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A soldier removes the body of a howler monkey that died amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tabasco state, Mexico, 21 May 2024. Photo: Luis Sanchez / AP Photo

June 1, 2024

It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees – “They were falling out of the trees like apples”

By Mark Stevenson 21 May 2024 (MEXICO CITY) – It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 138 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco since May 16, according to the Biodiversity […]

A man stands near his home looking at a street he says has been flooded for months, on Thursday, 7 December 2023, in Prichard, Alabama. Water bubbles up in streets, pooling in neighborhoods for weeks or months. Homes burn to the ground if firefighters can’t draw enough water from hydrants. Utility crews struggle to fix broken pipes while water flows through shut-off valves that don’t work. Photo: Brynn Anderson / AP Photo

June 1, 2024

Trillions of gallons leak from aging drinking water systems, further stressing shrinking U.S. cities – “It’s a huge problem because infrastructure is rapidly deteriorating”

By Tammy Webber 4 March 2024 PRICHARD, Alabama (AP) – Water bubbles up in streets, pooling in neighborhoods for weeks or months. Homes burn to the ground if firefighters can’t draw enough water from hydrants. Utility crews struggle to fix broken pipes while water flows through shut-off valves that don’t work. For generations, the water […]

Aerial view showing houses destroyed by rising sea levels and coastal erosion associated with climate change, in the community of El Bosque in Nuevo Centla, Tabasco state, Mexico. About 700 people once lived in El Bosque, which sits on a small peninsula jutting out into the Gulf of Mexico. According to environmental group Greenpeace, El Bosque is the first community in Mexico to be officially recognised as displaced by climate change. Photo: Yuri Cortez / AFP

June 1, 2024

Submerged homes and heatwaves fuel Mexico climate angst – “We hear about climate change all the time but we never thought that it would come to us”

28 May 2024 (Al Jazeera) – Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea; a symbol of the climate change effects being felt by the major fossil fuel producer. The school where Adrian Perez used to attend classes in the community of El Bosque in the southern state […]

A screenshot from a CBC video shows a girl in Sheikpura, India suffering from record-breaking heat on 29 May 2024. In the northeast of India, students fainted from the heat in their classrooms. Photo: CBC

June 1, 2024

Animals collapse, water shortages bite amid India’s searing heat – “I haven’t seen it so hot in 56 years”

By Sakshi Dayal, Tanvi Mehta, and Anushree Fadnavis 31 May 2024 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Animals collapsed, people jumped on water tankers with buckets amid shortages, and government employees changed their work hours as blistering summer heat kept its grip on north India on Thursday. Although Thursday’s readings were marginally lower in Delhi than the […]

Heat-related deaths in the U.S., 1979-2023. A heat wave in July of 2023 contributed to a higher recorded death toll — about 2,300 people in total — than historic heat waves in 1980 and 1995. Data: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC Wonder. Graphic: M.K. Wildeman / AP

June 1, 2024

2023 set record for U.S. heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat – “We can be confident saying that 2023 was the worst year we’ve had since we’ve started having reliable reporting on that”

By Seth Borenstein, Mary Katherine Wildeman, and Anita Snow 31 May 2024 (AP) – David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona’s record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom […]

Map showing maximum temperatures in India during the period 16 May 2024 through 25 May 2024. Parts of Rajasthan, Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and west Haryana experienced maximum temperature in the range of 45°C to 48°C. Punjab, Delhi NCR, and Uttar Pradesh experienced between 43-46°C. Graphic: Navdeep Dahiya

May 30, 2024

“Unbearable” heat in Delhi is testing limits of human survival – “The rise in temperatures comes alongside water shortages, and together are making many areas simply unlivable”

By Karishma Mehrotra and Dan Stillman 29 May 2024 DELHI (The Washington Post) – India’s capital territory of Delhi experienced some of its hottest weather on record Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs in some neighborhoods near the landmark threshold of 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). The exceptional heat has closed schools, endangered outdoor workers, […]

Aerial view of flooded houses in Canoas, in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 6 May 2024. Photo: Amanda Perobelli / REUTERS

May 29, 2024

Aerial photos show devastating scale of flooding in Brazil

24 May 2024 (Reuters) – Heavy rains have battered Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state since late April 2024, causing historic floods that have killed over 150 people, while nearly 100 residents are still missing and more than 500,000 have been displaced, official data shows. [more] [more] Stunning aerial photos show devastating scale of flooding […]

A Guadalupe Virgin statue lays among the rubble of the destroyed home of Juana Landeros, who rode out a deadly tornado with her husband and her 9-year-old son when it rolled through the previous night, Sunday, 26 May 2024, in Valley View, Texas. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. Photo: Julio Cortez / AP Photo

May 28, 2024

23 are dead across the U.S. after weekend tornadoes, Texas battered again

By John Seewer 28 May 2024 (AP News) – Strong storms with damaging winds and hail pummeled north Texas on Tuesday morning as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 23 people during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread power outages were reported in the region, which includes […]

Satellite view of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf, showing an Isle of Wight-sized iceberg that broke away in May 2024. Satellite imagery shows clear water all around the berg (outlined in red). It is the third such block to calve near the base in the past three years. Photo: British Antarctic Survey

May 28, 2024

Isle of Wight-size iceberg breaks from Antarctica – “This latest calving reduces the Brunt Ice Shelf to its smallest observed size”

By Jonathan Amos 21 May 2024 (BBC News) – Another big iceberg has broken away from an area of the Antarctic that hosts the UK’s Halley research station. It is the third such block to calve near the base in the past three years. This new one is not quite as large, but still measures […]

Satellite view of severe flooding on the Rufiji River in Tanzania on 2 May 2024. Photo: NASA

May 28, 2024

Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say – “We’re likely to see this kind of intensive rainfall happening this season going into the future”

By Carlos Mureithi 23 May 2024 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists said in a study published Friday. The findings come from World Weather Attribution, […]