfires #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis
    apnews.com/live/europe-extreme

  24. A ​decade on the Iberian ​frontline​ has shown me that Europe’s ​climate ​emergency​ is ​impossible to ​deny
    By Sam Jones

    What once felt exceptional now arrives with grim regularity​ all over the continent, and it will only get worse

    theguardian.com/world/2026/jul

    #Worldnews #Europe #Climatecrisis #Extremeheat #Flooding #Environment #Extremeweather #Wildfires #Spain #Portugal #France #TheGuardian #SamJones

  25. France braces for fourth major heatwave

    France was bracing for its fourth major heatwave of the year, as soaring temperatures ​and tinder-dry conditions across the southwest piled pressure on crews battling a giant ‌wildfire in the Bordeaux region. Temperatures in Bordeaux are forecast to reach 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, around 7 degrees above [...]

    fbcnews.com.fj/world/france-br

    #News #FranceNews #France #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #Climate #Weather