June 25, 2026
At least 10 people died as Karachi recorded 44.1°C — its highest temperature in eight years — with prolonged power outages and water shortages compounding the crisis across the metropolis.
June 23, 2024
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: An intense heat wave continued to batter much of the United States this weekend, causing record temperatures and putting millions of people on heat alert. “A heat wave will continue across much of the eastern US south of a quasi-stationary boundary,” the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) said on Saturday. “These temperatures remain the most abnormal and dangerous for early summer in parts of the Midwest/Ohio Valley east to the Mid-Atlantic,” the WPC said. “Conditions will remain warm from central to southern California,” he said, adding that “highs on Sunday and Monday will be in the mid to
June 20, 2024
DELHI: A heat wave in northern India has killed nearly 200 homeless people in New Delhi in the past week, a group dedicated to helping the homeless said Thursday, as the country grapples with record high summer temperatures. As many as 52 bodies were brought to hospitals in the past two days, the Times of India reported on Thursday, adding that most of them were poor people who lived and worked in the countryside. A total of 192 homeless people died in New Delhi between June 11 and June 19, according to government data released by the nonprofit Center for
June 20, 2024
A man covers his face using a cloth to protect himself from the sun as he inspects railway tracks during a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, June 18, 2024. — Reuters 52 bodies were brought to hospitals in New Delhi in the last two days. Most of the victims belong to poor class who worked, lived openly. The country is reporting more than 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke. NEW DELHI: About 200 homeless people died in the Indian capital last week due to the country’s heatwave, a group dedicated to helping the homeless said. At least 52
June 17, 2024
Muslim pilgrims throw their stones at a pillar symbolizing Satan, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 17, 2024. — Reuters The temperature in Mecca is expected to reach 49 degrees Celsius. This year’s Hajj attracted around 1.8 million pilgrims. Ministry advises “God’s guests not to be exposed to the sun”. MINA: Saudi Arabia warned on Monday of a sharp rise in temperatures in Mecca as Muslim pilgrims completed the Hajj in difficult conditions, with more than a dozen heat-related deaths. One of the world’s largest religious gatherings unfolded during the Saudi Arabian summer again this year,
June 1, 2024
BHUBANESWAR, INDIA: At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heatstroke in the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on Friday, and the heat wave in the region is expected to continue until Saturday, authorities said. India is experiencing an extremely hot summer and a part of the capital Delhi recorded the country’s highest temperature at 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22 °F) this week, although this may be revised as the meteorological department checks sensors of the weather station where the reading was recorded. While temperatures in northwestern and central India are expected to drop
May 31, 2024
A delivery associate drives a low-speed two-wheeler electric vehicle on a bridge on a hot summer day during a heat wave in New Delhi. — Reuters/File At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heatstroke in the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on Friday, and the heat wave in the region is expected to continue until Saturday, authorities said. India is experiencing an extremely hot summer and a part of the capital Delhi recorded the country’s highest temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22°F) this week, although this may be revised with the meteorological
May 31, 2024
BHUBANESWAR: At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heatstroke in the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on Friday, and the heat wave in the region is expected to continue until Saturday, authorities said. India is experiencing an extremely hot summer and a part of the capital Delhi recorded the country’s highest temperature at 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22 °F) this week, although this may be revised as the meteorological department checks sensors of the weather station where the reading was recorded. While temperatures in northwestern and central India are expected to drop in
May 24, 2024
NEW DELHI: South Asia is facing extreme weather conditions, with at least nine people dead in suspected heatstroke in western India, while parts of Bangladesh and neighboring states are likely to be hit by a cyclone within days. Extreme temperatures across Asia last month likely worsened as a result of human-caused climate change, an international team of scientists said. India’s summer temperatures often peak in May, but scientists have predicted more hot days than usual this year, driven in large part by less non-monsoon rain and an active but weakened El Niño dry weather phenomenon. At least nine deaths in
May 20, 2024
BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI: Indians began voting early on Monday in the fifth phase of the mammoth general election, with thousands queuing at polling stations to beat the heat in the financial capital of Mumbai and the major states of Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. The world’s biggest election kicked off on April 19 amid high summer temperatures, with the Met Office predicting more hot days than usual for the season. Votes will be counted on June 4, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to win a rare third consecutive term. “Given the hot and humid conditions, there could be fans and better arrangements
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