Tag: heatwave

Heatwave forces Tour Down Under to be shortened

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) — South Australia’s extreme heatwave conditions have forced Tour Down Under organizers to shorten Thursday’s third stage from Glenelg to Victor Harbor. With temperatures forecast to climb above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), race director Mike Turtur said the distance of the stage had been reduced by 26 kilometres, or two laps of the final circuit. “The safety and welfare of the riders, spectators and everyone involved with the race is always our primary concern,” Turtur said in a statement. “We […]

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Global, Asian heat waves in 2016 due purely to climate change: study

by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Last year’s global heat record, extreme heat in Asia and unusually warm waters off the coast of Alaska happened purely because the planet is getting warmer due to human activities like burning fossil fuels, a study said Wednesday. The findings mark the first time that global scientists have identified severe weather that could not have happened without climate change, said the peer-reviewed report titled […]

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Los Angeles sizzles under October heatwave

LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) — People in downtown Los Angeles suffered through a record-setting heat wave on Tuesday (Oct. 24) as dry desert winds gusted through southern California raising the risk of wildfires similar to those that ravaged the northern part of the state earlier in the month. At its most intense, temperatures in the city climbed to 104 degrees (40 C) smashing a record of 99 degrees set back in 1909. The heat […]

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Serbia records hottest summer in five years

BELGRADE, Serbia (CCTV) — Serbia is seeing its hottest summer in five years, according to experts with the country’s national meteorological observatory. Temperatures surpassed 38 degrees Celsius in three days this summer, and the heat wave this week has brought temperatures up to over 42 degrees Celsius. “In this heat wave, we expect even higher temperatures. On Friday and during the weekend, in most places we expect 39 and 40 degrees [Celsius], and locally, it […]

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Spain heatwave breaks records and kills one

MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain baked in a record-breaking heatwave on Thursday which was blamed for the death of a road crew worker and is suspected of leaving another man in critical condition. The 54-year-old male victim died of suspected heatstroke late Wednesday while laying asphalt near the town of Moron de la Frontera in the southwestern province of Seville, emergency services said. Temperatures reached 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) in Moron de la Frontera […]

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Ice, watermelon and water sprays for animals at Beijing zoo amid heatwave

BEIJING, China — A heatwave in Beijing has prompted zoo staff to employ measures to protect its animals from high temperatures. Zoo personnel at the Beijing Wildlife Park provided ice and watermelons to the animals and employed water sprays to provide the creatures a respite from the heatwave that has prompted the government to hoist a yellow alert nationwide on July 9. China has a three-tier weather warning system, from red to the orange and yellow, […]

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Heatwave scorches Europe, from London to Siberia

by Katy Lee Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Europe sizzled in a continent-wide heatwave on Wednesday, with London seeing Britain’s hottest June day since 1976 as Portugal battled to stamp out deadly forest fires. More than 1,000 firefighters were still fighting to control the flames that broke out in central Portugal at the weekend, killing 64 people. Cooler weather was aiding their efforts, but thermometers were still hovering around 35 degrees Celsius (95 […]

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Tourists bathe in Paris fountain as heatwave hits France

PARIS, France (Reuters) — Paris glistened in the heat as temperatures reached 35 degrees Celsius on Tuesday (June 20), but the peak in weather did not stop tourists from enjoying the city and visiting the Eiffel Tower under a roasting sun, albeit with a quick dip in the fountain at its feet. The heat over the past month has beaten various records for this period of the year in France, according to French weather sites […]

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Flights canceled in Arizona due to extreme heat

ARIZONA, United States (Reuters) – American Airlines on Monday (June 19) announced the cancellation of some 38 flights in and out of Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday and Wednesday because of extreme heat, local media reported. The airline earlier had advised passengers flying in or out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport that the intense heat, which can affect the operation of jet airline engines, could cause flight delays or cancellations. The airline said that Phoenix […]

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Storms in Queensland after record-breaking heatwaves

  By Rheamae David and Emmi B. Capili-Tarroja EBC Australia Bureau QUEENSLAND, Australia (Eagle News) – Following the record-breaking heatwaves across Australia, Queensland experienced storms around the south-east regions of the state early this week The first signs of the storm were seen on Monday afternoon when the rain started to set in following the drop in temperatures to 14 degrees Celsius. Queensland had past experiences of storms, tornadoes and floods, thus urging the state […]

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Australia set for more heatwaves amid climate change: study

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia is set to experience more heatwaves, with record-breaking hot weather becoming “normal” across the continent as climate change pushes up land and sea temperatures, a government report warned Thursday. The biannual State of the Climate report from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and national science body CSIRO said Australia was already experiencing more extremely hot days and severe fire seasons, and projections showed temperatures would likely keep rising. “Australian temperatures […]

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