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With arms raised and fists clenched, rescuers in Colombia called for silence Thursday as they listened for signs of life in the rubble left by a deadly earthquake that has killed at least 265 people and left hundreds more missing.
The U.K.’s Met Office said earlier this week that only average conditions were needed for the rest of August to beat last year’s record for the hottest year.
Another intense summer storm moved through Ottawa Wednesday night, cutting power to thousands of homes, flooding roads and bringing down trees.
Its longevity and broad circulation made Dolphin one of China’s most significant weather events in recent years, with meteorologists comparing it with the devastating Typhoon Doksuri in 2023.
Snow cannons and lances are the visible part of the snowmaking network. But much of it is out of sight: dozens of kilometres of underground water pipes that could prove useful beyond the winter months as the risk of wildfires grows even in places such as Switzerland’s Adelboden-Lenk ski area.
Tropical Storm Lala formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean and a hurricane watch has been issued for the Big Island of Hawaii, forecasters said.
More than 900 stings were recorded on San Diego’s beaches during the first half of 2026, more than during the first six months of any of the past five years, lifeguard data shows.
Scorching heat and low rainfall in recent weeks have left the Danube River at record lows and forced the state-owned Cernavoda plant to shut down its first reactor in late July.
Under local regulations “it is forbidden to needlessly disturb, attract or pursue a polar bear”, which was declared a protected species in Svalbard in 1972.
A young black bear found wandering the neighbourhood with an injured leg is getting a second chance at an Ontario wildlife sanctuary.
The search for survivors in the rubble of Colombia’s powerful earthquake grew more desperate on Wednesday, two days after the quake brought down buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars.
It will be the plant’s first shutdown since a 2003 drought, as unprecedented heatwaves and rain shortages across Europe this year have caused the level of the Danube -- whose waters help cool the plant -- to plummet.
Two fisheries officers are recovering from injuries after their vessel collided with a humpback whale off the British Columbia coast.
Tropical Storm Cristobal formed Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean well west of the Azores, and a Pacific storm system could threaten Hawaii this weekend, forecasters said.
If their injuries aren’t too severe, victims can survive for a week or more, assuming the weather isn’t too hot or cold, experts say.
On the same day that Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) introduced its new weather alert system, it was put to the test during a severe storm in southern Alberta.
