Chicago and Minneapolis' air quality was in the "unhealthy" category, which ranks as level four of six on the Air Quality Index

Outrage has erupted after a trophy hunter killed a lion named Blondie who was part of an Oxford University study after allegedly luring it out of a wildlife reserve. Africa Geographic, the safari company that sponsored Blondie’s tracking collar, claims that the 5-year-old male lion was coaxed with bait into a hunting area over a period of weeks in June. The company also posted a photo to Facebook that they say shows the hunter and his guides standing over the lion’s carcass.

Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961

Some areas could possibly see up much as 5 inches of rainfall, according to forecasters.

Vital reservoirs are shrinking, authorities are scrambling to reduce demand and stave off catastrophe and residents are desperately trying to conserve water.

STORY: Crops in Ukraine's southern regions are under attack from locusts...that are breeding in inaccessible areas near the frontline.The insects are capable of devastating crops in days,and officials say Russia’s war has made using traditional pest control methods impossible.In the Zaporizhzhia region swarms of locusts have been covering roads, fields and bushes.And producers say the insects have destroyed up to a third of their sunflower crops.Small scale farmer, Oleh Tolmatov, says it’s never been as bad."We saw a big swarm. And the next day the 'infantry' marched in. The small ones ate everything that was hanging low. They ate everything. The big ones flew around and then flew away. And the small ones crawled. And they are still here, still jumping around. They covered everything like a big blanket."Local and government officials declined to provide data on the extent of the infestation or damage caused.But Ukraine’s Chief Phytosanitary Inspector, Vadym Chaikovskyi, says the war is squarely to blame.He explains that in addition to high temperatures, the conflict has resulted in an increased amount of neglected land.The inability to use aircraft for spraying and the absence of birds that would prey on them due to the fighting is further complicating the crisis.Ukraine is the world's largest sunflower oil exporter and before the war ranked fifth among wheat exporters.But war has changed the landscape.According to Denys Marchuk, deputy head of Ukraine’s largest farm producers’ union UAC, the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River by Russian forces in 2023 created vast swampy areas ideal for locust breeding.

Largest active volcano in the northern hemisphere began erupting on Wednesday afternoon following the huge earthquake in Russia's far east.

LIVE UPDATES: The world's biggest earthquake in 14 years has plunged Japan, Russia and the entire west coast of America into tsunami watch with fears for millions.

"Today's earthquake was serious and the strongest in decades of tremors," Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov said in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app. A tsunami with a height of 3-4 metres (10-13 feet) was recorded in parts of Kamchatka, Sergei Lebedev, regional minister for emergency situations said, urging people to move away from the shoreline of the peninsula.

Nearly half the U.S. will wilt under hot, sticky conditions through the bulk of the week as temperatures and humidity soar from Chicago to New York City and...

Nearly half the US will wilt under hot, sticky conditions through the bulk of the week as temperatures and humidity soar from Chicago to New York City and New Orleans, boosting power demand and raising health risks.

Summer has increasingly become a season marked by deadly disasters, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.