From deluges to drought: Climate change speeds up water cycle, triggers more extreme weather
Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding.
Mining giant BHP faces judgment in unprecedented lawsuit by victims of Brazil's Mariana dam disaster
The 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam caused Brazil's worst environmental disaster to date. In the largest class action in British legal history, victims are demanding billions of pounds in damages ...
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From deluges to drought: Climate change speeds up water cycle, triggers more extreme weather
But that system — called the hydrological cycle ... storm Daniel caused massive flooding across eastern Libya that overwhelmed two dams, sending a wall of water through the coastal city ...
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See where South Australia’s former premiers are now as the countdown begins to the 2026 state election
The battery was meant to help stabilise the state’s energy system after two tornadoes shut ... San Marino, Albania and Libya. “So after almost a decade living in the UK and Italy we returned ...
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When a storm overtakes politicians
TWO months ago, Asmahan Balauon, a member of Libya’s eastern-based parliament ... heavy rains caused the collapse of two dilapidated dams, unleashing a torrent of destruction.
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Claimify: Extracting high-quality claims from language model outputs
5 The system should flag cases where ambiguity cannot be ... The flooding in Derna, Libya, was caused by the collapse of two dams. 3. The flooding in Derna, Libya, has led to significant destruction.