Extreme heat
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme heat, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, World news
Traffic, crowds and construction: India’s hill stations swamped by tourists escaping Delhi heat
In 2024, more than 2 million visitors went to the small towns of Landour and Mussoorie in the Himalayan foothi…
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‘The fans just circulate hot air’: how indoor heat is making life unbearable in India’s sweltering cities
As the mercury soars, people have been told to shelter inside. But for those in poor housing in places like Be…
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme heat, Extreme weather, India, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
India and Pakistan already sweltering in ‘new normal’ heatwave conditions
Temperatures south Asians dread each year arrive early as experts talk of ever shorter transition to summer-li…
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Weather tracker: early summer heat likely in US and western Europe
Peak of 30C expected in Washington DC, while a heatwave is expected to intensify in Pakistan and parts of Indi…
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‘I feel dizzy but I can’t stop’: global heating is already making kiln workers’ lives unbearable. And it will only get worse
Researchers mapped brick kilns across India and used climate models to forecast the levels of heat stress work…
- Asia Pacific, China, Climate crisis, Drought, Environment, Extreme heat, Extreme weather, World news
Warm fronts to Y-fronts: Chinese city hit by underwear storm
Chongqing authorities say cloud seeding to break heatwave did not cause winds that sent laundry flyingIt was t…
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More than 1,000 hajj pilgrims die amid temperatures approaching 52C in Mecca
Saudi authorities said they sent away unregistered pilgrims but many appear to have taken part without access …
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Indian engineers warn of prolonged blackouts amid searing heatwave
Increasing use of fans, air coolers and air conditioners is placing ‘serious’ strain on grid in north of count…
- Climate crisis, Climate science, Environment, Extreme heat, India, South and Central Asia, World news
Sensor error means New Delhi heatwave record overstated by 3C
Meteorologists found 52.9C reading to be false, though new record does appear to have been setA record tempera…
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‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find
Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to ManilaThe record-b…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme heat, Myanmar, Philippines, South and Central Asia, Thailand
‘Inside an oven’: how life in south-east Asia is a struggle amid sweltering heat
Governments issue health warnings as schools shut and crops fail, with fears that worse is to come as heatwave…
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Ruined centuries-old town re-emerges as Philippines dam dries up during heatwave
After a long spell of intense heat and little rain, water levels have fallen to reveal parts of a sunken churc…
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‘Only the rich can bear this heat’: how Dhaka is battling extreme weather
As high temperatures hit the poor hardest, climate change may undo years of development gains, says Asia’s fir…