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WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) – Issam AHMED Around a million North Pacific seabirds known as common murres died during a 2015-16 heatwave that disrupted their food supply, scientists said Wednesday, the biggest mass mortality event ever recorded among avian species. Julia Parrish, an ecologist at the University of Washington and co-author of a paper on the subject published in the journal PLOS ONE told AFP that the increased frequency of such heatwaves appeared to […]
From above, the hundreds of people dipping in a giant pool in China, look like floating fruit loops. Hundreds crowded a giant pool for a respite from soaring temperatures as meteorologists renewed a yellow alert on Saturday with a heat wave persisting in most parts of the country. (Video courtesy Agence France Presse TV)
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A heat wave in Quebec has killed 33 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, officials said Thursday. Eighteen of the dead were reported in the provincial capital Montreal, according to regional public health director Mylene Drouin. She added that the majority of the victims in the city were men aged between 53 and 85 living in vulnerable conditions and without access to air conditioning. The rest […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A heat wave in Quebec has killed at least 17 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, health officials said Wednesday. Twelve of the dead were reported in the eastern province’s capital Montreal, said regional public health director Mylene Drouin. The Tribune newspaper said five of the deaths occurred in the past 48 hours in the Eastern Townships, a rural area just east of the city. […]
TORONTO, Canada (CCTV) — A large part of southeastern Canada is in the throes of overheat as the mercury climbed to a forecast high of 32 degrees Celsius over the weekend. Capital Ottawa, the largest city Toronto and a great lot of southern Ontario, as well as Montreal in Quebec are on the list subjected to the weather disturbance. Humidity levels reached close to 40 degrees Celsius. In the country’s most populous city of Toronto, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — At least four people have died from the blistering heat that has gripped the western United States and sparked wildfire warnings across the region, authorities said Monday. The dead were three hikers and a mountain biker who succumbed to the heatwave in Arizona on Sunday, where record-breaking temperatures were reported in some areas. Larry Subervi, spokesman for the Phoenix fire department, said one of the victims was an experienced […]
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned the public against extremely high temperatures during the summer of 2016 due to the El Niño phenomenon, with temperatures possibly reaching 41 degrees Celsius. It is expected that 68 provinces will experience drought. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/v2GTpwDZWzc
JULY 1 (Reuters) — Pakistan’s port city of Karachi is just a few kilometers away from the Arabian Sea, yet its citizens suffer from a chronic water shortage and a recent heat wave has made the situation worse. Zubaida Bibi, a housewife from a poorer locality of Karachi, stood in queue near a water pump on Tuesday (June 30) waiting to fill her plastic bucket of water. “The water problem was here before Ramadan. During […]
JUNE 25 (Reuters) — The ongoing heat wave in southern Pakistan had claimed more than 800 lives as of Wednesday, with majority of the deaths reported in slum areas due to poor living conditions and frequent power outages. The slums in Karachi have been hit hard by the heat wave with temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius. In Korangi, a slum in the city of Karachi, residents share crowded houses. Livestock range freely and […]
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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to the PAGASA, the country will continue to experience hot weather until August as the El Niño phenomenon continues to affect the country, causing damages to at least eight provinces. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin) http://youtu.be/iIeRnJGVZ58
(Eagle News) — A deadly heat wave in India has killed more than 1,400 people as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), Reuters said that more than 1,100 died this week. CNN reported the national death toll at 1,424. It got so hot that even roads in Delhi had started showing signs of melting. May and June are India’s hottest months, with temperatures regularly pushing above 40 Celsius. But meteorologists say the number of […]
