Natural disasters and extreme weather
Paradise review – visually striking account of Siberian wildfires leans towards abstraction
Alexander Abaturov’s stunning film captures the resilience of villagers in remote Shologon, but feels contextless
Phuong Le
27, May, 2023 @5:40 PM
‘The sea is rising, the climate is changing’: the lessons learned from Mozambique’s deadly cyclone
As another severe tropical storm hits Mozambique, people still struggling to rebuild lives destroyed by 2019’s Cyclone Idai tell their stories
Sally Williams
02, Jan, 2021 @9:00 AM
'It was a feeling of terror: when will the water stop?': Britain's flood victims, six months on
In the weeks before lockdown, thousands had their lives upturned as storms submerged vast areas of the UK. What happened next?
Simon Usborne
29, Aug, 2020 @12:00 PM
Hurricane Laura: storm to bring 'unsurvivable surge' of destruction to US Gulf coast
Half a million people have been ordered to evacuate as storm is predicted to reach Texas and Louisiana as a category 4 hurricane Wednesday evening
Oliver Laughland in New Orleans and Adam Gabbatt in New York
26, Aug, 2020 @4:21 PM
‘Wake-up call’: wildfires tear through drought-plagued US south-west
Hot, dry conditions make Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah fertile ground for enormous blazes
Cody Nelson in Santa Fe, New Mexico
26, Aug, 2020 @10:00 AM
California fires: firefighters work to contain two of the largest blazes as 7,000 others burn – as it happened
LNU Lightning Complex and SCU Lightning Complex fires partially contained, after seven people have died in fires
Kari Paul (now) and Adam Gabbatt (earlier)
26, Aug, 2020 @12:40 AM
‘Next fire season is already upon us’: NSW to adopt all recommendations of bushfire inquiry report
Report finds climate change ‘clearly played a role’ in conditions that led up to Australia’s 2019-2020 fires, which were so extreme, traditional firefighting methods often failed
Lisa Cox
25, Aug, 2020 @4:02 AM
Wildfires raging across California 'historic' – as it happened
About 650 fires are burning in California, ignited by nearly 12,000 lightning strikes across the state and accelerated by a record-breaking heatwave
Vivian Ho (now) and Adam Gabbatt (earlier)
25, Aug, 2020 @1:27 AM
Last Australian fire season was terrible it changed everything (and nothing) | First Dog on the Moon
Remember living in thick smoke for months at a time? Everyone should be used to wearing masks by now whether it is for smoke or coronavirus
First Dog on the Moon
24, Aug, 2020 @7:35 AM
‘An impossible choice’: farmworkers pick a paycheck over health despite smoke-filled air
Workers who pick our fruits and vegetables are out in the field through wildfire, pandemic, drought or storm, putting their health in jeopardy
Vivian Ho in San Francisco
23, Aug, 2020 @7:47 PM
Fire and pestilence, flood and wind, the personal is political: Trump must go | Robert Reich
Americans face existential challenges. The president has done nothing to help and much to make things worse
Robert Reich
23, Aug, 2020 @5:00 AM
Could the US and Caribbean be heading for their worst hurricane season?
Experts say they are concerned as two potential hurricanes head north – and coronavirus is complicating matters
Alex Dick-Read in Tortola, British Virgin Islands
22, Aug, 2020 @9:00 AM
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