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US West prepares for more days of record-breaking heat

Reuters The western part of the United States is sweating through another round of record-breaking heat as a wave is forecast to produce triple-digit temperatures in cities from Southern California to northern Idaho through the middle of the week. Some 30 million people are under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings in effect through Wednesday, […]

Heatwave dries up lake in Serbia, triggers fires in Balkan “extreme weather event”

Belgrade, Serbia Reuters The Balkans, along with much of Europe, continued to swelter in a prolonged heatwave on Wednesday, triggering forest fires and drying up a Serbian lake for the first time, as a meteorologist warned such heatwaves could become more regular. “At the moment, we are amid an extreme weather event, a heatwave characterized […]

India reports over 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases over summer

New Delhi/Guwahati, India Reuters India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the country, while parts of its north-east grappled with floods from heavy rain, authorities said. Billions across Asia are grappling with extreme heat this summer in a trend scientists say has […]

At least one dead due to New Mexico wildfires, thousands evacuated

Reuters At least one person died due to the wildfires in New Mexico which have also led to the evacuation of thousands of people and damaged hundreds of structures, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office said on Wednesday. “We don’t have any additional details,” a spokesperson of the governor’s office told media. “Only one fatality as […]

Indian heatwaves, floods kill 11, with four buried alive

Guwahati, India Reuters India was battling on Wednesday extreme weather that caused severe heatwaves, landslides and floods, killing at least 11 people this week, among them a woman and her three daughters buried alive in a northeastern state, officials and media said. The capital, New Delhi, sweltered through its hottest night in six years on […]

Indian heatwave kills dozens over summer, media says nearly 25,000 fall ill

Bhubaneswar, India Reuters India’s unusually severe heatwave this summer is suspected to have killed more than 100 people and made tens of thousands ill, authorities and media reports said, while parts of the country were also battered by a recent cyclone and heavy rains. Searing temperatures beginning in March touched 50 degrees Celsius in capital […]

Heat, hurricanes and blackouts: Cubans brace for long summer after scorching May

Havana, Cuba Reuters If May is any indication, Cuba is in for a long, hot summer, says Havana horse and buggy driver Osmel Valdes. The 52-year-old Havana resident runs a transport service through the Cuban capital’s sweltering streets. Shade is hard to come by so he lays a piece of scrap cardboard atop his horse […]

At least 15 dead in eastern India over 24 hours as temperatures soar

Bhubaneswar, India Reuters At least 15 people have died of suspected heatstroke in India’s eastern states of Bihar and Odisha on Thursday, authorities said, with the region gripped in a debilitating heatwave expected to continue until Saturday. India has been experiencing a blisteringly hot summer and a part of capital Delhi recorded the country’s highest […]