WEATHER REPORT

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UAE tops 50C in highest May temperature on record
May 23, 2025 (AFP)
Worshippers at Friday prayers reported feeling faint and some residents appeared unsteady on their feet, even in a country that is accustomed to extreme tempera...
Summer comes early for Iraq as temperatures soar in south
May 22, 2025 (AFP)
Global temperatures are stuck at near-record highs this year, according to the EU's climate monitor, extending an unprecedented heat streak that started in 2023...
Heatwave forces early school closures in Pakistan's largest province
May 20, 2025 (AFP)
Punjab province's education minister Rana Sikander Hayat said summer vacations will now start from May 28 instead of June 1. Class times have also been changed,...
3 dead as storms lash France; Indonesia suspends landslide rescue with 9 dead
May 20, 2025 (AFP)
According to local authorities, the elderly couple died in the seaside town of Le Lavandou and one other person in the town of Vidauban. The couple's vehicle wa...
Record May heat scorches north, central China
May 20, 2025 (AFP)
China has endured spates of extreme weather events, from searing heat and drought to downpours and floods, for several summers running. The country is the world...
Severe storms, tornadoes kill more than 25 in south-central US
May 18, 2025 (AFP)
At least 18 people were killed in Kentucky in the storms Friday night, state governor Andy Beshear posted on X, while officials in Missouri said another seven w...
Urban temps turning cities into 'ovens,' UN Chief Heat Officer warns
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
Eleni Myrivili, one of the field's pioneers who currently serves as the Global Chief Heat Officer for UN-Habitat, spoke to AFP about the urgent need to redesign...
Scientists exploring how to beat heat for better sleep
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
The human brain is very sensitive to heat, with higher temperatures raising the body's central thermostat and activating stress systems. Scientists are increasi...
As world heats up, UN cools itself the cool way: with water
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
As more and more people want to stay cool in a planet that is steadily heating up, energy experts point to this kind of water-based system as a good alternative...
Huge dust storm sweeps into Iran, affecting millions
May 06, 2025 (AFP)
Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Ilam and Kurdistan provinces were all affected, and state television cited local officials as blaming the closures on high levels of accu...
UAE had hottest April on record: met office
May 02, 2025 (AFP)
That topped the average daily high of 42.2 Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) recorded in April 2017, said the centre, which has been keeping comprehensive figures since ...
UK records hottest ever May Day
May 01, 2025 (AFP)
The unprecedented temperature of 29.3 degrees Celsius (84.7 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded at the famous botanical park Kew Gardens in southwest London. The p...
Four killed after spring storms wreak havoc in the Alps
Apr 18, 2025 (AFP)
The 27-year-old Briton was caught in an avalanche at the entrance to the French Alpine resort of Val Thorens in Savoie, after heavy snowfall across the mountain...
Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 people with respiratory problems: health officials
Apr 14, 2025 (AFP)
Authorities temporarily shut the airports in the southern provinces of Najaf and Basra as the sandstorm -- the biggest this year -- obscured visibility in an ee...
At least 69 killed in thunderstorms, avalanches in India, Nepal, China
Apr 12, 2025 (AFP)
While flash floods and lightning kill thousands of people each year, scientists warn that rising global temperatures are unleashing a cascade of extreme weather...
World's 'exceptional' heat streak lengthens into March
Apr 08, 2025 (AFP)
In Europe, it was the hottest March ever recorded by a significant margin, said the Copernicus Climate Change Service. That drove rainfall extremes across a con...
US storms, 'devastating' flooding death toll climbs to 17
Apr 06, 2025 (AFP)
Flood warnings remain in effect, particularly in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, according to forecasters. Tennessee has been the hardest hit, with 10 deaths ...
Deadly storms batter central US, bringing 'historic' flood risk
Apr 03, 2025 (AFP)
The line of storms, which stretched from Arkansas northeastward into Ohio, produced dozens of tornadoes and heavy rains that forecasters say could last for days...
Australia sweats through hottest 12 months on record: official data
Apr 03, 2025 (AFP)
Senior government climatologist Simon Grainger said the rolling 12-month period between April 2024 and March 2025 was 1.61 degrees Celsius (34.9 degrees Fahrenh...
Stock markets mixed as uncertainty rules ahead of Trump tariffs
Apr 02, 2025 (AFP)
Equities have been battered leading up to the US president's announcement -- which he has dubbed "Liberation Day" -- with warnings that friend and foe are in th...
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