The El Niño weather phenomenon is set to intensify further into 2027 and could be the strongest ever, raising risks of extreme weather into next year, the
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September 03, 2026Stormy weather can send the Pacific Ocean flooding into people's homes in small, remote island nations
September 03, 2026Relentless storm threat slides south after days of flooding and damage in the Northeast
September 01, 2026The Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal
September 03, 2026Rescue teams raced on Wednesday to reach dozens of workers believed to be trapped inside hydropower
September 02, 2026Fishermen in Italy have shifted from incinerating invasive Atlantic blue crabs to commercializing them
September 02, 2026For the first time in recent history, Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland, as Denmark moves to bolster its presence in the Arctic after U.S.
September 02, 2026Australia and the United States on Wednesday announced a combined $580 million in funding for the Pacific Islands as they
September 02, 2026Global temperature rises are set to exceed the key threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) "within a few years", the UN's environmental body said on
September 02, 2026In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming
September 02, 2026The flash floods in Nepal were only the latest in an accelerating series of disasters that have battered the Himalayas in recent years
September 02, 2026As extreme heat and poor monsoon rains result in more demand for power in India for cooling and pumping out groundwater for agriculture, India is managing to meet its power needs
September 02, 2026The Himalayan region faces severe risks from future glacial floods, a senior U.N. official has warned, as the death toll from last week's flood in Nepal,
September 01, 2026Drone pilot Manish Maharjan has helped rescue teams in Nepal find people missing after last week’s catastrophic floods
September 01, 2026The death toll from Nepal's devastating floods surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday as rescuers deployed heavy
September 01, 2026More than a month after flames tore through Serbia's Deliblatska Pescara reserve, foresters are facing tough choices as they work on plans to restore
September 01, 2026A federal judge ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to force fossil fuel companies to contribute
September 01, 2026A new study highlights the life-saving role of air conditioning
August 31, 2026Nepal's rescue teams, helped by Chinese and Indian experts, stepped up efforts on Monday to reach hundreds of
August 31, 2026As rescuers in Nepal struggle to find hundreds of workers in the tunnels that were buried in last week's flooding, attention has focus on where to rebuild crucial hydropower projects
August 31, 2026A group of 6,000 young American elms in Vermont could help save one of the country’s most iconic trees
August 31, 2026Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
August 28, 2026Rescuers are trying to find trapped workers in hydroelectric plant tunnels after catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet killed at least 900 people and left more than 4,700 missing
August 31, 2026A massive heat dome is bringing storms to the Northeast, and causing sweltering temperatures heading into fall
August 30, 2026As Indonesia's wildfire season intensifies, authorities are on high alert as they work to contain the damage and avoid the devastation that hit the
August 31, 2026Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley
August 30, 2026A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
August 29, 2026The Himalayas are unpredictable. But countries are building there like never before
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August 28, 2026Nepal’s disaster management authority said the number of people reported missing after a flash flood along the Himalayan border between Nepal and China has doubled to 1,924
August 28, 2026Uncertainty is part of the scientific process, and it’s not a bad thing – it’s where future discoveries can happen.
August 28, 2026Why living downstream from a glacier has become a deadly liability
August 28, 2026Humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to aid survivors along the Nepal-China border after catastrophic floods struck the region Wednesday
August 28, 2026As researchers investigate how a landslide caused such catastrophic flooding in Nepal, a CNN review of satellite imagery and videos sheds light on how the flood unfolded. CNN's Yahya Abou-Ghazala reports
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