WEATHER REPORT

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Japan's elderly 'gateball' players unbeaten by the heat
Aug 03, 2023 (AFP)
"Some of my friends in my generation tell me I must be crazy to go out playing gateball in this heat," Morita, 81, told AFP at a practice session of the croquet...
Kuwait's scorching summers a warning for heating planet
Aug 02, 2023 (AFP)
In one of the world's hottest desert countries, it's all made possible by architecture and technology: the entire street is located inside the heavily air-condi...
Hundreds of scouts suffer heat exhaustion in Korean heat wave
Aug 02, 2023 (AFP)
Around 43,000 people from across the world are currently taking part in the World Scout Jamboree -- known as the world's largest youth camp. This year, the even...
Two-day holiday in Iran over extreme heat
Aug 01, 2023 (AFP)
The decision came after the meteorological office forecast temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in many cities, and hovering around 50 deg...
Children among eight dead after storm pummels Russia campsite
Jul 30, 2023 (AFP)
Several hundred people camped in a national park in Mari El, a Russian region located along the northern bank of the Volga River, when the storm struck on Satur...
July to be hottest month on record as UN warns of 'global boiling'
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
Searing heat intensified by global warming has affected tens of millions of people in parts of Europe, Asia and North America this month, combining with fierce ...
UK on course for 'more frequent' heatwaves: Met Office
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
The country crossed the 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) threshold last year for the first time during an "unprecedented heatwave". "The chances of an event ...
Storm brings down trees in Milan as fire closes Sicily airport
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
High winds, torrential rain and hail swept through Milan in the early hours, flooding streets and uprooting trees, many of which fell onto parked cars. Transpor...
Five dead in northern Italy storms, Sicily wildfires
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
A 16-year-old girl on a camping trip was among two people who died in storms that hit northern Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said. The teenager was kille...
One dead after 'likely tornado' hits Switzerland
Jul 24, 2023 (AFP)
The storm hit the watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Neuchatel region bordering France. The storm "unfortunately caused the death of one person in the...
Sicily heatwave brings power cuts, water shortages
Jul 24, 2023 (AFP)
Civil protection minister Nello Musumeci led the meeting in Catania, where the local mayor said the city had been "brought to its knees" by rolling power cuts. ...
Greece facing longest heatwave on record while US braces for record highs
Jul 22, 2023 (AFP)
Tens of millions of people in the northern hemisphere have been suffering through intense heat this summer as the world appears headed for its hottest July on r...
All concrete, no trees: Athens ill-prepared for heatwaves
Jul 21, 2023 (AFP)
Residents and visitors have sweated through a scorching week in the Greek capital, only finding respite on cafe terraces in the evening. And the mercury is expe...
Lightning strikes twice as Swiss victims' rescuers hit
Jul 21, 2023 (AFP)
A 51-year-old man and 16-year-old boy were struck by lightning at around 8:30 am (0630 GMT) while working in a field in Menieres, in the western canton of Fribo...
'Life or death': Arizona heat wave poses lethal threat to homeless
Jul 20, 2023 (AFP)
The 49-year-old, surrounded by bottles of water, knows full well the dangers heat poses to the homeless population. Days earlier, she watched emergency responde...
Five dead after violent storm hits Balkans
Jul 20, 2023 (AFP)
The storm's strong winds brought down power lines and flooded streets with at least four people killed by falling trees, including two in the Croatian capital Z...
A roundup of the extreme heat hitting the globe
Jul 20, 2023 (AFP)
Here is a roundup of the prolonged spell of extreme heat scorching millions around the globe. - Wildfires, closures in Greece - Greece said Thursday that archae...
Extreme heat straining health systems: WHO
Jul 19, 2023 (AFP)
The WHO said the heat often worsens pre-existing conditions, saying it was particularly concerned about those with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and asthma....
Millions hit by extreme heat on three continents
Jul 19, 2023 (AFP)
Greece was battling wildfires that have been exacerbated by scorching weather and temperature records have been broken repeatedly in the United States, Europe a...
Sun-baked Iraqis protest water and electricity shortages
Jul 18, 2023 (AFP)
Designated by the United Nations as one of the five countries in the world most touched by some effects of climate change, Iraq is experiencing its fourth conse...
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