In what the local weather agency said was some of the worst flash floods the Aude river has seen in more than a century, the heavy rainfall brought the equivalent of up to seven months' rain fell in just a few hours.
Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph Wednesday, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive march inland across the Southeast.
Dr. Antony Ham Pong, who's been treating allergy patients for about 35 years, warns the combination of a wet spring and heavy snow melt threaten to create a "super bloom of ragweed with lots of pollen."
The southwest region of France was hit on Wednesday by violent hailstorms, damaging roofs, cars and killing one person.
Because of the risk to public safety, efforts will be made to locate this group of river otters and remove them, Fish and Game said.
As climate change opens new regions to mosquitoes, Nepal suffers an outbreak of the painful viral disease that has sickened more than 9,000 people.
Wildfire conditions remained 'static' during the long weekend but fires still a concern through August
Asian giant hornets are known to feed on honeybees and other large insects and are capable of destroying a beehive in a short time, according to the province.
There is a warning from Island Health about a poisonous mushroom known as the "Death Cap", which has been spotted in residential areas near Victoria.
British Columbia has declared a state of emergency and thousands have been evacuated.
Environment Canada says these smoky conditions could remain until Wednesday.
The smoke from massive wildfires hangs like fog over large parts of the U.S. West, an irritating haze causing health concerns, forcing sports teams to change schedules and disrupting life from Seattle to tiny Seeley Lake, Montana.
Smoke from a wildfire in southwestern Greenland is hampering the wild reindeer hunt on the Arctic island.
A UN official says it looks from the air like parts of Mozambique were "run over by a bulldozer".
Temperatures pass 39C in Belgium and the Netherlands, as a Eurostar train breaks down in the heat.
'Officers have been going for two months straight with nothing but bear conflicts'
Pakistani officials say the melting of a glacier has unleashed landslides and floods in the country’s northern district of Ghizer, inundating dozens of homes and displacing hundreds of people. Mohammad Khalid, a local police official, said Friday that authorities are sending relief supplies to the flood-hit villages.
The usual treatments are failing 60% of the time in some regions of Cambodia, scientists say.
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