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Water running out in Gaza as UN warns of ‘death sentence’ to hospital patients
Palestinian girl Fulla Al-Laham, 4, who was wounded in an Israeli strike that killed 14 family members, including her parents and all her siblings, lies on a bed as her grandmother sits next to her, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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The next trend in indoor gardening? Fog
Manufactured entirely in Canada, Rejuvenate sells for $799.99 at plantaform.com.
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Quebec City-based H2O Innovation will go private under new ownership
Bottled water is stored in a building once used as a gym on Shoal Lake 40. The community has been under a long-standing boil water advisory, but a new water treatment plant is expected to be complete this July. SHANNON VANRAES / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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‘Without water, there is no life’: Drought in Brazil’s Amazon is sharpening fears for the future
FILE - A fisherman stands on his boat as he navigates near thousands of dead fish awash on the banks of Piranha Lake due to a severe drought in the state of Amazonas, in Manacapuru, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
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Canadian municipalities looking to become ‘spongier’ to catch and absorb rainwater, build climate resilience
Place de Fleurs de Macadam is seen Wednesday, October 4, 2023 in Montreal. The city has announced it will add 30 so-called sponge parks as well as sidewalks and streets designed to soak up water during heavy rainfalls.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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What’s the best Thanksgiving side dish? According to 18,000 votes: Stuffing
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Imperial, Alberta’s energy regulator knew for years about tailings seepage at mine, documents show
Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated fluid was reported on the surface, alarming area First Nations and triggering three investigations. Tailings samples are being tested during a tour of Imperial Oil's oilsands research centre in Calgary, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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New York begins drying out after being stunned and soaked by record-breaking rainfall
People talk to the train engineer as trains from Manhattan to Brooklyn get cancelled due to heavy rain on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Urban gardening: Rewilding in the city begins with tree planting, and right now is the prime time to start digging
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New York City area under state of emergency after storms flood subways, strand people in cars
A plow truck drives through flooded streets in the Hole, one of the lowest neighborhoods in New York City, New York, U.S., September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan
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Patty Hajdu says ‘co-developed’ First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall
Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario speaks to reporters from The Canadian Press at her office near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest faces a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people
Aerial view of a fire in the Amazon rainforest in Iranduba, Amazonas, northern Brazil, on September 23, 2023. The Amazonas is suffering a severe drought that is affecting navigation and the distribution of fuel and food to the interior, following which the government of Amazonas declared a State of Environmental Emergency on September 12. (Photo by Michael Dantas / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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At least six killed, 12 missing in Guatemala flash flood
Rescuers work in the place where the current of a river swept away several houses at Dios es Fiel shantytown, an annex of the Kjell Laugerud colony in Guatemla City, on September 25, 2023. Ten children are among at least 18 people reported missing after a sewage-polluted river swollen by heavy rains swept away precarious homes in the Guatemalan capital, authorities said Monday. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP) (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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Tropical Storm Ophelia moves inland over North Carolina as coastal areas lashed with wind and rain
Zach Wright, 12, skimboards in floodwaters from the Lafayette River in the Larchmont Neighborhood of Norfolk, Va., Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, as Tropical Storm Ophelia approaches. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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In Newfoundland, giant squid inspire local legends – and questions about why they keep washing up there
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The lessons of Walkerton were lost on Danielle Smith’s government
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Libyan flood survivors weigh water shortages against landmine risk
Rescue teams assist in relief work in Libya's eastern city of Derna September 17, 2023 following deadly flash floods. A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Libya investigates dams’ collapse after devastating flood last weekend killed more than 11,000
People search for flood victims in Derna, Libya, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Ricardo Garcia Vilanova)
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Searchers look for more than 10,000 missing in flooded Libyan city where death toll eclipsed 11,000
TOPSHOT - Cars are piled up atop wave breakers and the rubble of a building destroyed in flash floods after the Mediterranean storm "Daniel" hit Libya's eastern city of Derna, on September 14, 2023. A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace on September 14 after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing, a death toll the UN blamed in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. (Photo by Abdullah DOMA / AFP) (Photo by ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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Dramatic footage shows torrent of floodwater tearing through Libyan city
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