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  1. Typhoon Narra: record flood waters submerge homes and force mass evacuations in China
    By Reuters

    Heavy rain expected in parts of Vietnam and southern ‌China, as another storm system, Typhoon Saudel, heads for Japan and Taiwan

    theguardian.com/world/2026/aug

    #China #Extremeweather #Taiwan #Japan #AsiaPacific #Flooding #TheGuardian #Reuters

  2. "These new findings are known as 'source attribution': Conclusions were stark: fossil fuel firms increased the likelihood of the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave by 31 percent."
    >40+ cases filed in U.S. against #BigOil since 2017, at least five are entering #discovery phase(!)
    >This science will help communities plan for weather tragedies, it seems they're saying. I guess we're #MakingLemonade
    #climate #change #FossilFuel #ClimateChange #oil #gas #ExtremeWeather
    motherjones.com/environment/20

  3. Record-breaking heat dome expected to bring dangerous temperatures to US south-west
    By Keely Aouga

    As wildfires rage and intense heat builds across the region, daytime highs of 110-11F (43-46C) are forecast

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

    #USweather #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #USnews #Environment #TheGuardian #KeelyAouga

  4. "The dangerous conditions climate scientists long warned of have become our common, if deeply unwelcome, experience, and season by season, our acquaintance with disorder and extremities deepens."

    "There’s nothing accidental or inadvertent about what we’re all suffering through together. We’ve had enough time now and have sufficient expertise to understand that this is not a natural calamity. This is something that is being done to us. Knowingly. Which makes it a crime."

    theguardian.com/membership/202

    #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines #ExtremeWeather #Wildfires #Drought #Heatwaves

  5. The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’

    The risks have been known, and building, for over 150 years

    By PETER PRENGAMAN
    Updated 9:55 AM EDT, August 24, 2026

    NEW YORK (AP) — "In the opening scene of American writer #KimStanleyRobinson ’s 'The Ministry for the Future,' a #HeatWave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation causes the world’s nations to unite to combat #ClimateChange .

    "Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense #ExtremeWeather events like #heatwaves, #storms, #floods and #droughts. But what once seemed like the realm of fiction is now discussed as a possibility, even an inevitability.

    "Warning about an 'extreme of extremes' or the 'Other Big One,' a play off the California reference of a big future earthquake, can be fraught. After all, nobody can say for sure when a weather catastrophe may happen. But in the last few years, the planetary ingredients needed for a massive disturbance have been building. And alarm is growing.
    'The risk is that people just think you are exaggerating,' said #DanielSwain, a climate scientist with the California Institute for Water Resources. 'It’s the ‘Boy Who Cried Wolf’ problem. Sometimes wolves are real. If it’s outside the door, wouldn’t you want to know?' "

    apnews.com/article/climate-cha

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/ahELv

    #Oiligarchy #BigOilAndGas #BigOilKnew #Polycrisis #HungerGames #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

  6. The next ‘Big One’: The world is inching towards more catastrophic climate events

    Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #environment #ExtremeWeather #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/749347/

  7. #World's #oceans hit highest temperature on record as #ElNiño grows
    Average temp of the planet's seas outside polar regions hit 21.1C (70F) on Saturday, according to figures from European Copernicus #climatechange service.
    That edges past 21.09C recorded on three separate days in March 2024, and is far above average for time of year.
    Warmer oceans can have wide-reaching consequences, including supercharging #extremeweather, #sealevelrise and harming marine life.
    bbc.com/news/articles/c62m4gpn #climate

  8. The next ‘Big One’: The world in inching towards more catastrophic climate events

    Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #Climate #climatechange #ExtremeWeather #Science
    newsbeep.com/us/825168/

  9. At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
    By Jon Henley Europe correspondent

    True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Extremeheat #Europe #Extremeweather #Climatecrisis #Germany #France #Spain #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #JonHenleyEuropecorrespondent

  10. “Two key actions are needed to address this record ocean warming (…). Fossil fuel emissions need to be rapidly reduced. Meanwhile, it is essential that countries protect marine and coastal ecosystems.“

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Canada #CDNPoli #NoPipelines #Heatwaves #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis

  11. AP: Why experts think climate change will cause more frequent and extreme weather events

    "...NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future," a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation causes the world's nations to unite to combat climate change...."

    pbs.org/newshour/world/why-exp

    #climateemergency #climate #extremeweather

  12. Europe’s silent heat death toll.

    It’s not news that it’s hot: this summer, we’ve had five major heatwaves.

    Some 80 million people across the continent faced temperatures of 40ºC and higher, often in places unadapted to such temperatures.

    Extreme heat killed at least 25 000 people in Western Europe alone, according to a Bloomberg analysis.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260824

    #Europe #Heatwaves #ClimateChange #Health #ExtremeWeather

  13. Extreme Weather Hits Europe as Wildfires, Floods Ravage Nations

    Wildfires rage in Serbia and Bosnia, floods and fires strike Spain, and severe storms batter Poland as thousands evacuate across the continent

    pulseofnations.lol/extreme-wea

    #Bosnia #EU #Europe #ExtremeWeather #Poland #Serbia #Spain #Wildfires

  14. #UK - #Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

    Sandra Laville
    Fri 21 Aug 2026

    Excerpt: "Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of #rewilding land in the face of #ExtremeWeather brought about by the climate crisis.

    "The area of the #NationalTrust’s #HolnicoteEstate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and #wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer. In contrast, the surrounding countryside has become parched and brown.

    "The two interventions are significant #rewilding projects and provide strong evidence that #NatureBasedSolutions can protect against wildfires. This contradicts claims by some rightwing commentators, who have blamed rewilding for causing #wildfires.

    " 'Nature is providing solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing society today,' said Ben Eardley, the project manager at the Holnicote estate. 'For generations as a nation we’ve drained wetlands, straightened rivers and moved water off the land as quickly as possible. Here, we’ve reversed that approach and the results are remarkable.

    " 'By reconnecting river systems with the surrounding area and creating natural sponges in the landscape, we’ve created a system that stores water during #drought, keeping wetlands and the surrounding habitats healthy, and slows water during storms and periods of extreme rainfall, helping to protect villages from the risk of flooding downstream.'

    "Eardley said the same natural processes that helped wildlife recover were also helping communities adapt to #ClimateBreakdown.

    "More than 90% of the UK’s wetlands have been lost over the last century and restoring the habitats to make them wet again is becoming increasingly important for #ClimateAdaptation, #WaterSecurity and #NatureRecovery.

    "Harry Bowell, the National Trust’s director of land and nature, called on the government to boost its efforts to invest in nature-based solutions to help the country become more resilient."

    Learn more:
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #RestoreNature #WaterIsLife #ClimateChangeAdaptation #ClimateChangeResilience

  15. Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide
    By Ajit Niranjan with graphics by Lucy Swan, Harvey Symons and Paul Scruton

    An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno

    theguardian.com/world/2026/aug

    #Wildfires #France #Extremeheat #Extremeweather #Airpollution #Pollution #Europe #Environment #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AjitNiranjanwithgraphicsbyLucySwan #HarveySymons #PaulScruton