LONDON: Get ready for a scorching year ahead as El Nino gears up to turn 2024 into a potential heatwave nightmare, surpassing the record-breaking temperatures of 2023. The United Nations' World Meteorological Organisation issues a stern warning, urging the world to brace for the impact of
LUCKNOW, India: At least 98 people have died due to severe heat in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Many parts of north India continue to swelter under extreme heatwave conditions. At least 54 people died in a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh over
LUCKNOW, India: At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said Saturday, prompting doctors to advise citizens over 60 to stay indoors during the daytime. The dead
New York: A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday. Sizzling temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees
Beijing: Major Chinese cities issued heat advisories, with Beijing expected to hit over 36 degrees Celsius on Monday (May 15), as China braces for another year of record-breaking temperatures that could threaten electricity supply, crops and a fragile economy. China has already suffered from heatwaves in
Madrid: Spain is bracing for a week of temperatures as high as 40C that are forecast to shatter records for April, as officials weighed opening public swimming pools early and adapting school schedules and meteorologists warned of the risk of wildfires. Coinciding with a long-running drought,
London: Four in five cities across the world are facing significant climate hazards such as heat waves, floods and droughts, data from environmental disclosure non-profit CDP showed on Thursday. CDP's report "Protecting People and the Planet" surveyed 998 cities from across the globe and showed that
Shanghai: China is scrambling to alleviate power shortages and bring more water to the drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river as it battles a record-breaking heatwave by deploying relief funds, seeding clouds and developing new sources of supply. For more than two months, baking temperatures have
London: A four-day “extreme heat” warning came into force in parts of England and Wales, with temperatures poised to top 35 Celsius in another heatwave that could cause wildfires and pressure water supplies and transport services. The Met Office said its amber warning, its second-most severe
London: Britain recorded its hottest day ever on July 19, 2022, with the temperature exceeding 40C (104F) as a heatwave gripping Europe intensified, forcing train tracks to buckle and fuelling a spate of fires across London. The Met Office said a new provisional record temperature of