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The southern region of Malawi including Blantyre city has received torrential rains since the powerful storm hit the small African nation last week. The flooding cut off a main road after parts of it fell. Malawi's president has declared a state-of-disaster in several southern districts including Blantyre. So far according to the Red Cross more than 60 bodies have been found in the southern part of the country. IMAGES
The UN's COP27 climate summit approved on Sunday the creation of a special fund to cover the losses suffered by vulnerable nations hit by the impact of global warming. SOUNDBITE
UN chief Antonio Guterres urges divided nations holding climate talks at COP27 in Egypt's Sharm el Sheikh to agree on an "ambitious" deal to cover losses suffered by vulnerable nations hammered by natural disasters. SOUNDBITE
Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES
"We do not need more warnings. The dystopian future is already here," UN right chief Volker Turk tells the United Nations Human Rights Council during the opening its the 54th session in Geneva. Climate change is sparking human rights emergencies in many countries, the UN rights chief added, also decrying widespread "nonchalance" to surging deaths of migrants. SOUNDBITE
Images show emergency services on site near a roadway that collapsed due to heavy floods, near the city of Volos and flooded areas in Palamas near Karditsa. Storms have killed at least 14 people in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, with a Greek region hit by more rain in 24 hours than it normally sees in a year, officials say. IMAGES
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