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    From :- BBC World News By :_  Mark Poynting    Climate researcher Editted by :- Amal Udawatta    Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The California fires of January 2025 were one of the most expensive weather-related disasters in US history Global temperatures in 2025 did not quite reach the heights of 2024, thanks to the cooling influence of the natural La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific, new data from the European Copernicus climate service and the Met Office shows. But the last three years were the world's warmest ever recorded, bringing the planet closer to breaching international climate targets. Despite natural cooling from La Niña, 2025 was still much warmer than temperatures even a decade ago, as humanity's carbon emissions continue to heat the planet. That will inevitably lead to further temperature records – and worsening weather extremes – unless emissions are sharply reduced, scientists warn. "If we go twenty years into the future and we...

  From  -   DW In focus Murali Krishnan       12/02/2025     Edited by Amal Udawatta https://p.dw.com/p/54d6v Hundreds of people have died and hundreds more are missing after Cyclone Ditwah made landfall in Sri Lanka Officials in Sri Lanka are facing immense pressure for their alleged mishandling of Cyclone Ditwah, with the crisis highlighting deep cracks in the country's emergency response system. Days after  Cyclone Ditwah  tore through  Sri Lanka , over 1.46 million people across all 25 of the nation's districts remain affected by the island's worst flooding disaster in two decades. According to the government's Disaster Management Center, the official death toll stands at 410, with 336 people still missing. More than 64,000 people from 407,000 affected families are sheltering in nearly 1,450 government-run safety centers across the country. Thousands trapped, isolated Multiple countries have responded to Sri Lanka's appeal ...