Environment News

CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Change has broken, remade and continues to reshape this remote town where tundra meets forest on the shore of Hudson Bay. The economic base collapsed when the military left town.

DERNA, Libya (AP) — A year since two dams burst upstream from the eastern Libyan city of Derna , unleashing a wall of water that swept away thousands of people, its residents no longer hold out hope of finding many of their loved ones.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and subsequent heavy rain that triggered floods and landslides climbed to 87 on Tuesday, with 70 people missing and hundreds injured, state media said.

The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change , a new study finds.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and was expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana.

MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE, Calif.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — East Timor is at an energy development crossroads.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — East Timor is at an energy development crossroads.

This spring, a torrent of rain sent a river rushing over a field on the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, destroying most of what was in its path, including the traditionally important crop of white corn.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Torrential downpours hit North Africa's normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend, causing flooding that killed nearly two dozen people in Morocco and Algeria and destroyed homes and critical infrastructure.