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4 Dead, Over A Dozen Missing As China Struggles With Extreme Floods, Heat
More than a dozen people were missing in China on Tuesday after heavy rains and flooding struck swaths of the south, while the north baked under some of its highest temperatures this year.
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Extreme Heat Across Asia, UN Warns Over 243 Million Children At Risk
More than 243 million children across East Asia and the Pacific are at risk of heat-related illnesses and death, as the region braces for a summer with record heat in the coming months, according to a United Nations agency.
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Health Warnings Across Continents As Heat Wave Drives Wildfires
Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America.
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Heat Index At Iran Airport Hits 66 Degrees Celsius As Climate Scientist Warns Earth Will Become "Inferno"
Simultaneous heat waves are suffocating the US, much of Europe and parts of Asia, while El Nino intensifies in the Pacific Ocean.
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Amid Killer Heat Wave In India, Big Warning About Melting Ice In Himalayas
Rapidly melting glaciers in Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region home to the world's highest mountains are threatening the lives and livelihoods of as many as two billion people downstream, according to a new study.
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Unprecedented Heat As El Nino Weather Pattern Hits Parts Of Asia
Asia remains in the grip of a blistering heat wave, chiming with predictions from climate scientists that 2023 could be the world's hottest year.
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Scientists Warn Of Deadly Heat Waves In India, In Spite Of Climate Goals
Potentially deadly heat waves will likely become more commonplace in South Asian countries, including India, in the coming decades even if global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a new study.
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Deep Snow Cover In Arctic Region Intensifies Heat Waves In Europe: Study
Frequent heat waves have been recorded in the European continent and Northeast Asia lately and researchers in a new study have uncovered the reason behind this phenomenon. According to the study, deep snow cover in the Arctic region is an intensifier of heatwaves.
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Pakistan's 114 Degrees Shows Heat Wave Soaring Across Asia
Searing spring heat ripped across parts of Asia in the last days of March, and we now know many of the extraordinarily high temperatures were indeed records for the month in at least seven countries.
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Climate Change Behind Some 2015 Floods, Fires, Heat Waves: Study
Last year's heat waves across Europe and Asia, fires in Alaska, unusually sunny winters in Britain and high-tide floods in Florida were influenced by climate change, a US report showed Thursday.
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India To Launch First Ever Regional Plans To Beat The Heat
India will launch the first ever comprehensive regional preparedness plan and early-warning system in South Asia later this month to protect vulnerable communities from heat wave intensified by climate change.
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Global Warming Linked to Some Worldwide Heat Waves
Global warming likely contributed to heat waves last year in Asia, Europe and Australia, but not all extreme weather events worldwide could be linked to climate change, international scientists said on Monday.
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Restaurant Run by Tihar Convicts Wins Praise for Politeness, Hygiene
As India's capital baked in a heat wave, banker Gaurav Gupta sat down for lunch at a new air-conditioned restaurant, to be greeted by a smiling waiter who took his order for a traditional "thali" meal of flatbread, lentils, vegetables and rice. Nothing unusual, except that the employee, like most of his colleagues, is a convicted murderer serving t...
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4 Dead, Over A Dozen Missing As China Struggles With Extreme Floods, Heat
More than a dozen people were missing in China on Tuesday after heavy rains and flooding struck swaths of the south, while the north baked under some of its highest temperatures this year.
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Extreme Heat Across Asia, UN Warns Over 243 Million Children At Risk
More than 243 million children across East Asia and the Pacific are at risk of heat-related illnesses and death, as the region braces for a summer with record heat in the coming months, according to a United Nations agency.
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Health Warnings Across Continents As Heat Wave Drives Wildfires
Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America.
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Heat Index At Iran Airport Hits 66 Degrees Celsius As Climate Scientist Warns Earth Will Become "Inferno"
Simultaneous heat waves are suffocating the US, much of Europe and parts of Asia, while El Nino intensifies in the Pacific Ocean.
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Amid Killer Heat Wave In India, Big Warning About Melting Ice In Himalayas
Rapidly melting glaciers in Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region home to the world's highest mountains are threatening the lives and livelihoods of as many as two billion people downstream, according to a new study.
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Unprecedented Heat As El Nino Weather Pattern Hits Parts Of Asia
Asia remains in the grip of a blistering heat wave, chiming with predictions from climate scientists that 2023 could be the world's hottest year.
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Scientists Warn Of Deadly Heat Waves In India, In Spite Of Climate Goals
Potentially deadly heat waves will likely become more commonplace in South Asian countries, including India, in the coming decades even if global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a new study.
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Deep Snow Cover In Arctic Region Intensifies Heat Waves In Europe: Study
Frequent heat waves have been recorded in the European continent and Northeast Asia lately and researchers in a new study have uncovered the reason behind this phenomenon. According to the study, deep snow cover in the Arctic region is an intensifier of heatwaves.
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Pakistan's 114 Degrees Shows Heat Wave Soaring Across Asia
Searing spring heat ripped across parts of Asia in the last days of March, and we now know many of the extraordinarily high temperatures were indeed records for the month in at least seven countries.
-
Climate Change Behind Some 2015 Floods, Fires, Heat Waves: Study
Last year's heat waves across Europe and Asia, fires in Alaska, unusually sunny winters in Britain and high-tide floods in Florida were influenced by climate change, a US report showed Thursday.
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India To Launch First Ever Regional Plans To Beat The Heat
India will launch the first ever comprehensive regional preparedness plan and early-warning system in South Asia later this month to protect vulnerable communities from heat wave intensified by climate change.
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Global Warming Linked to Some Worldwide Heat Waves
Global warming likely contributed to heat waves last year in Asia, Europe and Australia, but not all extreme weather events worldwide could be linked to climate change, international scientists said on Monday.
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Restaurant Run by Tihar Convicts Wins Praise for Politeness, Hygiene
As India's capital baked in a heat wave, banker Gaurav Gupta sat down for lunch at a new air-conditioned restaurant, to be greeted by a smiling waiter who took his order for a traditional "thali" meal of flatbread, lentils, vegetables and rice. Nothing unusual, except that the employee, like most of his colleagues, is a convicted murderer serving t...
