WEATHER REPORT

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Europe bakes again in near-record temperatures
Aug 07, 2018 (AFP)
Here is a roundup of recent developments: - France nearing a peak - Temperatures were expected to peak at around 37 degrees Celsius (99 degrees Fahrenheit) in s...
Earth risks tipping into 'hothouse' state: study
Aug 06, 2018 (AFP)
If polar ice continues to melt, forests are slashed and greenhouse gases rise to new highs -- as they currently do each year -- the Earth will pass a tipping po...
Europe sizzles in heatwave as wildfire hits Portugal
Aug 05, 2018 (AFP)
Here is a roundup: - Spain: Fire under control- A top temperature of 42 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit) was forecast in the southwest region of Extrema...
Melted asphalt, shoes for dogs: Europe wilts in heat
Aug 04, 2018 (AFP)
Here is a roundup: - Spain: three dead - In southern Spain, the heat continued to pound the tourist city of Cordoba reaching 44 C. In Catalonia in the northeast...
Japan officials push parasols for men as heatwave hits
Aug 03, 2018 (AFP)
At least 119 people across the country died from heat stress last month, while over 49,000 others were hospitalised. As record high temperatures dragged on, pro...
China could face deadly heat waves due to climate change
Aug 01, 2018 (SPX)
Research has shown that beyond a certain threshold of temperature and humidity, a person cannot survive unprotected in the open for extended periods - as, for e...
Portugal prepares for fire intervention as heatwave approaches
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
"This year, we have in place the biggest plan ever: 10,700 men and women around the country," including "voluntary firefighters, police and soldiers," Interior ...
Heatwaves from the Arctic to Japan: a sign of things to come?
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
- Is the current heatwave exceptional? - Record high temperatures have been registered across the Northern Hemisphere in recent weeks, from Norway to Japan. Swe...
Heatwave grips northern Europe as Greece burns
Jul 26, 2018 (AFP)
Ten EU countries have mobilised firefighters and equipment to help battle the fires in Greece as well as Sweden and Latvia. Here is a roundup of the devastation...
'Unprecedented' Japan heatwave kills 65 in one week
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
In the week to Sunday at least 65 people died of heat stroke while 22,647 people were hospitalised, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said in a statement....
Record heat broils Japan, prompting warnings
Jul 23, 2018 (AFP)
Officials said last week that the heatwave had killed at least 15 people and forced the hospitalisation of over 12,000 others in the first two weeks of July. Bu...
Japan heatwave kills over a dozen, 12,000 rushed to hospital
Jul 22, 2018 (AFP)
Twelve people died of heatstroke in the week ending July 15 after three perished in the preceding week, according to latest data. More than 9,900 people were ru...
Fierce heatwave hits Japan flood recovery
Jul 16, 2018 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of rescue workers are still digging through the debris for bodies after Japan's worst weather-related disaster in over three decades, which sa...
Rescuers search for survivors of Afghan landslide: officials
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
Melting snow in the mountains of Panjshir, a province north of Kabul known for its snowcapped peaks, had flooded a lake, sending water and mud cascading over vi...
Death toll in Canada heatwave hits 70
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
Thirty-four of the fatalities were recorded in Montreal, the provincial health ministry told AFP. Previously, the toll was 54 dead. The heatwave has hit eastern...
Japan rescuers go house to house as flood toll hits 156
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
The record downpours that began last week have stopped and receding flood waters have laid bare the destruction that has cut a swathe through the west of the co...
Canada heat wave death toll hits 54: officials
Jul 06, 2018 (AFP)
Most of the victims linked to the "overwhelming heat" were in the Montreal area, which recorded 28 fatalities, metropolitan health authorities told AFP in an em...
Death toll from Canada heat wave rises to 33
Jul 05, 2018 (AFP)
Eighteen of the dead were reported in the provincial capital Montreal, according to regional public health director Mylene Drouin. She added that the majority o...
Landslides, flash floods as monsoon batters southern Myanmar
Jun 18, 2018 (AFP)
Several parts of Myanmar's southern Mon state are facing flash floods due to heavy rains since the weekend with no relief in sight, according to a report in the...
Landslide kills Rohingya boy as monsoon hits refugee camps
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
The young child was crushed in his sleep early Monday when a mud wall collapsed onto his family's shanty in Kutupalong refugee settlement, local police chief Ab...
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