World’s largest conservation summit since Covid-19 brought 4,000 people to Marseille to showcase issues and solutions from coral reefs to land protection At times in Marseille’s early autumn sun, pre-pandemic life felt tantalisingly close at the world’…
Hurricane Ida drowned 11 New Yorkers in their own homes. The climate crisis is here | Ross Barkan
New York and other major cities will need to spend billions of dollars fortifying themselves for extreme weather. Even neighborhoods above sea level aren’t safeIn New York City last week, more than three inches of rain fell in one hour, shattering all …
Weatherwatch: how forecasting played role in ultramarathon disaster
Safety warnings were not issued before tragedy in which 21 runners died in Gansu, ChinaOne word in a weather forecast could mean the difference between life and death.In May, ultramarathon runners were crossing a stretch of the Yellow River Stone Fores…
Greenville residents find remnants of former lives as they return home after Dixie fire
A photographer captures moments as residents return: ‘I’m doing what I can, which is to take pictures and have the story be told’As some families in Greenville, California started to return home this week after the Dixie fire tore through this town of …
The Guardian view on saving forests: when trees are at risk, so are we | Editorial
Plantations are no replacement for biodiverse forests that have evolved over thousands of yearsPeople need trees. A world without ilex, cinnamon and rosewood trees, a world devoid of magnolias, hornbeams and maples would be much the poorer. We rely on …
New York mayor: Ida devastation shows need to prepare for ‘very, very worst’
Dozens died across the north-east as the storm system passed through and the climate crisis makes extreme weather more likelyAs the north-eastern US reeled from catastrophic damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, politicians and city officials…
Hurricane Ida death toll nears 60 as states begin to comb through debris
Two more evacuated nursing home residents died in LouisianaNew York: calls for action after 11 die in basement apartmentsThe US death toll from Hurricane Ida rose towards 60 on Saturday, nearly a week after one of the most powerful storms ever to hit t…
‘We left it in God’s hands’: floods wreck Spanish seaside town
Residents in Alcanar say they feel fortunate no lives were lost after intense rain caused heavy floodingPeople in the town of Alcanar in north-east Spain have been assessing the damage caused to homes and businesses by flooding produced by intense rain…
‘I feel abandoned’: New Orleanians swelter through days without power
Brutal heat follows wreckage of Hurricane Ida, with many residents unaware of city’s offers of assistanceAs the sun began to set on his third day without power, Kevin Johnson took a pause from the hard labour, sweat dripping from his face in the relent…
Hurricane Ida live updates: first death in Louisiana as New Orleans loses power
Sheriffs say person killed by falling tree in Prairieville as city of New Orleans falls back on power generators after network failsReport: New Orleans loses power as category 4 storm hits 4.41am BST President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in…