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Rains and floods in Brazil leave at least 150 dead and more than 600,000 evacuated

Meanwhile, 112 people remain missing, while more than 620,000 people were evacuated from their homes in 446 municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul

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Report: Brazil and Colombia see decrease in Amazon deforestation

Brazil sees a 36% decrease in forest losses in 2023, compared to 2022, a huge shift for the Amazon region, which has been a target for felling, logging and manmade deforestation since the 1970s

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State of emergency declared in Southern California amid winter storm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has not ruled out the possibility of expanding the emergency declaration to other regions of the state that may be impacted by the storm.

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New Year's Day earthquakes rock Japan's western coastline amid tsunami alerts

The area under tsunami threat also includes the Shika nuclear plant, which has enhanced concerns from Japanese authorities

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U.S. Attorney indicts three for environmental crimes in Puerto Rico wetlands

The charges relate to the illegal construction and deposit of material into the wetlands and waters of the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

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Dominican Republic torrential storm leaves at least 21 dead

The government evacuated more than 13,000 people to safe areas throughout the Caribbean island, afterwards

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Record breaking heatwave in Brazil raises temperatures to 108 that feel like 137 degrees

​​​​​​​Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology has issued red alerts for more than 3,000 municipalities throughout the country, which occupies the largest square mileage in the continent

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Acapulco resort town hammered by Hurricane Otis

Mexican officials are trying to determine the level of damage, but little information has surfaced since 30% of Guerrero homes lost power, and the storm effectively knocked out communications in the area

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Resort town Puerto Vallarta spared after Hurricane Lidia strikes Mexico's Pacific coast

The Category 4 hurricane was tracked as the third largest storm of its kind to ever make landfall with the Mexican Pacific coast

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Chile raises alert on Villarrica volcano activity

Chilean authorities have raised the alert level for the Villarrica volcano to orange, the second-highest, after scientists detected an increase in its activity