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Farmers tend cropland in Mozambique. The 2015-2016 El Niño brought prolonged drought to southern Africa, reducing crop yields and impacting food security for millions of people. As climate change-induced drought intensifies, repeated annual crop losses lead to long-term economic hardships, impacting mental health including depression and anxiety, a set of conditions that has led to higher suicide rates among farmers in southern Africa.

Smallholder farmers struggle on El Niño frontline; will the world help?

Sean Mowbray 12 Nov 2026
A water tap in the Cacique Chicão settlement in Recife's Ibura neighborhood.

Water rationing in Recife, Brazil, falls along racial lines

Adriana Amâncio, Áthila Galindo, Yamini Benites 4 Nov 2026

Flash flooding triggers evacuations in Southwest and dire warning for Colorado spa town

Associated Press 2 Nov 2026
A nature-based coastal defense and flood-control project in Pamarawan barangay, in Malolos City, in the Philippine province of Bulacan, on Sept. 28, 2026. Image by Oliver Samson for Mongabay.

Philippine village uses nature to defend against floods with bamboo, shells and husks

Oliver Samson 30 Oct 2026
A tiny sampling of tropical beetle diversity displayed at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. Image by H. Zell/CC 3.0.

If we don’t start counting insect populations, we won’t know what we’re losing (commentary)

Prayan Pokharel 29 Oct 2026

Taiwan shuts schools and grounds flights as Typhoon Champi brushes by

Associated Press 23 Oct 2026
The village of Bento Rodrigues in the aftermath of the Mariana mining disaster in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2015, showing destroyed buildings caked in mud and a lot of debris.

Climate change could send more toxic mining waste into coastal waters, study warns

Madeline Shaw 16 Oct 2026

Heavy rain shuts down Istanbul, causing flooding and 3 deaths

Associated Press 15 Oct 2026

“Stunningly short-sighted.” NOAA grant cuts threaten US climate resilience

Bobby Bascomb 14 Oct 2026
Thama Mutheiwana, one of the Tshakhuma community leaders, pointing at the overgrown bushes blocking the way for smooth water flow during floods. He is suggesting that Limpopo disaster management should build a rock barrier wall along the river to slow the flow of water and reduce erosion.

Residents of South Africa’s Limpopo province hold breath amid fears of repeat floods

Bernard Chiguvare 14 Oct 2026

Vietnam mobilizes troops after heavy rains trigger flash floods and raise risks of landslides

Associated Press 9 Oct 2026

Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims, leaving some families angry and others relieved

Associated Press 8 Oct 2026

Tropical Storm Isaias forms, is forecast to become a hurricane and hit US Gulf Coast this week

Associated Press 7 Oct 2026

Thailand braces for more rain as death toll from recent flooding hits 31

Associated Press 5 Oct 2026
Townsville city in Queensland suffered significant damage during Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011. Image by Bannon Keft via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Rising seas could cost Australia economic losses of $855 billion, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Oct 2026

Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California, flooding coastal communities and toppling trees

Associated Press 29 Sep 2026

Rain eases in Bangkok but persistent flooding forces thousands to leave home

Associated Press 28 Sep 2026
Tombong Barrow in his rice field rice at Kiang Jifarong, the Gambia. Image by Yero Bah for Mongabay.

As saltwater advances, Gambian farmers rethink how to protect rice fields

Yero S. Bah 10 Sep 2026

Trading food for medicine and crossing the river by zip line are part of life in Nepal flood zone

Associated Press 3 Sep 2026
A drone view shows a major section of Pasang Lhamu highway washed away along swollen Trishuli river by recent flash floods. Image by AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh.

Nepal’s flood disaster puts its hydropower-first strategy, exports to the test

Rudra Pangeni 2 Sep 2026

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

Associated Press 2 Sep 2026
Commuters wade through heavy floodwater after a downpour in Lagos. Image courtesy of Folakemi Olaoni.

Rapid wetland loss and ‘real estate boom’ increasing flood risk in Lagos

Kingsley Charles 2 Sep 2026

Drones helped find people after Nepal floods but the search inside hydropower tunnels is a challenge

Associated Press 1 Sep 2026

Why a newly formed lake is sparking fears of more flooding along the Nepal-China border

Associated Press 28 Aug 2026

Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas

Associated Press 27 Aug 2026

At least 75 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China

Associated Press 26 Aug 2026

Infrastructure and land use behind devastating India monsoon floods

Naina Rao 14 Aug 2026
Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta).

Extreme weather dampens breeding success for marine predators in Tasmania: study

Madeline Shaw 27 Jul 2026

At least 50 people killed and 700,000 displaced by India floods after monsoon rains

Associated Press 24 Jul 2026

Ancient rock structures help restore biodiversity on the US-Mexico border

Rose Shimberg 17 Jul 2026

Pangolin habitat at risk in Pakistan

Mongabay.com 13 Jul 2026
A woman collects water from a pond in Bangladesh, where drinkable water is becoming increasingly scarce due to salt contamination from sea level rise. Image courtesy of Abu Siddique.

Sea level rise is ruining coastal Bangladesh with salty water (commentary)

AL Sharia 1 Jul 2026

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