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From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere

From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere

In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are fainting in heat that hit as high as 115 degrees (46.3 degrees Celsius).
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Anguish as Kenya's government demolishes houses in flood-prone areas and offers $75 in aid

Anguish as Kenya's government demolishes houses in flood-prone areas and offers $75 in aid

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's government has begun bulldozing homes built in flood-prone areas and promising evicted families the equivalent of $75 to relocate after a deadline passed to evacuate amid deadly rains .
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Orca pod spotted in vicinity of orphan B.C. killer whale, but no evidence of family

Orca pod spotted in vicinity of orphan B.C. killer whale, but no evidence of family

ZEBALLOS, B.C.
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Another barge adrift in Vancouver prompts speedy coast guard response

Another barge adrift in Vancouver prompts speedy coast guard response

VANCOUVER — Another barge went adrift in Vancouver's English Bay, prompting a quick response from the Canadian Coast Guard. A spokeswoman for the agency says it received the report around 2:30 p.m.
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B.C.'s Columbia River watershed declared infected with fish-killing whirling disease

B.C.'s Columbia River watershed declared infected with fish-killing whirling disease

OTTAWA — The Columbia River watershed in B.C. has been declared an infected area for whirling disease, a parasite that causes deformities in fish and has a high mortality rate.
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Calgary city council dumps bylaw charging consumers for shopping bags

Calgary city council dumps bylaw charging consumers for shopping bags

Calgary’s much-maligned bylaw imposing restrictions and costs on single-use items is no more. City council voted 12-3 on Tuesday to ditch the rules following months of criticism from restaurants and consumers.
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Alberta announces committee to help speed up oilsands tailings reclamation

Alberta announces committee to help speed up oilsands tailings reclamation

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has appointed a new committee to look into ways to speed up the reclamation of the large and growing tailings ponds in the province's oilsands.
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Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort

Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort

ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help bette
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High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge.
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Environment Canada agrees to priority assessment for chemical linked to salmon deaths

Environment Canada agrees to priority assessment for chemical linked to salmon deaths

OTTAWA — The federal government has agreed to prioritize environmental assessment for a chemical used in tire rubber that has been linked to the deaths of Pacific salmon.
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