Continuous heavy rain and king tide have caused one of the worst floods in Bintulu’s recent years, severely impacting residential areas here and leaving many families displaced. Homes across the region are inundated, with numerous families facing significant challenges as they grapple with the destruction and disruptions caused by the rising waters. Social media has emerged as a crucial lifeline for residents, enabling them to share real-time updates and call for urgent assistance.

The water level in the Great Salt Lake, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, reached a record low in 2022. This has caused serious problems in the American state of Utah - economically, environmentally, as well as medically. The new Portland State University study is the first to not only assess the factors underlying the lowering of water levels to historic lows, but also provides valuable information for predicting and managing future changes in the condition of the reservoir.

Anthropogenic climate change has caused a rare series of typhoons to hit the Philippines this year and has increased the likelihood of powerful storms making landfall. Scientists came to this conclusion in a new study published Dec. 12, UCA News reported. According to local authorities, five typhoons and a tropical storm hit the Philippines in 23 days in October and November, killing more than 170 people and causing at least $235 million in damage.

While some areas of Colorado received just a few inches of snow, the impact was still felt across the region Tuesday morning. Roads were slick and icy Tuesday morning, leading to dozens of school delays across the Denver metro area. Cherry Creek Schools, Jeffco Public Schools, Englewood Schools, Littleton Public Schools, Platte Canyon District 1, Douglas County School District and the Elizabeth School District were among the schools with delayed starts on Tuesday.

Airline passengers should prepare for possible impacts to their flights Wednesday as a dynamic combination of weather could lead to delays or – if you are traveling in the right direction – an earlier arrival time. The FOX Forecast Center is monitoring flights across the eastern U.S. on Wednesday. The powerful, dynamic system moving across the region will be driven by an uncommonly strong jet stream, which could see speeds top nearly 150 mph high up in the atmosphere.

Since 1980, the rainy season in Brazil's Cerrado region has dragged on for 36 days, with rainfall falling by almost 37 percent and average temperatures rising by 1.5 °C, jeopardizing sustainable soybean and maize crops. The scientists linked this to the destruction of natural vegetation - the first time they have been able to separate the contribution of deforestation from the effects of global climate change. The work is published in the journal Nature Sustainability.

This November was the second warmest November on record, confirming expectations that 2024 will be the warmest on record. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Observing Service, global temperatures in November averaged 14.1°C, 0.73° above the 1991-2020 average. Overall, November 2024 was 1.62°C above pre-industrial levels. This makes it the 16th month out of the last 17 when the global average temperature exceeded the pre-industrial period (1850-1900) by 1.5°C.

Research has shown that an area that is nearly a third the size of India has gone from wet lands to arid areas where agriculture is difficult over the past three decades, The Guardian reported on December 9. Drylands now make up 40 percent of all land on Earth, excluding Antarctica. Over the past 30 years, three-quarters of the world's landmass has suffered from drought conditions that are likely to be permanent, according to a study by Science Policy Interface, a group of scientists convened by the United Nations.

Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change have increased by a third over the past 30 years and could increase by another 40 percent by mid-century if current rates of development, plowing and logging do not slow. Meanwhile, emissions from land-use changes in agriculture have declined by four percent. Researchers believe this has been helped by the adoption of conservation practices. The study is published in the journal Global Change Biology.

A historic lake effect snowstorm has pummeled many areas in Ontario, leaving communities buried under metres of snow and grappling with ongoing cleanup efforts. The storm, which began last Wednesday, has set new records for snowfall in several regions, with reports including significant totals, particularly in cottage country and the Sault Ste. Marie region. In the latest update released Tuesday morning from Environment Canada, the preliminary totals reveal startling figures.

Global warming continues every year - the changes in climate are already strongly felt by most of the world's inhabitants. Both last year and this year have repeatedly set temperature records, and in both years the average temperature was about 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Accumulated greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and some natural phenomena such as El Niño (a sudden abnormal change in the temperature of water in the Pacific Ocean off South America) and volcanic eruptions are partly to blame. But none of these fully explain such extraordinary heat.

Your iPhone may have contributed to the deadly hurricanes that battered the US this year, experts reveal. Researchers have found that smartphones generate 580 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, nearly 100 million more tons than the global aviation industry. These emissions warm Earth's oceans, fostering conditions for storms such as Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm that struck Florida in October.