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Nepal's devastating flash floods have killed 903 people, while 4,247 people remain unaccounted for, according to the latest figures attributed to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Rescue and relief operations continue across several flood-hit districts as authorities search for missing people and recover victims.
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Nepal’s deadly Bhote Koshi flash floods have left 538 bodies recovered and 511 foreign nationals still missing, according to a fresh August 28 government update. Among those missing are 25 Canadian nationals. Authorities are continuing search and rescue operations while monitoring downstream flood risks, with security agencies, health services and local authorities mobilised across affected areas, amid widespread infrastructure damage.
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Fossilized leaf cells from Wyoming have helped scientists reconstruct forest canopies during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, an abrupt warming event 56 million years ago. The *Science* study found that rising carbon dioxide and temperatures coincided with more open forests, major vegetation changes and increased landscape erosion—providing a warning, though not a precise forecast, for forests today.
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Two powerful earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela within seconds of each other, causing widespread destruction across Caracas and nearby regions. At least 164 people have been confirmed dead, hundreds are injured, and rescue teams are racing against time to find survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings.
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Fashion's biggest challenge is no longer making clothes—it is making growth compatible with finite resources. Renewable fashion is redefining what value means.
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Climate change affects more than temperatures. Rising global warming is contributing to extreme rainfall, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and changing weather patterns worldwide.
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Heatwaves, floods, and storms are becoming more frequent across the world as shifting climate patterns reshape global weather systems and increase environmental instability.
