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Surge in greenhouse gases sustained despite COVID lockdowns: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop in emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday, warning against complacency.
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UPDATE 1-Surge in greenhouse gases sustained despite COVID lockdowns - U.N.
GENEVA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop in emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday, warning against complacency.
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Surge in greenhouse gases sustained despite COVID lockdowns - U.N.
GENEVA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas concentrations climbed to a new record in 2019 and rose again this year despite an expected drop in emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the World Meteorological Organization said on Monday, warning against complacency.
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As they repair Iota's damage, Colombian survivors vow to rebuild
BOGOTA (Reuters) - When Category 5 Hurricane Iota roared over the small Colombian island of Providencia in the early hours of Monday morning, Yeisler Chamorro and his wife hunkered down underneath a mattress in their bedroom.
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ANALYSIS-Insurers float fast flood protection, as Britain fails to confront risk
LONDON, Nov 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As climate change brings more intense storms and rising seas, Britain faces rapidly growing and shifting flood threats - something few of those at risk are yet aware of, officials and insurers said on Friday.
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Exclusive: Zurich Insurance nears $4 billion deal for MetLife unit - sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Switzerland's Zurich Insurance Group AG
is in advanced talks to acquire MetLife Inc's U.S. property and casualty (P&C) car and home insurance unit for close to $4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. -
As drownings rise, communities in icy regions adapt to dangers of warming
TORONTO, Nov 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For Inuit communities in Canada's Arctic region, having ice underfoot is a way of life. They have traveled, hunted and harvested on frozen surfaces for centuries - and during the winter months vital supplies arrive by ice roads.
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Thousands without power in Russia's icy far east after heavy snow
MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Thousands of residents in Russia's far eastern Primorsky region were without access to power on Friday after a state of emergency was introduced amid subzero cold after heavy snowfall.
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UPDATE 2-Storm death toll rises in Central America as Honduran leader pleads for help
TEGUCIGALPA/MEXICO CITY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Authorities in Central America recovered more bodies on Thursday from landslides triggered by hurricane Iota, which battered the impoverished region this week, the second deadly storm to roar through this month.
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Hondurans who fled hurricanes now face coronavirus in overcrowded shelters
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hondurans are cramming into overcrowded storm shelters, aid workers and officials say, raising concerns that the chaotic set-up will trigger a new spike in coronavirus infections.
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