WEATHER REPORT

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Tornado in eastern China kills 10, hundreds relocated
Sep 20, 2023 (AFP)
"Yesterday afternoon, a strong tornado occurred in Suqian, Jiangsu Province... causing casualties and property loss in certain areas," state broadcaster CCTV sa...
Flooding, lightning strikes kill 8 in war-hit Yemen
Sep 16, 2023 (AFP)
The lightning strikes occurred on Friday in the Al-Layha and Al-Zahra districts of Hodeida governorate on the Red Sea coast, said Hamza Saied, a doctor at the h...
Medicanes: rare, 'supercharging' Mediterranean storms
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
The term is an amalgamation of the words Mediterranean and hurricane. Used by scientists and weather forecasters, it is less well known to the wider public. Med...
France probes deaths of Champagne workers in heatwave
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
Prosecutors in the cities of Reims and Chalons-en-Champagne said two men died in recent days while picking grapes, one woman died at home a few days after feeli...
Heat brings hope for Tokyo's handmade umbrella maker
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
"You'll feel cool under a parasol... Once you use it, you can't let go," promised Hiroyuki Komiya, the owner of Komiya Shoten, on a recent sweltering day. The 5...
'No time to rest' for AC repairmen in sweltering Saudi
Sep 11, 2023 (AFP)
The 28-year-old Sudanese national and his fellow technicians clock long hours as temperatures in the capital Riyadh clear 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on...
Storms kill 14 in Mediterranean, east Europe
Sep 07, 2023 (AFP)
A period of extreme heat has given way to heavy storms, turning streets in northwestern Turkey into rivers and hitting Greece with unprecedented downpours as it...
Climate change supercharged summer; UK experiencing longest September heatwave
Sep 07, 2023 (AFP)
The new paper by the nonprofit Climate Central group examined the period from June to August 2023, finding that greenhouse gas emissions pumped into the atmosph...
2023 likely to be hottest year on record
Sep 06, 2023 (AFP)
Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires struck Asia, Africa, Europe and North America over the last three months, with dramatic impact on economies, ecosystems and hu...
2023 likely to be hottest year on record: EU monitor
Sep 06, 2023 (AFP)
Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires struck Asia, Africa, Europe and North America over the last three months, with dramatic impact on economies, ecosystems and hu...
Heat records topple across sweltering Asia
Sep 01, 2023 (AFP)
The sweltering temperatures match longstanding warnings from climate scientists and come as countries from Greece to Canada battle record heat and deadly wildfi...
'Bad days await': Istanbul dams run low in summer heat
Sep 01, 2023 (AFP)
That is the capacity level to which Istanbul's water reservoirs have dropped after another steamy summer put Turkey's largest city on the edge of a potential ca...
Japan sees hottest summer on record
Sep 01, 2023 (AFP)
"Average temperatures in Japan are the highest for summer since 1898," the agency said. From June to August, the agency recorded "considerably higher" average s...
Spain slammed with strong winds in Mediterranean storm
Aug 27, 2023 (AFP)
Gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour (75 miles per hour), downpours and hail hit the Balearic islands as well as Catalonia and Valencia on mainland Spain, whi...
The fastest warming continent: Europe's deadly heatwaves
Aug 24, 2023 (AFP)
Spain has been sweltering under its fourth heatwave of the season, while Greece is struggling for the second time in a month against major wildfires. Emissions ...
French heatwave sets new late-summer record
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
The nationwide average temperature over 24 hours hit 27.1 degrees Celsius (81 Fahrenheit), Meteo France announced Wednesday -- ahead of an expected peak in the ...
Saudi storm brings lightning, fierce winds to Mecca
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
As pilgrims tried to circumambulate the Kaaba, the giant black cube towards which all Muslims pray, a bolt of lightning struck the iconic Fairmont Makkah Clock ...
Brazil experiencing winter heat wave
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
The inhabitants of the largest city in Latin America, with 11.5 million people, have been surprised by temperatures almost 10 degrees above the average for the ...
Climate change could bring year-round heatwaves: UN researcher
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
Extreme heat has dominated the headlines in recent weeks, from the current "heat dome" cooking much of Europe, to heat-fuelled wildfires raging in Greece, Spain...
France sizzles in late summer 'heat dome
Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)
Temperatures are expected to peak on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the most intense heat in the southern parts of the country where the mercury is already pushing...
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