In other parts of the West, evacuation orders were lifted in Colorado and Montana towns threatened by wildfires
Deadly floods in northern Chile left homes and roads destroyed.
At least 100 dead and nearly two thousand are homeless after rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms have led to severe flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent days.
A four-day heatwave across western Europe that killed seven people began to ease slightly on Sunday, as temperature alerts were cut back and wildfires slowly brought under control.
On July 1, approximately 1,400 people experienced an outage in Dawson City caused by lightning. The community was partially restored after eight minutes, and fully restored after an hour. Five power outages occurred in Dawson City, Mayo and Whitehorse over the Canada Day weekend.
High-fire danger prompts burn ban this week, A burn suspension is in effect for the Kenai Peninsula due to high fire danger, high fire activity and limited firefighting resources, according to a special notice from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.
Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph Wednesday, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive march inland across the Southeast.
The Outer Hebrides are already suffering from the impacts of climate change including higher tides, longer storms and erosion.
Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community, which is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave.
Eight places in Portugal broke local temperature records Friday as a wave of heat from North Africa swept across the Iberian peninsula — and officials predicted the scorching temperatures could get even worse over the weekend.
Chennai's severe water shortage has forced restaurants to shut and the city to scramble for solutions.
The southwest region of France was hit on Wednesday by violent hailstorms, damaging roofs, cars and killing one person.
Mercury expected to touch 42 degrees Celsius in coming days, warns met department
Rivers burst their banks, homes were flooded and travel was impacted as Wales was battered by Storm Callum.
Following a year of both extreme heat and drought, Lake Tahoe has seen a record breaking amount of snow this December.
An exceptionally dry November means that water levels are low in the hydro electric watersheds on Vancouver Island. The four reservoirs on the Island, located in Jordan River, Ash River, Puntledge River and Campbell River provide a third of Vancouver Island’s power supply.
The word for it here is Schneemangel or snow shortage. There's a phrase for when the snow is plentiful too - das weisse Gold - white gold. It's a reflection of how many alpine communities depend on winter sports for their livelihoods. World Cup skiers will race on artificial snow this Saturday as the Alps see record high temperatures.
Environment Canada says these smoky conditions could remain until Wednesday.
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