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Extreme weather

Heavy flooding, severe storms, record heat waves — extreme weather is on the rise due to climate change. This is affecting people, ecosystems and economies around the world.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron stand for a minute of silence

Mayotte: France holds silence for cyclone Chido victims

France begins a national day of mourning for those killed in a deadly cyclone on its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.
CatastropheDecember 23, 2024
Cyclone Chido devastates Mozambique

Cyclone Chido death toll in Mozambique rises to 94

Some 620,000 Mozambicans were affected by the storm, with most of the devastation taking place in Cabo Delgado.
CatastropheDecember 22, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks with locals In Mayotte

Macron in hot water for berating hecklers in Mayotte

French President Emmanuel Macron told hecklers they were "lucky to be in France." Critics said this was unpresidential.
PoliticsDecember 21, 2024
France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) speaks with locals as he arrives at the Mayotte Hospital Centre

Macron receives angry welcome in cyclone-battered Mayotte

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to rebuild Mayotte after a devastating storm.
CatastropheDecember 20, 202402:26 min
A woman from Niger bends over a vegetable patch to carry away a box of fresh lettuce.

A Niger woman makes her garden grow despite extreme weather

Extreme weather has not stopped one Niger woman from growing delicious sustainable produce.  
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 20, 202404:07 min
A child looks on in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte

Macron vows to rebuild Mayotte after cyclone devastation

French President Emmanuel Macron was met with angry residents of Mayotte, as the island struggles to recover from Chido.
CatastropheDecember 19, 2024
Partially destroyed buildings and uprooted trees remain after cyclone Chido hit Mozambique

More climate challenges ahead for Mozambique and Malawi

Chido is one of several cyclones to hit Mozamibique and Malawi in recent years.
ClimateDecember 19, 2024
A young woman standing in front of a pile of muddy, broken cars

Spain after the devasting autumn floods

Many survivors are still waiting for the emergency aid that was promised to them by the Spanish government.
SocietyDecember 19, 202405:11 min
Türkei | syrische Geflüchtete in Gaziantep

Focus on Europe — Spotlight on People

After the downfall of Assad, Syrian refugees in Turkey are deciding whether to return home or stay.
SocietyDecember 19, 202426:04 min
People clean mud from the streets in Spain's Valencia region

Long path back to normality for Valencia residents

After devastating flooding in October, people in the Spanish region have been trying to put their lives back together.
CatastropheDecember 18, 202403:30 min
A group of people with donation boxes

AfricaLink News December 18, 2024

Congo sues Apple over minerals +++ Ghana court upholds anti-LGBTQ bill
ClimateDecember 18, 202404:10 min
DW AfricaLink | Podcastcover: 67715110

How prepared is Malawi for Cyclone Chido?

Josey Mahachi talks to Lucy Mtilatila of Malawi's Climate Change and Meteorological Services, and DW's Mirriam Kaliza.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 18, 202430:00 min
A destroyed car and piles of damaged objects are in a street in a village on Mayotte.

Mayotte officials fear rise in number of dead

While clean-up is underway on the French territory following Cylone Chido, officials expect the death toll to rise.
CatastropheDecember 18, 202401:27 min
Destroyed homes in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

Cyclone Chido kills 34 in Mozambique after battering Mayotte

Dozens are dead in Mozambique following the destruction left by Cyclone Chido.
CatastropheDecember 17, 2024
An image shows destroyed housing in Combani, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago

French President Macron vows to visit cyclone-hit Mayotte

Emmanuel Macron vows to visit Mayotte after cyclone wreaks havoc across the French territory.
CatastropheDecember 17, 2024
Members of the Gendarmerie Nationale advance on a road littered with undergrowth and branches torn from trees

Mayotte cyclone crisis: Emergency operation underway

The French island territory in the Indian Ocean was battered by its worst cyclone in almost a century.
CatastropheDecember 16, 202402:28 min
This undated photo provided by NGO Medecins du Monde on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, shows a devastated hill on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage with reports of several fatalities.

