Nights are getting uncomfortably and dangerously hotter in India’s capital as people in the world’s most populous nation feel little respite from unrelenting temperatures. Northern India has endured a scorching summer — with one part of the capital of Delhi recording the country’s highest-ever temperature 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) earlier this month. But […]
The coming week will bring weather extremes of almost every stripe to the U.S.: From a baking heat wave in the Midwest and Northeast to an unseasonable chilly start in the Pacific Northwest. And in the Rockies? Possibly snow − yes snow − in June. Scorching temperatures into the 90s are expected through the beginning […]
By Sakshi Dayal, Tanvi Mehta and Anushree Fadnavis NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Animals collapsed, people jumped on water tankers with buckets amid shortages and government employees changed their work hours as blistering summer heat kept its grip on north India on Thursday. Although Thursday’s readings were marginally lower in Delhi than the previous day when […]
When Karan Shah, 32, goes to vote in the western state of Gujarat, he and his 59-year-old mother will be armed with water bottles and fruit to beat the heat. To escape long queues, they plan to reach the polling station early in the morning. Mr Shah and his mother are among millions of Indians […]
Claudia Godid sits on a bed frame and pushes the green headscarf over her face to protect herself from the omnipresent dust. She looks wearily towards the two flagpoles that mark the border between South Sudan and Sudan, a good 100 metres away. She has come to Joda border point from the Sudanese town of […]
The death of a toddler from extreme heat highlighted the risk of climate-related illnesses across Malaysia. The same week, Vietnam declared a state of emergency after abnormally high temperatures in the south dried up entire rice fields. And in the Philippines, hundreds of schools suspended classes after daily temperatures soared past 107 degrees Fahrenheit (42 […]
Claudia Godid sits on a bed frame and pushes the green headscarf over her face to protect herself from the omnipresent dust. She looks wearily towards the two flagpoles that mark the border between South Sudan and Sudan, a good 100 metres away. She has come to Joda border point from the Sudanese town of […]
(Bloomberg) — India forecast hotter-than-usual temperatures over the coming months, raising the risk of water shortages, crop damages and higher coal use to avoid power blackouts in the planet’s most populous nation. Most Read from Bloomberg Heat waves are expected for 10 to 20 days in different areas during the three-month period ending June 30, […]
Donald Trump on Sunday morning issued a simple “HAPPY EASTER” message on his social media platform. It followed by a mere minute Trump’s seemingly vengeful vow to “never forget our cowards and weaklings” attached to a story about Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher’s decision to leave the U.S. House. The greeting, on the holiest day of […]