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India’s monsoon rains in danger as UN chief warns planet is ‘on fire’
António Guterres says strengthening El Niño will help push the world’s climate crisis into ‘uncharted territory’
Fiona Harvey Environment editor
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Weather tracker: Why Europe’s wildfires are proving so fierce and difficult to stop
Wind and record-breaking heat are fuelling the continent’s explosive fire season, with Spain and France among worst hit
Brendan Wood for MetDesk
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‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers
Exclusive: Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes ‘poverty multiplier’, research says
Carmen Aguilar García and Antonio Voce in London; Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Delhi
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A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans
Every few decades mass blooming in Mizoram’s forests causes a rodent boom – and devastation to crops. The cycle is well-known, so why aren’t farmers and authorities better prepared?
Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina in Mamit district, Mizoram
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Britain and other countries with lower emissions must not pass the climate buck | Letters
Letters: Oliver Mason, Katie Williams and Molly Berry respond to an article by Ajit Niranjan on how small but wealthy countries claim they cannot stop extreme weather events worsening
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Weather tracker: Monsoon season brings vital rainfall to parts of Asia
India declares onset as up to 280mm of rain falls in 72 hours in Kerala, while downpours hit south-west Thailand
Brendan Wood for MetDesk
Environment
‘Unpredictable and extreme’: Asia braces for El Niño
Weather models project a potentially strong El Niño this year, which could spell disaster for heatwave-hit India, drench China and hurt agriculture across south-east Asia
Natasha May, Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Amy Hawkins in Beijing
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‘I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t breathe’ – This is climate breakdown
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Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India
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Weather tracker: Eight dead as Tropical Storm Fengshen hits Philippines
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