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  Doctor Shayna Whitaker inspects a sea turtle, which had been stunned by freezing temperatures, in Port Aransas, Texas, on Friday. Some 700 sea turtles were rescued in Texas, which, like much of the central and eastern United States, has been in the grip of dangerously cold weather. ANNIE RICE/REUTERS Extreme weather, disasters show need for immediate global action, experts say The big freeze in the United States, heavy snowfall in Southern Europe and the Middle East, melting glaciers in the Himalayas and melting polar caps, as well as deaths from extreme weather, have made the ravages...

  A satellite image shows a glacial area after it collapsed in the Uttarakhand region of India Feb 10, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] A special department will be set up by the government of Uttarakhand state in India to "monitor and study all the glaciers through satellite", according to the local authorities. The move can help probe the cause of the glacier burst on Feb 7 which has claimed the lives of 67 people at least. "All angles (related to the glacier burst) should be investigated," said Uttarakhand state irrigation minister Satpal Maharaj told the local media earlier. Over 140 others ar...