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Asia & Pacific 1 month ago

Record-breaking Australia heatwave fuels bushfires, cuts power to thousands

The heatwave is the worst seen in Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people and is not expected to ease until the weekend, authorities said.

Asia & Pacific 2 months ago

Intense heatwave grips Australia's southern states, fans bushfires

Meteorologists said the conditions were at their worst in six years, when catastrophic bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33 people, in what became known as the Black Summer.

Europe 7 months ago

Fires keep burning in western Spain as army is deployed

As Spain enters its third week of heatwave alerts, firefighters continue to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country, with army units deployed to help contain the blazes.

Europe 7 months ago

Spain suffers third wildfire death, Greece beats back flames

Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.

Asia & Pacific 7 months ago

Japan sweats through hottest July on record

The average temperature in July was up a record 2.89 degrees Celcius from the 1991-2020 average for the month, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Friday.

Europe 9 months ago

May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say

The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fueled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday.

Environment 1 year ago

2024 'increasingly likely' to be warmest on record: EU monitor

Last month the global average temperature was 16.91 degrees Celsius, only 0.04 degrees below July 2023, according to C3S's monthly bulletin, although "the overall context hasn't changed, our climate continues to warm."

Middle East and Africa 1 year ago

'People suddenly collapse and die': Pilgrims recount haj heat horrors

Egypt accounts for more than half of this year's haj fatalities -- 658 out of more than 1,000 reported as of Friday by around 10 countries stretching from Senegal to Indonesia, according to an AFP tally.

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

India's heatwave longest ever, worse to come

Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

World's record-breaking temperature streak extends through April

Each month since June 2023 has ranked as the planet's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin.

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