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Torrential rain, flooding that hit Halifax was one-in-a-thousand-years storm: city

Torrential rain, flooding that hit Halifax was one-in-a-thousand-years storm: city

Halifax officials said Wednesday the unrelenting storm that lashed the city and surrounding regions with as much as 250 millimetres of rain on the weekend was a one-in-a-thousand-years weather event.
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A new millipede species is crawling under LA. It's blind, glassy and has 486 legs

A new millipede species is crawling under LA. It's blind, glassy and has 486 legs

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The City of Angels, a metropolis of freeways and traffic, has a newly discovered species named in its honor: The Los Angeles Thread Millipede.
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Not all heat warnings are equal: 5 things about Canada's alert system for hot weather

Not all heat warnings are equal: 5 things about Canada's alert system for hot weather

MONTREAL — Environment Canada has issued heat warnings this summer for parts of the country used to baking in the heat, but also in places unaccustomed to extended periods of hot weather.
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Clean energy push in New Jersey, elsewhere met with warnings the government is coming for your stove

Clean energy push in New Jersey, elsewhere met with warnings the government is coming for your stove

BRICK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is pushing an ambitious agenda to move its more than 9 million residents away from natural gas and gasoline to heat their homes and power their cars, in favor of electricity to do the job of both.
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After 'historic' fires, Cree fire marshal wants more training for community members

After 'historic' fires, Cree fire marshal wants more training for community members

MONTREAL — As the threat to northern Quebec Cree communities from historic wildfires diminishes, the Cree Nation's top firefighter is looking to a future where destructive blazes like those that have been burning for weeks become more common Millions
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Typhoon Doksuri leaves at least 6 dead and displaces thousands in the northern Philippines

Typhoon Doksuri leaves at least 6 dead and displaces thousands in the northern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain Wednesday, leaving at least six people dead and displacing thousands of others as it blew roofs off houses, flooded low-lying villages and tr
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Tales emerge of N.S. flood rescues, as towns grieve losses but grateful for heroism

Tales emerge of N.S. flood rescues, as towns grieve losses but grateful for heroism

HALIFAX — As torrential floodwaters dragged volunteer firefighter Logan Hope downstream, he held a woman's head over the surface and focused on a single goal.
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South Florida waters hit hot tub level and may have set world record for warmest seawater

South Florida waters hit hot tub level and may have set world record for warmest seawater

The water temperature around the tip of Florida has hit triple digits — hot tub levels — two days in a row. Meteorologists say it could be the hottest seawater ever measured, although some questions about the reading remain.
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Advocacy group says banks show little progress on climate action

Advocacy group says banks show little progress on climate action

TORONTO — A new report from an advocacy group says that Canada's big banks show "no urgency" in ramping up action against climate change.
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A freighter carrying nearly 3,000 cars catches fire in the North Sea and a crew member is killed

A freighter carrying nearly 3,000 cars catches fire in the North Sea and a crew member is killed

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A fire on a freight ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars was burning out of control Wednesday in the North Sea, and the Dutch coast guard said one crew member had died, others were hurt and it was working to save the vessel f
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