Massive, aggressive mosquitoes are swarming North Carolina weeks after Hurricane Florence tore through the region.
The suspected lightning strike in the Highlands also dislodged boulders the size of washing machines.
Rivers burst their banks, homes were flooded and travel was impacted as Wales was battered by Storm Callum.
Farmers in around a dozen countries across northern Europe — from Ireland to the Baltics — are grappling with a once-in-a-generation drought.
Rome covered in rare snowfall
The Canadian Red Cross says an additional 1,500 people from the Garden Hill First Nation in Manitoba have been given evacuation orders due to wildfire smoke in the Island Lake area.
A pest control specialist in Whitehorse says he's getting a lot more calls about stinging insects this summer - and that the heat may be to blame.
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.
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.
An unusual weather pattern throughout the winter caused a thick layer of ice on hillsides.
A new study has found permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted.
The extreme cold is about 15 degrees colder than what is normal for this time of the year in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. 'I don't remember the last time we actually closed due to weather. This is a bit of an extreme'
Hundreds of firefighters and dozens of aircraft are working to contain the largest wildfire ever recorded in British Columbia's history, and it could take weeks to get it under control.
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.
Officials say the combination of warm temperatures and rainfall is beginning to trigger significant runoff into the Grand River watershed.
The Yukon Department of Highways has also put a travel advisory on the Alaska Highway south through Teslin and Swift River, again because of slippery conditions. There is black ice on the North Klondike Highway from Whitehorse to Deep Creek, leading to a travel advisory on that stretch of road as well.
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