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The giant jamboree in South Korea Concern mounted after seeing reports showing the scouts in distress due to extreme heat and a lack of shelter from the blazing sun on the giant Jamboree site. Temperatures in some parts of the country have exceeded 38C (100F) this week. Scouts from Halesowen, Wombourne, Bilston and Halesowen flew […]
Tony Berastegui Jr., right, and his sister Giselle Berastegui drink water, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Phoenix. A historic heat wave that turned the Southwest into a blast furnace throughout July is beginning to abate with the late arrival of the monsoon rains. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Tony Berastegui […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The month of June and the first few days of July were hotter than any in recorded history, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Residents in the south of the US and southern Europe have been enduring sweltering temperatures, bringing excessive heat warnings, wildfires and […]
Severe thunderstorms were expected across swathes of the eastern U.S. on Monday as the Southwest continued to swelter under a relentless heatwave through the long Fourth of July weekend. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were expected through much of the eastern U.S., with chances of flash flooding in some areas from the lower Great Lakes to […]
By Chloe Kim & Max Matza BBC News 14 June 2023 Updated 40 minutes ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Footage shows aftermath of deadly tornado in Texas Millions of people in Texas are bracing for extreme temperatures over the weekend just days after a […]
( The Third Pole ) – When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this as a climate scientist and a mother of two young children. I was a member of the team that wrote the latest climate report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]
Triple-digit heat was being investigated on Thursday as the cause of death for four people as a sweltering heatwave enveloped the US Pacific north-west and the forecast showed no sign of letting up soon in a region unaccustomed to such temperatures. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office said hyperthermia was suspected in the deaths this […]
CNN — The persistent heat dome which imposed oppressively high temperatures on the northern Plains and Midwest over the weekend will begin to shift further eastward this week, ending a short reprieve many states in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic have had in recent days.
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