India, Pakistan must brace for even worse heatwaves
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse The devastating heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan over the last two months…
4 years ago
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Power cuts, forest fires in South Asia heatwave; New Delhi hits 43 degrees Celsius
by Faisal Satti with Baldev S Chauhan in Shimla, India Agence France Presse LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) -- Power outages…
4 years ago
Extreme weather kills 140,000 Europeans in 40 years: report
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - Extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods have cost Europe almost 510 billion euros and…
4 years ago
Spain sizzles in record heat as fires blaze
Spain saw its highest temperature on record on Saturday as a heatwave on the Iberian peninsula drove the mercury to…
5 years ago
Heatwave hits Japan site of Olympic marathon
Japan's northern Hokkaido region was supposed to offer cooler climes for next week's Olympic marathons and race walks, but now…
5 years ago
Four dead as wildfires blaze in southern Turkey
Four people were reported dead and more than 180 injured as thousands of firefighters battled huge blazes spreading across the…
5 years ago
Heatwave causes massive melt of Greenland ice sheet
Greenland's ice sheet has experienced a "massive melting event" during a heatwave that has seen temperatures more than 10 degrees…
5 years ago
Record-shattering heatwaves caused by pace of warming: study
Heatwaves that obliterate temperature records as in western Canada last month and Siberia last year are caused by the rapid…
5 years ago
Wildfires rage across million acres as heat wave stifles western US, Canada
by Andrew MARSZAL LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Wildfires were burning across more than one million acres of the…
5 years ago
Millions sweltering in US west as Canada takes emergency steps
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Millions of people across the western United States and Canada were hit Sunday by…
5 years ago
Tens of millions sizzle in India’s severe heatwave
by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Tens of millions of people in India were…
5 years ago
California braces for record-setting heatwave, more fires
by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California is bracing for record-breaking temperatures and dangerous…
6 years ago
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