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EU’s Summer Extremes Cost at Least €43 Billion, Rapid Study Finds

Researchers describe the estimate as conservative because wildfire losses were left out.

Monsoon Rains Batter North India as IMD Issues Red Alerts for Delhi, Uttarakhand, Himachal and Punjab

Typhoon Kajiki Weakens After Vietnam Landfall as Rains Spread Across Southeast Asia

Pakistan Monsoon Deaths Top 700 After Cloudbursts as Karachi Logs Heaviest Rains Since 1979

France’s August Heatwave Drove Nearly 300 Daily ER Visits at Peak

Hurricane Erin Weakens to Category 3 Near Bahamas as Storm Expands, Threatening U.S. Coast With Dangerous Surf

Hurricane Erin Escalates to Catastrophic Category 5

WHO Declares Extreme Weather a Health Emergency Across Europe

Israel’s Heatwave Shatters Temperature and Power Records

Nebraska Storm Rips Off Penitentiary Roof and Displaces Hundreds of Inmates

Japan Urges Evacuation for Over Three Million Following Record Monsoon Rains

France Declares Red Alert Across 12 Southwestern Departments as Heatwave Peaks

Flash Floods in Gansu Leave 10 Dead, 33 Missing as Rescue Operations Intensify

Hong Kong Lifts Black Rainstorm Alerts Following Record August Flooding

Storm Floris Breaks August Wind Records and Disrupts Scottish Transport

Giant Hail and Waterspouts Batter Northern Italy’s Adriatic Coast

Typhoon Co-May Slams Shanghai Under Orange Rainstorm Warning

Beijing Floods Claim 60 Lives as Officials Admit Preparedness Gaps

Dangerous Heat Wave Persists Across U.S. Southeast as Derecho Sweeps Plains

Record-Breaking Floods in Beijing Claim 38 Lives