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13 major Italian cities on red alert as heatwave to worsen

The heatwave gripping Italy is set to intensify on Tuesday with 13 major cities on red alert, the health ministry warned on Monday.While only six major urban centres on Sunday…

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Italian government called to declare climate emergency amid drought crisis

Italy's Green-Left Alliance (AVS) called on Premier Giorgia Meloni's government to declare a climate state of emergency as southern and central regions struggle to cope with a major drought.In February…

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Extreme heat: How does it affect medicines and those taking them?

The world just experienced the hottest day on record and prolonged heat waves have become more common due to climate change, conditions that can alter medications and their effects on…

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UN demands action on extreme heat

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for countries to address the urgency of the extreme heat epidemic, fueled by climate change - days after the world registered its hottest day…

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Morocco Heatwave: 21 Dead as Temperatures Soar to 48C

A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a 24-hour period in the central city of Beni Mellal, the health ministry revealed. The meteorology department said soaring…

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World breaks hottest day record for second day in a row

Monday, July 22 was again the hottest day on record, according to preliminary data from a European Union monitoring agency, inching past Sunday, July 21 which had just taken the…

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Heat stress: what is it and how is it measured?

As climate change continues to exert its influence, elevating temperatures across the globe, the impact of extreme heat is increasingly felt, including in Europe, which is warming at twice the…

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Spain warns workers of heat risks as summer’s first heatwave looms

Spain will suffer its first heatwave of the summer starting on Thursday, the meteorology service AEMET said, as the government kicked off on Wednesday a heat risk awareness campaign for…

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2024 could be world’s hottest year as June breaks records

Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Monday, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures that some scientists said puts 2024 on…

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Record temperatures scorch US West as Americans sweat through extreme heat

A widespread heat wave is expected to deliver a fresh batch of record temperatures along the U.S. West Coast, as millions of Americans sweat through a heat dome that is…

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Number of days over 35 C surges in world’s scorching capitals

The number of days reaching a sizzling 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in 20 of the world's largest capitals - from Delhi to Jakarta to Buenos Aires - has risen…

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More than 1,000 die in haj amid scorching temperatures

More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage…

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Soaring temperatures scorch pilgrims on Haj in Saudi Arabia

Throngs of tightly packed pilgrims struggled through searing heat which has claimed lives during the annual Haj pilgrimage as temperatures reached 51.8 degrees Celsius (125.2 Fahrenheit) in the shade of…

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Hot weather in Greece leads to increased casualties

A 55-year-old American has been found dead on the Greek island of Mathraki, the police said on Monday, the third tourist death in a week following a period of unusually…

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Eight more die as India faces longest heatwave

A severe heatwave continues to wreak havoc in India as the eastern state of Odisha on Monday reported eight deaths within a 72-hour period. Officials figures released in May suggested…

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Earth Records Hottest May On Record

May 2024 was the warmest May on record, marking the 12th consecutive month in which the global average temperature reached a record value for the corresponding month, according to data…

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India issues heat wave alert as Delhi posts record high temperature

India's weather department issued a red alert for several parts of the country's northwest on Wednesday, warning of a severe heat wave a day after parts of the capital Delhi…

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Pakistan temperatures cross 52 C in heatwave

Temperatures rose above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the highest reading of the summer and close to the country’s record high amid an…

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High winds and flash floods bring chaos to Serbia

Strong winds, hail and flash floods caused havoc across Serbia on Tuesday, with one person killed when a tree toppled on to her car. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said the…

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Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years

The intense northern hemisphere summer heat that drove wildfires across the Mediterranean, buckled roads in Texas and strained power grids in China last year made it not just the warmest…

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Scorching heat in the Philippines prompts safety concerns, challenges to power supply

The Philippines has cancelled in-person public school classes for the next two days and said the power grid on its main island could be strained as the country grapples with…

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Asia worst hit from climate disasters in 2023, says UN

Asia was most affected by climate and weather-related events in 2023, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, with floods and storms causing the most deaths and economic loss. The "State…

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Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe

Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, as climate change continues to raise temperatures, the EU's Copernicus climate monitoring service and the…

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What caused Dubai floods? Experts cite climate change, not cloud seeding

A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes. At least 20…

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Flood warnings issued as Sydney hit by torrential rains

SYDNEY, April 5 (Reuters) - Torrential rains pummelled Australia's southeast on Friday, dumping almost a month's worth of rainfall on Sydney and triggering flood warnings, with authorities urging people to…

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EU must prepare for ‘catastrophic’ climate change risks

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) - Countries across Europe should prepare for "catastrophic" risks, ranging from floods to deadly heatwaves, as worsening climate change hits every part of…

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Much of Australia set for warm and dry autumn, weather bureau says

CANBERRA, Feb 29 (Reuters) - Australia could be heading for its third-warmest summer on record, with many places likely to experience a warmer and drier period than normal from March…

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Storm Isha batters UK

Thousands of people across Wales, Northern Ireland and north-west England have spent the night without power, after Storm Isha battered the UK with strong winds and heavy rain. Gusts of…

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Australia sweats in heatwave, lifting bushfire risk amid El Nino

SYDNEY, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Large swaths of Australia sweltered again on Sunday through a widening heatwave, which the national weather forecaster said raised the bushfire risk in an already…

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Deadly winter weather keeps icy grip across much of the US

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Winter storms and biting cold that have gripped much of the United States in recent days with deadly consequences are expected to persist through this…

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Amid drought, water curbs in Portugal’s Algarve, Spain’s Catalonia

