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How climate change is fuelling hurricanes
Waves pound the shore in Eastern Passage, N.S. on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Post-tropical storm Fiona hit Nova Scotia in the early hours, knocking out power and disrupting travel across the region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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As Hurricane Fiona approaches Halifax, a city braces for the worst
Francis Bruhm, Project Manager for general contractor G&R Kelly, places sandbags around the doors of the Nova Scotia Power building before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Ingrid Bulmer
world
China’s biggest lake declares ‘red alert’ as long drought lingers
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 23, 2022 shows caked mud before the usually half submerged Luoxing Dun, a small island with ancient temples on it, in China's largest freshwater Poyang Lake in Juijiang, China's central Jiangxi province. - China has logged its hottest August since records began, state media reported on September 6, 2022, following an unusually intense summer heat wave that parched rivers, scorched crops and triggered isolated blackouts. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. politics
Jackson’s water crisis points to bigger U.S. infrastructure failures and ‘environmental injustice’ to come
FILE PHOTO: Volunteers carry drinking water at a distribution site while the city of Jackson is to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely after pumps at the water treatment plant failed, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water and tanker trucks for 180,000 people, in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S., September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Rory Doyle/File Photo
opinion
The great Saskatchewan River Delta is a good place to start resetting our ecological compass
Ken Coates
world
Puerto Ricans desperate for water after Fiona’s rampage
CABO ROJO, PUERTO RICO - SEPTEMBER 20: People remove downed trees on September 20, 2022 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The island awoke to a general island power outage after Hurricane Fiona struck this caribbean nation two days ago. (Photo by Jose Jimenez/Getty Images)
british columbia
Couple who survived deadly torrent released from B.C. dam sues regional district for negligence
Water flows over the Cleveland Dam as people walk with a dog in Cleveland Park in North Vancouver, B.C., on Christmas Day, Friday Dec. 25, 2015. A woman whose husband saw a "wall of water rushing toward them" as the pair fled from a huge release of water from a North Vancouver dam is suing Metro Vancouver's regional district for negligence.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
travel
In Huntington Beach, a local surfer is making the waves more accessible
Huntington Beach – Surf City USA
world
WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan
A flood-affected family eats a meal in a makeshift tent in Dera Allah Yar town of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan province on September 17, 2022. (Photo by Fida HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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New $84.4-million water system in Abbotsford, B.C., aims for climate resilience
A helicopter flies over flooded farmland in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. The City of Abbotsford is getting a funding boost from the B.C. government to help ensure its drinking water system will withstand extreme weather and climate-related disasters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
soccer
Long lines and lack of water mar Qatar World Cup stadium trial
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - General Views of the Lusail Stadium - Lusail, Qatar, March 28, 2022. General view inside the Lusail Stadium, the venue for the 2022 Qatar World Cup Final REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/File Photo
world
More than 20 million at risk as famine emerges in Horn of Africa
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 13, 2022 People wait for water with containers at a camp, one of the 500 camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in town, in Baidoa, Somalia. - UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths warned on September 5, 2022 that Somalia was "at the door of famine" after being hit by four failed rainy seasons that has caused a devastating drought. "Famine is at the door and we are receiving a final warning," Griffiths said at a press conference in Mogadishu, saying famine was likely in two areas in south central Somalia between October and December this year. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Wetlands are a natural remedy for Canada’s sick lakes
Mark Gloutney
olympics
Canada SailGP founder Fred Pye thrilled with his team’s debut season so far
Fred Pye, owner of Canadian SailGP team, stands in front of an F50 catamaran in the hangar on Race Day 1 at Spain SailGP, Event 6, Season 2 on October 9, 2021 in Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain. Pye's love of sailing grew out of wanting to make the sport more accessible to Canadian kids. The Montreal native has since launched Canada's first team on the SailGP circuit, which is like the Formula One of sailing, but powered by wind. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-SailGP-Bob Martin * MANDATORY CREDIT *
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Pakistan looks ‘like a sea’ after floods, Prime Minister says, as 18 more die
Pakistan's Naval personnel rescue flood-affected people from their damaged houses after heavy monsoon rains in Dadu district, Sindh province on September 7, 2022. - Record monsoon rains have caused devastating floods across Pakistan since June, killing more than 1,200 people and leaving almost a third of the country under water, affecting the lives of 33 million. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Students return to campus amid water crisis in Jackson, city remains under boil water advisory
Santonia Matthews, a custodian at Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Miss., hauls away a trash can filled with water from a tanker in the school's parking lot, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The tanker is one of two placed strategically in the city to provide residents non-potable water. The recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems and the state Health Department has had Mississippi's capital city under a boil-water notice since late July. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Thousands battle ‘catastrophic’ floods after Chad’s heaviest rains in 30 years
Flood victims set up makeshift shelters at a schoolyard where they take refuge after heavy rains, in Ndjamena, Chad September 2, 2022.REUTERS/Mahamat Ramadane
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Tractors to the rescue as floods submerge India’s tech hub
People commute in tractors due to water-logged roads following torrential rains in Bengaluru, India September 6, 2022. ANI/REUTERS TV via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. INDIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDIA
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Flood-hit Pakistan scrambles to avert overflow of its biggest lake
Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. More than 1,300 people have been killed and millions have lost their homes in flooding caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan this year that many experts have blamed on climate change. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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At least three people dead as powerful typhoon hits South Korea
A wave caused by Typhoon Hinnamnor hits the waterfront in Busan, South Korea, September 6, 2022. Yonhap/via REUTERS