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The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says

GENEVA (AP) 鈥 The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world's rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places.
PHOTO COLLECTION: Climate Extreme Weather Floods

PHOTO COLLECTION: Climate Extreme Weather Floods

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors. The Associated Press
How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados

How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados

KAYANZA, Burundi (AP) 鈥 Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when it is time to sell their avocados.
US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish

US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish

NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥 A federal appellate court is set to hear oral arguments Monday in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
Florida prepares for massive evacuations as Hurricane Milton takes aim at major metro areas

Florida prepares for massive evacuations as Hurricane Milton takes aim at major metro areas

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) 鈥 Florida is gearing up for what could be its biggest evacuation in seven years as Hurricane Milton strengthens over warm waters and heads toward major population centers including Tampa and Orlando.
International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides

International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) 鈥 Rescue teams from Bosnia's neighbors and European Union countries on Sunday were joining efforts to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated parts of the Balkan coun
Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay region

Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay region

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
Samoa warns of 'highly probable' oil spill from New Zealand navy ship that sank and caught fire

Samoa warns of 'highly probable' oil spill from New Zealand navy ship that sank and caught fire

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) 鈥 An oil spill is 鈥渉ighly probable鈥 from a grounded New Zealand navy ship which sank and caught fire off the coast of Samoa, the Pacific island nation's acting prime minister said late Sunday.
Central Thailand braces for inundation as rain stops in flooded Chiang Mai

Central Thailand braces for inundation as rain stops in flooded Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) 鈥 Several provinces in central Thailand braced for floods Sunday after the Irrigation Department announced it was releasing water from a major dam after weeks of frequent heavy rain.

Kazakhstan faces up to the legacy of Soviet weapons testing in a vote on nuclear power

MOSCOW (AP) 鈥 Polls are open in Kazakhstan Sunday for a landmark referendum on building the country鈥檚 first nuclear power plant, confronting the country's painful legacy as a testing ground for Soviet nuclear weapons.