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Severe summer weather cost $7 billion in most destructive season on record

Severe summer weather cost $7 billion in most destructive season on record

TORONTO — Summer of 2024 is now Canada's most destructive season on record for insured losses due to severe weather events, the latest estimates from the Insurance Bureau of Canada show.
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Floodwater reservoir becomes Poland's hero for preventing major flooding

Floodwater reservoir becomes Poland's hero for preventing major flooding

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Grateful Poles are heaping praise — and coming up with fond names — to honor their silent hero that just saved them: a floodwater reservoir that spared the cities of Opole and Wroclaw from imminent flooding that ravaged parts of
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Southeast US under major storm warning as hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico

Southeast US under major storm warning as hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane watches were issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico on Monday as a cluster of storms south of the Cayman Islands was expected to strengthen into a major hurricane while moving north toward the U.S.
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In Ohio, drought and shifting weather patterns affect North America's largest native fruit

In Ohio, drought and shifting weather patterns affect North America's largest native fruit

WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio (AP) — Stubborn drought in Ohio and the shifting weather patterns influenced by climate change appear to be affecting North America’s largest native fruit: the pawpaw.
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'There's a bit of a yoyo’ing': Vancouver forecast has mix of warm and showery weather

'There's a bit of a yoyo’ing': Vancouver forecast has mix of warm and showery weather

'If you haven't done so already, get your rain coat out and get your umbrella'
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City of Montreal, insurers question future of basement apartments after floods

City of Montreal, insurers question future of basement apartments after floods

MONTREAL — Pasquale Monaco says he’s debating whether to keep renting out the two-bedroom basement apartment of the Montreal building he owns after it was flooded — again — in August, when the remnants of tropical storm Debby sent four feet of water
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Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

CACONDE, Brazil (AP) — Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining moisture from rainfall and a nearby reservoir.
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Flood-hit regions in Central Europe will get billions in EU aid

Flood-hit regions in Central Europe will get billions in EU aid

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday pledged billions of euros in aid for Central European countries that suffered enormous damage to infrastructure and housing during the massive flooding that has so far claime
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Alberta providing $149 million to cover municipal costs after Jasper wildfire

Alberta providing $149 million to cover municipal costs after Jasper wildfire

JASPER, ALTA. — The Alberta government is providing close to $150 million to cover costs for the town of Jasper, Alta., a third of which was destroyed in July's wildfire.
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'She is dying': Lawsuit asks Lake Winnipeg to be legally defined as a person

'She is dying': Lawsuit asks Lake Winnipeg to be legally defined as a person

WINNIPEG — A court has been asked to declare Lake Winnipeg a person with constitutional rights to life, liberty and security of person in a case that may go further than any other in trying to establish the rights of nature in Canada.
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