In Hawaii, firefighters had been nonetheless working Friday to completely comprise devastating wildfires which have killed at the least 55 folks. Because the fires diminish, hundreds of residents of the historic coastal city of Lahaina are discovering they misplaced every little thing — as this {photograph} by Related Press photographer Rick Bowmer helps illustrate.
They’re questioning how they, and their city, will rebuild from fires which are additionally taking a toll on the atmosphere.
Right here’s what else is occurring associated to excessive climate and the local weather proper now:
— China stated extreme floods within the northern province of Hebei this month introduced on by remnants of Storm Doksuri killed at the least 29 folks and triggered billions of {dollars} in financial losses.
— Jakarta, which routinely tops the listing of the world’s most polluted cities, did it once more on Friday in a rating by a Swiss air high quality know-how firm. Inefficient and polluting autos that may be stalled in visitors for hours at a time are a serious offender.
—The U.S. Vitality Division stated Friday it is giving $1.2 billion to a pair of tasks that might immediately take away planet-warming carbon dioxide from the air. Direct air seize does not but exist on a significant scale, and a few skeptics say cash can be higher spent on extra sensible efforts.
—The Biden administration stated it might quickly launch a proper analysis of dangers posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned following the fiery practice derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
—California took a step towards delaying closure of three gas-fired energy crops by way of 2026. Officers say the crops are wanted to ensure energy throughout main climate occasions comparable to warmth waves. Activists say the state must extra extra shortly so as to add renewable energy.
—The person who will lead the U.N.’s international local weather summit later this 12 months, United Arab Emirates minister Sultan al-Jaber, instructed Caribbean nations that a number of the harshest results of local weather change had fallen on their area, and extra money needs to be discovered to deal with the issue.
—The Nationwide Ocean and Atmospheric Administration stated record-hot oceans and a rising El Nino are doubling the possibilities of a foul Atlantic hurricane season this summer season and fall.
—Officers reported that flooding from heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar have killed 5 folks and displaced about 60,000 since mid-July.
QUOTABLE:
“I’ve bought nothing left. I am a disabled vet, so now I am a homeless vet.” — Thomas Leonard, a retired mailman and Vietnam veteran, after the flames that burned Lahaina, Hawaii, destroyed his condominium and melted his Jeep. Leonard spent hours sheltering from the hearth behind a seawall.
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