Tag: heat
Heat: Dangerous US heat wave pushes eastward, capping globe’s record July
CHICAGO: An intensifying heat wave descended on the eastern United States on Thursday, prompting warnings about the dangers presented by the sweltering heat and humidity…
Extreme weather in July ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change: Study
Human-induced climate change has played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, Europe and China this month, according…
Record heat swamps US emergency rooms
Heat-related illnesses have spiked as the US bakes in a record-hot summer, forcing some hospitals to call in more staff to treat a surge in…
Temperatures: Record heatwaves sweep the world from US to Japan via Europe
ROME: Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures, to Europe and Japan,…
Dangerous heat wave baking US Southwest brings triple digit temperatures, fire risk to California
SACRAMENTO: After a historically wet winter and a cloudy spring, California‘s summer was in full swing Thursday as a heat wave that’s been scorching much…
Chicago: Heat down below is making the ground shift under Chicago | World News
CHICAGO: Underneath downtown Chicago’s soaring art deco towers, its multilevel roadways and its busy subway and rail lines, the land is sinking, and not only…
Heat may scorch fruit, vegetable output by 30%
Production of fruits and vegetables in the country may fall up to 30% this season as farmers report damages to their crop due to high…
Heat to damage wheat crop, warns Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research
High atmospheric temperatures this month may cause damage to the wheat crop, the Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley Research (IIWBR) has warned. In an…