Mayotte prefect fears hundreds dead after Cyclone Chido

The French government warned that determining a precise figure might not even be possible.
CatastropheDecember 16, 2024
Frankreich Mayotte Zyklon Chido in Kaweni

Several hundred feared dead after Mayotte cyclone

Hundreds of people are presumed dead on the French territory of Mayotte after Cyclone Chido hit the archipelago.
CatastropheDecember 15, 202401:52 min
The aftermath of Cyclone Chido

Cyclone Chido kills multiple in Mayotte, batters Mozambique

Cyclone Chido was described as "unexpectedly violent" by new French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou.
CatastropheDecember 15, 2024
Abdullahi Mohamud, a camel herder in Kenya, is seen in front of his camels as he speaks to DW

Desertification drives Kenyan herdsmen to camels

Climate change has degraded 75% of the Earth's land, the UN warns. Kenyan herders are already trading cattle for camels.
ClimateDecember 13, 202402:57 min
A young person walks through a water fountain

Extreme heat a death threat to young people in Mexico

In Mexico, heat overwhelmingly kills young people, a new study finds. Global warming could make this worse.
ScienceDecember 11, 2024
Delegates attending the COP16 summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

UN COP16 summit tackles forced migration and insecurity

Desertification, land degradation and drought are worsening forced migration and threatening global stability.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 10, 2024
Two women waiting to attend a mobile clinic.

Cyclone-prone Mozambique strives to protect disabled people

Mozambique is pioneering inclusive disaster planning, working to make sure no one gets left behind in an emergency.
CatastropheDecember 9, 202406:42 min
Rescuers search for victims at the site of a landslide in Cisarakan village

Indonesia: Flash flooding kills at least 10 on Java island

The disaster management agency said ten people had died in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain last week.
CatastropheDecember 9, 2024
A man walks along a damaged street after the passage of Hurricane Eta in La Lima, Cortes, Honduras

What's been said at the landmark ICJ climate hearings?

Nations are asking the International Court of Justice to oblige big polluters to keep their promises to cut emissions.
ClimateDecember 7, 2024
A rounded shaped green zone lies in the middle of a vast desert

Why fertile land is turning to desert

Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second. Can this expanding wasteland be greened and restored?
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 6, 2024
People stand on a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Puducherry, India

India: Several dead as cyclone Fengal brings heavy rainfall

Authorities in southern states of India have issued warnings as Fengal is expected to bring further heavy rainfall.
CatastropheDecember 3, 2024
Rescuers use heavy machines to clear mud from a road following a landslide that hit several vehicles in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.

Indonesia: Floods, landslides kill 31 in North Sumatra

Indonesia's North Sumatra has been battered by a week of rainfall leading to floods and landslides in several parts.
CatastropheNovember 29, 2024
DW AfricaLink

Why Malawi's Central region is grappling with a water crisis

DW's Josey Mahachi speaks to Chandiwira Chisi of Water Environment and Sanitation Network and DW's George Mhango.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 28, 202426:02 min
Three women jump and throw snow at Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea

South Koreans rejoice in record snowfall amid casualties

At least four people have died in accidents caused by record snowfall in South Korea.
ClimateNovember 28, 202401:48 min
Eco India Show #311

The risk of flooding on Germany's North Sea coast

Due to the threat of rising sea levels, a town on Germany’s northern coast is reinforcing dykes.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 27, 202405:13 min
Visitors enjoy in snow at the Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Korea's well-known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea

South Korea's Seoul inundated by record November snowfall

A major snowstorm has blanketed much of South Korea, grounding flights and disrupting traffic.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 27, 2024
The 77 percent #243 Megacity Lagos 16.11.2024

Lagos' housing crisis and a vision for the future

Lagos architect Eve Nnaji wants to solve the city’s housing crisis with sustainable architecture.
ArchitectureNovember 26, 202403:26 min
A man pushes his bicycle along a road flooded with rain in Lagos, Nigeria.

