WEATHER REPORT

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Pakistan parched and pummelled by blistering heatwave
May 13, 2022 (AFP)
Swathes of Pakistan have been smothered by high temperatures since late April, in extreme weather the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned is cons...
Every heatwave enhanced by climate change: experts
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
Burning fossil fuels and destroying forests have released enough greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to also boost the frequency and intensity of many floods, ...
India, Pakistan must brace for even worse heatwaves
May 06, 2022 (AFP)
Even without additional global warming South Asia is, statistically speaking, ripe for a "big one" in the same way that California is said to be overdue for a m...
Scientists identify the most extreme heatwaves ever recorded globally
May 05, 2022 (SPX)
The research, led by the University of Bristol, also shows heatwaves are projected to get hotter in future as climate change worsens. The western North America ...
Delhi driver grows garden on autorickshaw roof to beat the heat
May 02, 2022 (AFP)
Kumar says the thick patch of green keeps the vehicle cool even when temperatures are touching 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in the Indian capital, enough...
Heatwave across India
May 01, 2022 (ESA)
According to the India Meteorological Department, maximum air temperatures reached 43-46 C over most parts of Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh and East Uttar...
Power cuts, forest fires in South Asia heatwave
Apr 29, 2022 (AFP)
In the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh hundreds of forest fires have broken out in recent weeks, eating up tinder-dry pine forests including around Dh...
US authorities urge Amazon to improve safety after tornado deaths
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
An investigation into the deaths found that workers did not know where to go for shelter during the storm, and that a megaphone meant to communicate with employ...
Europe lashed by extreme weather as climate crisis grows
Apr 22, 2022 (AFP)
While Earth's surface was nearly 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels last year, Europe saw an average increase of more than two degrees, a thr...
Dozens hospitalised as Iraq gripped by dust storm
Apr 09, 2022 (AFP)
The storm erupted in the north of the country on Thursday, prompting the cancellation of flights serving Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region. As t...
57 died in Ecuador rainy season: officials
Apr 09, 2022 (AFP)
In addition, nearly 31,000 people were affected by the rain, which caused flooding, landslides and damage to thousands of homes and hectares of farmland. The ra...
Brazil storm death toll rises to 16
Apr 03, 2022 (AFP)
Three days of heavy rain have battered a broad swathe of the southeastern state's Atlantic coast, the latest in a series of deadly storms in Brazil that experts...
Bondi Beach swallowed as monster surf hits Australia's east
Apr 02, 2022 (AFP)
Danger warnings were issued for most of the coast in New South Wales as strong winds whipped up damaging waves. A video of a monster swell, which reached up to ...
At least one dead as tornado strikes New Orleans, suburbs
Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)
"Large tornado on the ground in New Orleans! Take shelter now!" the National Weather Service's local office tweeted at 8:35 pm (0235 GMT) on Tuesday. At least o...
Tornado kills at least 1, destroys homes near US city of New Orleans
Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)
"Large tornado on the ground in New Orleans! Take shelter now!" tweeted the National Weather Service's local office at 8:35 pm local time (0235 GMT). "Severe da...
Four dead, one missing, as storms batter New Zealand
Mar 21, 2022 (AFP)
Four bodies were recovered and another person was missing after a chartered fishing boat went down off the remote Northland coast late Sunday, police said, with...
Landslide in Peruvian Andes buries dozens of homes
Mar 16, 2022 (AFP)
A video circulating on social media shows a hill's collapse, and the person filming can be heard screaming "No! God! It's all buried." Manuel Llempen, the gover...
Four killed in Malaysia landslide due to 'unusual' heavy rains
Mar 11, 2022 (AFP)
Malaysia has been experiencing heavy rains over the past few weeks, which officials and environmentalists say is unusual at this time of year and could be the r...
Preparing for when lightning strikes the same place twice, then strikes again
Mar 10, 2022 (SPX)
To improve predictive capacity to better prepare for future disasters, an interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a novel framework for improving sc...
At least six killed in US tornado
Mar 06, 2022 (AFP)
At least four other adults were injured in the tornado that caused "widespread damage to both homes and properties," the county's emergency management director ...
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