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This photographer uncovers Hong Kong’s creatures of the night
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Iceland volcano – live: Strongest earthquake in 48 hours recorded as fears over eruption remain
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Giraffe at zoo left baffled by visitor dressed as giraffe
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Ukrainians fear for soldiers as winter sets in
STORY: A severe snowstorm caused havoc in Ukraine on Monday.This video from Ukrainian authorities shows what it was like out on the roads.Hundreds of cars and trucks were struck in snow drifts, some over six feet high, the government said in a social media post. Hundreds of settlements were without power and more than a dozen roads were closed. According to the emergency services, more than 1,200 rescue workers are managing the clean-up effort.The south and central parts of the country were the worst hit, according to Ukraine’s interior minister. But as residents dig out, tens of thousands of troops remain in front-line positions in the war with Russia.Polled by Reuters, Kyiv residents said the harsh winter did not bother them much.“It’s just regular weather. What’s more important is keeping the boys warm in the trenches. We will survive it here.”“I start crying when I think about soldiers. It is hard to imagine what it feels like there. These are very heavy thoughts.”The storm is also renewing fears that Moscow could target Ukraine's power grid this winter... Kyiv says Russia has attacked infrastructure 60 times in the past few weeks. On Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Ukraine's military for fighting Russian attacks...and its rescue services for tackling extreme weather.In Russian-held Crimea, officials said nearly half a million people were without power. Russian-installed authorities declared a state of emergency Monday and reported that one person died, ten were injured, and hundreds evacuated.
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Iceland volcano – live: Almost 100 earthquakes strike in seismic swarm during eruption fears
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When Will It Snow? The Met Office Says It'll Be Sooner Than You Expect
Bad news for the Grinches among us.
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Associated Press
Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rains
The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. President William Ruto convened an emergency cabinet meeting on Monday and said 38 of Kenya's 47 counties had been affected by floods and mudslides made worse by the El Niño phenomenon. State House spokesperson Hussein Mohammed also noted “disease outbreaks, destruction of infrastructure and property as well as prolonged power outages” across Kenya and the region.
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A dozen dead in storm across Russia, Ukraine and Moldova
Hurricane force winds, snowfall and flooding that swept parts of southern Russia, Ukraine and Moldova left at least 13 people dead Monday and almost two million without power, authorities said.Four people were reported to have died in Russia and Crimea due to the storms, with another four reported dead in Moldova.
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The Ivorian resort where the ocean washes away livelihoods
STORY: Every week Habib Hassan Nassar has to defend his beachfront hotel in Ivory Coast against an attacker that threatens to destroy his livelihood.His assailant is the rising sea that is eroding this coastal resort."If I hadn't made this protection I can assure you that; you see there the two coconut trees with the statue in red next to the little boy? The sea would be beyond that, so that means that everything here would be washed away by the waves, which means that I would have nothing: no space, no swimming pool, the hotel would be closed."Nassar says that when he first came to Assinie as a child it would take five minutes to walk to the shoreline.Now he has to spend around $1,640 a week to buy truckloads of sand and hire workers to pour it into bags and shore up the hotel's defenses.Ivory Coast's National Coastal Environment Management Program says the national coastal erosion rate averages between 0.5 and 3 meters a year. Assinie, it says, is of particular concern.That's due to the high rate of beach loss and its importance, through tourism, as an economic hub.Nassar says at this time of year, the sand should be returning to the beach - but that it hasn't yet happened."So we're behind schedule, but the longer we delay, the more the sea will attack us and we'll have to fight back. But at some point we won't be able to -- it's the ocean. Either we put in the resources we don't have, or we'll have to put up with it."This problem is not unique to Ivory Coast.U.N. climate experts have warned that, without adaptation, damages from sea level rise could cost 12 large coastal cities in Africa up to $86.5 billion by 2050.Further afield, Hawaii's highest court ruled at the end of October that a lawsuit by Honolulu against fossil fuel companies including Chevron, Exxon Mobil and Shell could go ahead to trial.It accuses them of deceiving the public about climate change and cited damages from issues such as sea level rise.Assinie's vulnerability was underscored in August.A series of oversized waves pummeled the shore - striking higher than ever before.Thanks to his sandbags, Nassar's hotel remained intact.But others were not as lucky.Standing in the ruins of his home, 60-year-old Alex Messan Kouassi says the sea has taken everything away.And he asks" "What am I going to do now?"
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The Independent
Bitcoin mining could supercharge transition to renewables, study claims
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Met Office predicts when snow will hit the UK
First autumn cold snap of year continues as temperatures again drop to below freezing overnight
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LA Times
Killer whale punts a sea lion 20 feet in the air to show calf how it's done
Based on the whales' behavior, an expert said it appeared the orcas were training a new calf in the pod how to hunt with its mother, grandmother and aunt.
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The Independent
UK snow forecast - live: Met Office warns of snow before Christmas as temperatures plummet
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AFP News
Indian rescuers just five metres from 41 trapped in tunnel
Indian rescue teams digging by hand are now within five metres of 41 men who have been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for over two weeks, officials said Tuesday, saying a breakthrough was expected "soon."Digging, blasting and drilling have also begun from the far side of the road tunnel, a much longer third route estimated to be around 480 metres.
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China’s coal addiction puts spotlight on its climate ambitions before Cop28
Power shortages in recent years have tested country’s commitment to cutting reliance on coal-fired energy
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The Independent
Three dead as first heavy snowfall and blizzards of winter hit eastern Europe
Yellow warning for extremely low temperature issued for Bulgarian capital
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Financial Times
Clean-energy sell-off is ‘very wrong’, warns US power group boss
The head of one of the world’s largest developers of clean energy said investors are on the wrong side of history as they drive a historic sell-off in renewable stocks. Shares of companies involved in wind and solar power projects and the equipment behind them have been slammed this year as high interest rates and inflation hit their profitability. With its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, AES builds energy projects and is the largest seller of renewable electricity to corporations, including Amazon and Google.
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Japan’s unexpected, shrinking dunes
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Sky News
Crimea: Nearly 500,000 left without power after storm hits Black Sea region
Around 500,000 people have been left without power after a storm took down power lines, ripped up trees and damaged buildings in Crimea. Russian state news agency Tass said the storm also hit southern Russia and sent waves flooding into the beach resort of Sochi. The government in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, told people to stay at home on Monday.
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