Flood awareness and alleviation in Nigeria

Cleaning up clogged drainage channels could curb the impact of flooding in and around Lagos.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 25, 202405:51 min
A woman in Niamey, Niger carrying an aid package on her head that was donated by Turkey on of the nations outside the EU also providing assistance to Niger

EU recalls its envoy from Niger over flood fund distribution

Niger's junta had taken issue with how aid for flood victims was being dispersed, prompting the EU to recall its envoy.
PoliticsNovember 23, 2024
DW Eco India (Sendungslogo)

Eco India: Making our environment a safer one

A more walkable Delhi and a more diverse method of farming.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 22, 202426:04 min
DW Eco Africa (Sendungslogo Composite)

Eco Africa: How simple solutions are sometimes best

How filters could clean up Cameroon's drinking water. Plus, using Indigenous medicines to treat Ghana's livestock.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 21, 202426:04 min
A low pressure storm system known as a 'bomb cyclone' moves off the coast of the US Pacific Northwest and western Canada

Deadly 'bomb cyclone' lashes US Northwest

Weather experts have warned of flash floods, blizzards and debris flows in California and southwest Oregon.
CatastropheNovember 21, 2024
Fang Li, Country Director of World Resources Institute China speaks in China Pavilion during a South-South Cooperation project conference during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan

COP29 negotiators urge China to pay its climate bill

With developing nations needing trillions of dollars in climate finance funds, China is being asked to contribute more.
ClimateNovember 20, 202402:46 min
A young man adjusts an alarm attached to a tree

Malawian invents flood detector to alert people

Steward Nankhumwa, 24, has developed a flood detector that can warn thousands of people during the rainy season.
SocietyNovember 19, 202401:30 min
Boy sitting on motorized tricycle on a flooded street after Typhoon Man-yi hit the Philippines

Philippines: Sixth typhoon in a month brings deadly floods

The Philippines is cleaning up after Super Typhoon Man-yi hit over the weekend, killing at least eight.
CatastropheNovember 18, 2024
DW "Global Us" Sendungslogo Composite

Second life for defunct devices in the EU — Global Us

The EU wants to see more old electrical devices being repaired, and quarry work is killing people in India.
HealthNovember 18, 202426:04 min
A view of storm ravaged-houses in Viga, Catanduanes province, northeastern Philippines

Philippines hit by powerful Typhoon Man-yi

The sixth storm to hit the Philippines in a month, Man-yi damaged buildings, downed power lines and uprooted trees.
CatastropheNovember 17, 202401:19 min
Picture of typhoons over Pacific

Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in east Philippines

Hundreds of thousands fled their homes ahead of Man-yi, the sixth major storm to hit the Philippines in the past month.
CatastropheNovember 16, 2024
Projekt Zukunft 2024 | Natur nach der Flut

Years after Ahr River floods — are ecosystems recovering?

A young research team is investigating species recovery in the Ahr River Valley after disastrous floods three years ago.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 16, 202405:12 min
Two women and children walk down a street, carrying their belongings and hiding under raincoats

Philippines hit by another major typhoon, more on the way

Typhoon Usagi, the fifth major storm to hit the Philippines in a month, has sent thousands to emergency shelters.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 15, 20247 images
DW's Eco Africa

Eco Africa: Improving mobility and the power of teamwork

Making Lagos more livable, bikes for girls in Uganda, and tackling marine litter in Egypt.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 15, 202426:04 min
Environmental activists hold signs calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels

COP29: Experts call for reform in climate action process

In an open letter to the UN, experts said it was time for COP to "shift away from negotiations" to concrete action.
ClimateNovember 15, 2024
Workers try to open a manhole cover on a heavily flooded street.

Spain battles heavy rainfall again

Two weeks after severe flooding, the provinces of Malaga, Tarragona and parts of Valencia are back on high alert.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 14, 20248 images
A resident reinforces his roof in Santa Ana, Cagayan Province, northern Philippines as they anticipate Typhoon Usagi

Mass evacuations as Typhoon Usagi hits Philippines

Over 160 people have already been killed and millions displaced. A sixth storm is expected over the weekend.
CatastropheNovember 14, 2024