Rescuers pull first trapped person from flooded Laos cave

A team of ‌specialist divers said they pulled one man from a flooded cave in central Laos on Friday, as four more people remained trapped with two others still missing. Seven Lao nationals had entered the cave in ​Xaisomboun province to prospect for gold, but their exit was blocked, leaving them ​trapped for more than […]

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Rescuers pull first trapped person from flooded Laos cave

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Four more people rescued from flooded cave in Laos

Rescuers have pulled four ⁠people trapped in a flooded cave in Laos, Thai rescuers said.

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First of five men found alive in flooded Laos cave rescued

The bedraggled man was led to safety by rescuers after nine days stranded in the cavern

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First of five men found alive in flooded Laos cave rescued

The bedraggled man was led to safety by rescuers after nine days stranded in the cavern

City of Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Releases Heat- Related Illness and Mortality Dashboard. “As we approach the hottest months of the year, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announces the launch of a new Heat-Related Illness and Mortality Dashboard. The dashboard presents, for the first time, information on emergency department (ED) visits and […]

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City of Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Releases Heat- Related Illness and Mortality Dashboard

City of Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Releases Heat- Related Illness and Mortality Dashboard. “As we approach the hottest months of the year, the Los Angeles Cou…

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Guelph's city hall to no longer be used as overnight warming or cooling space
Guelph will no longer open city hall for overnight stays during extreme weather events. The move comes after staff reported it was too difficult to manage the number of people coming in and there were problems with damage to washrooms, open drug use and sexual behaviours in the ...
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Are #HeatSpikes becoming more common?

Ed Hawkins, professor of #climate science at the University of Reading, told the BBC that "Today's heat events are emerging earlier, intensifying faster and occurring across a much warmer background climate".

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Are 'heat spikes' becoming more common?

The heatwave that has gripped much of England and Wales this week brought with it record May temperatures. But it has also been exceptional for how quickly it developed as Simon King explains.

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Winnipeggers soak up sun during heat wave, as some worry about impact of extreme weather
As a heat wave rippled across much of Manitoba on Thursday, some Winnipeg residents were out enjoying the hot weather after a cool spring, while others worried the abrupt temperature shift could put some of the city's most vulnerable residents at risk.
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Arctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent

Near real-time visualizations [Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability] [Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Concentration] [Arctic Sea-Ice Volume and Thickness] [Arctic Temperatures] [Antarctic Sea-Ice E…

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