By Sergio Goncalves and Joan Faus LISBON/BARCELONA, (Reuters) - Portugal's caretaker government has ordered cuts to the amount of water used in farmland irrigation and in urban environments including hotels…

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Residents in Western Australia urged to flee as wildfire rages

SYDNEY, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Residents in the state of Western Australia were urged to evacuate their homes on Saturday, as a bushfire burned out of control near the state's…

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Blizzard strikes US Midwest, cancelling flights and disrupting presidential campaign

By Brendan O'Brien and Rich McKay CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tens of millions of Americans were in the pathway of dangerous and damaging weather conditions as snowstorms moved across the Northwest…

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U.S. airlines cancel over 1,200 flights due to massive winterstorm

Jan 12 (Reuters) - Airlines in the United States canceled more than 1,200 flights on Friday after a massive winter storm knocked out power and affected businesses in 12 states,…

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US saw record ‘billion-dollar’ climate disasters, high temps in 2023

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - The U.S. had more "billion-dollar" floods, fires and other climate disasters in 2023 than ever before, and the country's average temperature was the fifth-highest on…

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Storms envelop much of US, bringing heavy snow, rains, tornadoes

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Brutal winter weather enveloped much of the U.S. and was forecast to continue through the week in areas, with forecasters predicting heavy rains in the…

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Sicily among Italian regions on extreme-weather alert

The civil protection authority has put eight regions on yellow alert for potentially dangerous weather events on Monday as a wave of violent winds and snow that arrived at the…

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Snow, cold spell to hit Italy over the weekend; Finns urged to limit power use amid cold weather

The above-average temperatures Italy has had so far this winter are set to end with a wave of cold weather and snow that is coming following a rainy Epiphany national…

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Floods and snow hit Northwest Europe after latest Atlantic storm

By Pascal Rossignol Parts of Europe hit by heavy rain or snow Temperatures fall in northern Scandinavia Flooding affects travel in some areas ARQUES, France, (Reuters) - Parts of northwestern…

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Winter smog blankets South Asian capitals of Dhaka, New Delhi

By Ruma Paul DHAKA, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A thick layer of toxic smog wreathed Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka on Wednesday as the air quality index plummeted into the "hazardous"…

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China’s cold snap reaches Shanghai with chilliest year-end in 40 years

By Casey Hall and Ryan Woo SHANGHAI, Dec 21 (Reuters) - China's financial hub Shanghai was set to record its chilliest period in December in four decades, spurring authorities to…

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Spain sees record December temperatures

Temperatures across Spain smashed records for December as a mass of hot air swept over the Iberian Peninsula this week, pushing the mercury close to 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit)…

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Australia swelters through heat wave as firefighters battle bushfires

SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Large parts of Australia on Saturday sweltered under heat wave conditions that prompted the nation's weather forecaster to issue bush fire warnings in several states.…

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Second cold wave encases China’s Beijing in snow, ice

By Ryan Woo and Liz Lee BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Snow, blizzards and plunging temperatures swept northern China in what could be one of its most severe cold snaps…

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Snowfall shrouds north China in prelude to even colder weather

BEIJING, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The first snowfall of winter arrived in Beijing early Monday, covering the Chinese capital with a mantle of white overnight and plunging the city into…

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Global warming threshold could be hit temporarily in 2024-UK’s Met Office

By Nina Chestney LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Global average temperature could temporarily cross a 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) threshold next year, Britain's Met Office said on Friday, a milestone…

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Germany hit by deadly winter weather

Authorities in western Germany on Tuesday urged residents to stay home, warning of life-threatening danger, after a burst of winter weather led to hazardous roads, leaving two people dead. The…

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UK braces for -5C temperatures

A cold front from Scandinavia is set to hit Britain with freezing temperatures and snow in the next few days. Temperatures may plunge to as low as -5C (23F) even…

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Nine dead amid storm in Turkey; 11 missing from sunken ship

ISTANBUL, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Turkish rescue teams searched on Monday for 11 missing crew members of a cargo ship which sunk off the Black Sea coast amid storms that…

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Adverse weather disrupts some flights at Dubai’s main airport

Adverse weather in the United Arab Emirates has caused some disruption to flights at Dubai's main airport, a spokesperson for operator Dubai Airports said on Friday. "As of 10am UAE…

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Australia records driest October since 2002 due to El Nino

CANBERRA, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Australia recorded the driest October in more than 20 years due to an El Nino weather pattern which has seen hot, dry conditions hit crop…

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This year ‘virtually certain’ to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say

By Kate Abnett and Gloria Dickie BRUSSELS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - This year is "virtually certain" to be the warmest in 125,000 years, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, after…

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Weather damage in Tuscany in Italy estimated to rises to half a billion euro

Tuscany Governor Eugenio Giani revised upward to half a billion euro the estimate of damage caused by extreme bad weather and flooding in the region last Thursday. "The initial quantification…

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Six killed as ‘unprecedented’ downpours swamp Italy’s Tuscany

By Yara Nardi CAMPI BISENZIO, Italy, (Reuters) - Six people died and two were missing after rivers burst their banks following torrential overnight rain in the central Italian region of…

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Photo Story: Flooding in Milan as Seveso river overflows

People push a police vehicle along a flooded street after a storm caused the overflowing of the Seveso river, in Milan, Italy. The city of Milan is on alert after…

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Hurricane Otis kills at least 27, hammers Acapulco as damage seen in billions

By Henry Romero and Diego Oré ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Hurricane Otis claimed the lives of at least 27 people, Mexico's government said on Thursday after one of…

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Category 5 hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco, US NHC says

By Javier Verdin Oct 25 (Reuters) - Otis has made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The hurricane…

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