WEATHER REPORT

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'Everyone sits out': Yangon parks offer heatwave relief
Apr 27, 2024 (AFP)
A wave of exceptionally hot weather has blasted Southeast Asia this week, sending the mercury to 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and prompting thous...
Scores of tornadoes lash central US plains states: Five dead in China after tornado rips through Guangzhou
Apr 27, 2024 (AFP)
More than 70 tornadoes were recorded across the country by the National Weather Service (NWS), most of them around Omaha, a transportation hub in Nebraska. Imag...
Five dead in China after tornado rips through Guangzhou
Apr 27, 2024 (AFP)
China's official Xinhua news agency said that the tornado hit the Guangdong Province capital, in the country's south, around 3 pm (0700 GMT). The extreme weathe...
Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand this year as kingdom bakes
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
City authorities in Bangkok gave an extreme heat warning as the heat index was expected to rise above 52 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit). Temperatures ...
Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand this year as Southeast Asia bakes
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
A wave of exceptionally hot weather has blasted the region this week, prompting thousands of schools across the Philippines to suspend in-person classes. Millio...
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
The months of March, April and May are typically the hottest and driest in the archipelago nation, but conditions this year have been exacerbated by the El Nino...
Danger warning issued for Bangkok as extreme heat bites
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
The mercury was forecast to hit 39 C in the sprawling Thai capital, while the heat index rose above 52 C, classed as "extremely dangerous" by city authorities. ...
Thousands in heatwave-hit Bangladesh pray for rain
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heat waves to become longer, more frequent and more intense. Bangladesh's weather bureau says ...
Extreme heat scorches Southeast Asia, bringing school closures and warnings
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
The high temperatures were recorded just a day after the United Nations said Asia was the region that suffered the most disasters from climate and weather hazar...
Increasingly hot European summers are harming health, report says
Apr 22, 2024 (AFP)
The year 2023 saw record levels of heat stress in Europe -- environmental conditions under which the human body struggles to cope, said the EU's Copernicus Clim...
Europe suffered record number of 'extreme heat stress' days in 2023: monitors
Apr 22, 2024 (AFP)
In a year of contrasting extremes, Europe witnessed scorching heatwaves but also catastrophic flooding, withering droughts, violent storms and its largest wildf...
Malians struggle to cope after deadly heatwave
Apr 21, 2024 (AFP)
Africa's Sahel region experienced a deadly heatwave in early April, exceptional both in terms of duration and intensity. "I drink a lot of water and wear my tur...
'Human-induced' climate change behind deadly Sahel heatwave: study
Apr 18, 2024 (AFP)
The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heatwave from April 1 until April 5, with soaring temperatures above 45 degrees Cel...
In Tajikistan, climate migrants flee threat of fatal landslides
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Heavy snow and rain, she said, sent a deluge of rocks, water and mud crashing into the house in the Central Asian country estimated to be among the most vulnera...
Lightning, downpours kill 65 in Pakistan, as April rain doubles historical average
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
Heavy downpours between Friday and Monday unleashed flash floods and caused houses to collapse, while lightning killed at least 28 people. The largest death tol...
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 20 as search ends
Apr 16, 2024 (AFP)
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides that struck two villages in the Tana Toraja regency in the South Sulawesi province on Saturday evening. Rescuers had been se...
Mexico City records record-high temperature of 34.2C: water commission
Apr 16, 2024 (AFP)
"Today a historical maximum temperature record was established for Mexico City," director-general of the National Water Commission (Conagua) German Martinez San...
Japan's Sapporo sees earliest 25C day since records began
Apr 15, 2024 (AFP)
Sapporo, the main city on the island of Hokkaido, hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics and each February holds a snow festival where massive ice sculptures draw tens...
19 dead, two missing after Indonesia landslide
Apr 14, 2024 (AFP)
The dead and two survivors were evacuated from two landslide-hit villages in Tana Toraja regency, South Sulawesi province on Saturday evening, said local disast...
Heatwaves put millions of children in Asia at risk: UN
Apr 11, 2024 (AFP)
Global monitors have warned that 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, marked by climate extremes and rising greenhouse gas emissions. The UNICEF...
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