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Hundreds of heatstroke victims are being treated at hospitals across Pakistan as an intense heatwave continues to blast the country. Local residents are being urged to stay indoors after temperatures soared above 50C in some areas on Monday. Across the country, volunteers have set up temporary relief camps where people can drink iced water and shelter from the heat. The state-run ambulance service is also now carrying bottled water and ice to provide emergency treatment to victims of the extreme weather. Pakistan's southwest and northwestern areas are also affected by the heatwave. Daytime tem...
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Europe is bracing for its first spell of hot weather this summer as Germany and the Nordics are set for unusually high temperatures next week. The risk of heatwaves at the Paris Olympic Games has left organisers sweating about the safety of athletes. Spain is bracing itself for another blistering summer, releasing a new map to help with more accurate heatwave predictions. Cities across the continent are preparing with adaptations for extreme heat. We’ve now had 11 record-breaking months of heat in a row and sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic have soared to their highest in at least...
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This year’s Atlantic hurricane season could bring as many as seven major hurricanes, US government forecasters have said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. It says there is an 85 per cent chance of an above-average season from June to November. A total of 17 to 25 named storms have been forecast. It is the highest number of storms the agency has ever projected in its season forecast, with 14 predicted in an average year. Between 8 and 13 are likely to become hurricanes with windspeeds of 119...
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A powerful tornado has swept through a wind farm in the United States, leaving a trail of crumpled power-producing towers in its wake. Five wind turbines were destroyed by the freak weather event, with one bursting into flames. Video of the direct hit on the wind farm near Greenfield, Iowa, show the violent twister ripping through the countryside, uprooting trees, damaging buildings and sending dirt and debris high into the air. Several of the turbines at MidAmerican Energy Company's Orient wind farm recorded wind speeds of more than 100 mph as the tornadoes approached just before the turbines...
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Delhi was placed under a ‘red’ heatwave warning over the weekend as parts of northern India baked in more than 46 degrees Celsius heat. Life ground to a halt in the capital, where those who could afford to sheltered inside. Pravin Kamath, a 28-year-old who runs a cart selling cold drinks, complained that it was so hot he could hardly stand being outdoors. “But I must work. What can I do? I am poor so I have to do it.” India’s weather department issues red alerts when there is a very high likelihood of people developing heat illness or stroke. On Sunday, Delhi’s Najafgarh district recorded a te...
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At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a giant billboard collapsed during an intense storm in the Indian city of Mumbai on Monday. The oversized billboard, measuring 37 by 37 metres according to local reports, fell backwards onto a gas station in Ghatkopar suburb, crushing several parked cars. A police investigation has been launched into the incident, with officials telling the Press Trust India (PTI) that the billboard was illegally installed. Inquiries are ongoing, but the tragedy also highlights the vulnerability of this populous coastal city to storms made fiercer by ...
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Venezuela has lost its last glacier, making it the first nation in modern history to hold this unenviable record. At least five other glaciers have disappeared in the South American country within the last century as climate change drives up temperatures in the Andes. The country lost 98 per cent of its glacial area between 1952 and 2019, research shows. As of 2011, the Humboldt - also known as La Corona - stood as Venezuela’s last remaining glacier. It has now shrunk so much that climate scientists have reclassified it as an ice field, UK newspaper The Guardian reports. What exactly is a glac...
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Greece’s fire season officially starts in May, but dozens of fires have already been put out over the past month after temperatures began hitting 30 degrees Celsius in late March - considerably higher than previous spikes recorded over the past decade. “It’s actually already summer for us,” said Fire Lieutenant Colonel Ioannis Kolovos during a recent training exercise. “The truth is that the fire season has started prematurely and has been extended over the last five years.” His 10-member elite fire crew from the 1st Wildfire Special Operation Unit bristles with tools needed to hold back fires...
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Authorities said on Sunday one of the deceased is a child and four others were injured. Emergency crews are assessing the extensive damage to homes and businesses from the high winds, hail, and flooding, as dozens of reported tornadoes wreaked havoc in the nation's midsection since Friday. Oklahoma and five other states, including Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas were still on flood watch on Sunday.
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Europe’s largest reef has welcomed corals bred in a zoo by the World Coral Conservatory project. Gloved divers introduced the corals to the reef at the Royal Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem on Monday, in the hope that they can one day be used to repopulate natural reefs. “This is the first project where we started to keep these corals with a known origin. As we know exactly where they’re coming from, they have the potential to be placed back into the wild," explains Nienke Klerks, a biologist at the zoo in the Netherlands. "So it is very important to keep these corals, as it’s going not very well in th...
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