For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running out

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Kenya’s dramatic flooding sweeps away a central part of the economy: Its farms

MACHAKOS, Kenya — With dismay, Martha Waema and her husband surveyed their farm that was submerged…

Few have flood insurance to help recover from devastating Midwest storms

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. — Rick Satterwhite’s house backs up to the Missouri River, but flood…

Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar

KARACHI, Pakistan — A days-long intense heat wave has disrupted normal life in Pakistan, especially in…

Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says

ISLAMABAD — A new study by the United Nations children’s agency says developing resilient energy systems…

Last year’s deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn’t discriminate

PHOENIX — Priscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking…

Brazil’s flooded south sees first deaths from disease, as experts warn of coming surge in fatalities

SAO PAULO — The first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease were reported in southern Brazil,…

Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores

ISLAMABAD — When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week,…