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IIT Bombay Study Shows Why South Asia Repeatedly Faces Extreme Heat Waves
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) have found different climatic drivers behind back-to-back extreme heat events experienced by South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
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Climate Change Is Making India and Pakistan Heat More Intense
Climate change made the extreme temperatures that baked north-west India and Pakistan in April and May over 100 times more likely and also increased the chances that such heat waves will occur more frequently by the end of the century.
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No Electricity For 18 Hours In Parts Of Pakistan Amid Worsening Heat Wave
An acute energy crisis in Pakistan has worsened prolonged power outages in the country, as small business owners struggle to continue work in the face of soaring temperatures, reported local media.
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Heat Wave Warning For Delhi, Punjab, UP, Other States Over Next 2 Days
Due to likely dry westerly winds from Pakistan to northwest India at lower levels, heat wave conditions would be felt in some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and north West Madhya Pradesh during the nex
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India Roasts In Heat Wave Above 49 Degrees: Foreign Media
When the temperature topped 120 degrees (49 Celsius), residents of the northern Indian city of Churu stopped going outside while authorities started hosing down the baking streets with water.
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Pakistan Heatwave Kills 65 People In Karachi In 3 Days: Report
A heatwave has killed 65 people in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi over the past three days. The heatwave has coincided with power outages and the holy month of Ramadan, when most Muslims do not eat or drink during daylight hours. Temperatures hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) on Monday.
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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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Fear And Sweating In Pakistan's Hottest Cities
After hours toiling at construction sites in 50 degree-plus heat, Lakhmir Brahmani finds little relief from the sun other than a donkey-powered fan during the dog days of summer in one of Pakistan's hottest cities.
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Heatwave In India In 2015 Got Worse Due To Human-Induced Climate Change: Study
The deadly heat waves that killed nearly 2,500 people in India and 2,000 people in Pakistan last year were exacerbated by human-induced climate change, scientists including those from IIT-Delhi have found.
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Majority of Pakistan Heatwave Victims Were Homeless, Says Minister
Nearly two-thirds of the victims of a killer heatwave that swept southern Pakistan last week were homeless people, a minister said today, as the death toll in Karachi reached over 1,200.
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Karachi Heat Wave Kills Nearly 1300; Weather Officials Warn of Further Rise in Temperature
Twenty six more people died today due to the continuing heat wave in Pakistan's Karachi, taking the number of deaths to around 1,300. A week of soaring temperatures has crippled life and overwhelmed the healthcare system.
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Karachi Heat Wave Toll Surges to 1,242
The devastating heat wave that struck Pakistan's Sindh province is slowly subsiding but the toll has climbed to 1,242 with 32 deaths reported in Karachi today.
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Pakistan Heat Wave Eases After More Than 1,150 Die
Sea breezes brought cooler temperatures today to ease a heat wave that killed more than 1,150 people over a week around Pakistan's teeming port city of Karachi during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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Pakistan Morgues Run Out of Space as Heatwave Kills More Than 1,000
The worst heat wave to hit Pakistan's southern city of Karachi for nearly 35 years has killed more than 1,000 people, a charity said today, as morgues ran out of space and public hospitals struggled to cope.
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Heat Wave Deaths in Pakistan's Financial Hub Reach 780
Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi is wilting in a four-day heat wave that has killed more than 780 people, a health charity said today, as the government declared a holiday in the city to encourage people to stay home and cool off.
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IIT Bombay Study Shows Why South Asia Repeatedly Faces Extreme Heat Waves
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) have found different climatic drivers behind back-to-back extreme heat events experienced by South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
-
Climate Change Is Making India and Pakistan Heat More Intense
Climate change made the extreme temperatures that baked north-west India and Pakistan in April and May over 100 times more likely and also increased the chances that such heat waves will occur more frequently by the end of the century.
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No Electricity For 18 Hours In Parts Of Pakistan Amid Worsening Heat Wave
An acute energy crisis in Pakistan has worsened prolonged power outages in the country, as small business owners struggle to continue work in the face of soaring temperatures, reported local media.
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Heat Wave Warning For Delhi, Punjab, UP, Other States Over Next 2 Days
Due to likely dry westerly winds from Pakistan to northwest India at lower levels, heat wave conditions would be felt in some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and north West Madhya Pradesh during the nex
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India Roasts In Heat Wave Above 49 Degrees: Foreign Media
When the temperature topped 120 degrees (49 Celsius), residents of the northern Indian city of Churu stopped going outside while authorities started hosing down the baking streets with water.
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Pakistan Heatwave Kills 65 People In Karachi In 3 Days: Report
A heatwave has killed 65 people in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi over the past three days. The heatwave has coincided with power outages and the holy month of Ramadan, when most Muslims do not eat or drink during daylight hours. Temperatures hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) on Monday.
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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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Fear And Sweating In Pakistan's Hottest Cities
After hours toiling at construction sites in 50 degree-plus heat, Lakhmir Brahmani finds little relief from the sun other than a donkey-powered fan during the dog days of summer in one of Pakistan's hottest cities.
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Heatwave In India In 2015 Got Worse Due To Human-Induced Climate Change: Study
The deadly heat waves that killed nearly 2,500 people in India and 2,000 people in Pakistan last year were exacerbated by human-induced climate change, scientists including those from IIT-Delhi have found.
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Majority of Pakistan Heatwave Victims Were Homeless, Says Minister
Nearly two-thirds of the victims of a killer heatwave that swept southern Pakistan last week were homeless people, a minister said today, as the death toll in Karachi reached over 1,200.
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Karachi Heat Wave Kills Nearly 1300; Weather Officials Warn of Further Rise in Temperature
Twenty six more people died today due to the continuing heat wave in Pakistan's Karachi, taking the number of deaths to around 1,300. A week of soaring temperatures has crippled life and overwhelmed the healthcare system.
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Karachi Heat Wave Toll Surges to 1,242
The devastating heat wave that struck Pakistan's Sindh province is slowly subsiding but the toll has climbed to 1,242 with 32 deaths reported in Karachi today.
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Pakistan Heat Wave Eases After More Than 1,150 Die
Sea breezes brought cooler temperatures today to ease a heat wave that killed more than 1,150 people over a week around Pakistan's teeming port city of Karachi during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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Pakistan Morgues Run Out of Space as Heatwave Kills More Than 1,000
The worst heat wave to hit Pakistan's southern city of Karachi for nearly 35 years has killed more than 1,000 people, a charity said today, as morgues ran out of space and public hospitals struggled to cope.
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Heat Wave Deaths in Pakistan's Financial Hub Reach 780
Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi is wilting in a four-day heat wave that has killed more than 780 people, a health charity said today, as the government declared a holiday in the city to encourage people to stay home and cool off.
