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CBC
09-07-2025
- Climate
- CBC
Texas flood update: Local officials speak as search efforts continue
Local officials in hard-hit Kerr County, Texas, are providing an update Wednesday morning about search and recovery efforts following devastating flooding.
BBC News
09-07-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
More than 100 hurt as efforts to contain Marseille wildfire continue
Elsewhere in France, another wildfire that started near Narbonne on Monday remains active, fanned by winds of 60km/h (40mph). Some 2,000 hectares have burnt, local officials said. Wildfires were also reported in other parts of Europe, including the Catalonia region of north-east Spain, where more than 18,000 people were ordered to stay at home on Tuesday because of a wildfire in the eastern province of Tarragona. Emergency units were deployed alongside 300 firefighters as high winds overnight fanned the flames, which have spread across nearly 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of land. Several other parts of Spain - which experienced its hottest June on record - were on high alert for wildfires. In Greece, some 41 wildfires broke out across the country on Monday. Of those, 34 were contained early while seven remained active into Monday evening, according to the fire service. Much of western and southern Europe was hit by a scorching early summer heatwave, sparking fires that saw thousands evacuated from their homes.
Washington Post
08-07-2025
- Climate
- Washington Post
Texas county deflects mounting questions over actions before deadly flood
As deaths from catastrophic Texas flooding surpassed 100 on Monday, local officials in one of the hardest-hit counties have still revealed little about what, if any, actions they took to safeguard residents, tourists and visitors in an area known as 'flash flood alley.' At a series of briefings since the flooding on July 4, Kerr County officials have deflected a series of pointed questions about preparations and warnings as forecasters warned of life-threatening conditions.
Washington Post
07-07-2025
- Climate
- Washington Post
Days of monsoon rains and flash floods kill at least 72 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Ten days of heavy monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan killed at least 72 people and injured more than 130, the National Disaster Management Authority and local officials said Monday. The fatalities, since June 26, were reported in several provinces: the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, eastern Punjab, southern Sindh and southwestern Balochistan provinces.
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Bodies removed after Kyiv apartment building hit by overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine
Russian drones and missiles killed at least 14 civilians and injured several dozen others in Ukraine in overnight attacks, local officials said Monday, with nine deaths reported in the capital, Kyiv, where an apartment building partially collapsed. (AP Video: Alex Babenko)
