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Record-setting heatwave bakes US South and Mexico

A record-setting heatwave in Texas and Mexico is affecting tens of millions of people and straining power grids, and it is likely to continue for the next week

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Aklima Parvin (19) keeps har face covered as she stands in a boat stranded on a mud flat. She faces discrimination due to her skin discolouration and pigmentation. She stopped going to college and spends her days alone since many of her friends are now married and have left the area.

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Revealing images from the front line of climate change in Bangladesh

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Wispy cirrus clouds in a clear blue sky

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Wildfire smoke in North America could be creating clouds over Europe

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Striking panoramic seascape view on a rocky Atlantic Ocean Coast during a vibrant sunset. Taken at Crow Head, North Twillingate Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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North Atlantic Ocean has reached record-high surface temperatures

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Extreme rainfall could lead to 'big disaster' for rice yield in China

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TOPSHOT - Aerial view of homes submerged under flood waters from the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Jackson, Kentucky, on July 28, 2022. - Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the south-central US state said Thursday. (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA / AFP) (Photo by LEANDRO LOZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Once-a-century extreme precipitation could occur every 30 years in US

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Norway's Svalbard archipelago viewed from a satellite

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2022 was Europe’s hottest summer but warmer years are likely to come

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Climate change may drive more hurricanes towards the US east coast

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Image taken: 2nd March 2023 SNOW WAY! The surreal site of snow-draped cacti in Arizona???s Sonoran Desert was captured in breath-taking detail by Jack Dykinga last week. The scenes, which meteorologists have described as ???once in a generation??? demonstrate a rare convergence of nature???s extremes. The Sonoran desert is typically known for its arid sub-tropical climate. Even in winter, days are sunny and mild. But this month the area saw 2-4 inches of snow that lasted about 4 hours. Dykinga, who has been photographing the Sonorn Desert since 1976, says the last big snow was a full decade ago. He described this year???s otherworldly scenes as ???pure magic, seemingly out of place and strikingly beautiful.??? Before the snow arrived, the Desert looked completely different, boasting an explosion of flowers and clear blue skies. The reason for the uncharacteristic snowfall is not fully understood. The current La Ni??a event (a cyclic weather pattern that influences global weather) is partly responsible, coupled with a persistent blocking pattern over the Pacific Ocean and cold air migrating south from the Arctic. Climate change also means extreme weather events are becoming more likely.

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Rare photograph of snow in the usually baking hot Sonoran desert

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The path taken by cyclone Freddy, starting near Australia and crossing the Indian Ocean to the coast of Mozambique

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Tropical cyclone Freddy may be longest on record after lasting 32 days

Since forming off the coast of Australia on 6 February, tropical cyclone Freddy has crossed the Indian Ocean to Africa and could be declared the longest-lived cyclone ever

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Do back-to-back disasters show first climate tipping point is upon us?

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Mangroves near Chinese cities can reduce storm surges by over 2 metres

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Rare triple-dip La Niña is mostly to blame for South America's drought

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Turtles stranded on UK beaches after storms send them off course

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