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This year’s El Niño-driven heat could cause nearly half a million more deaths, group says

The Climate Impact Lab’s grim warning says the heaviest toll is expected in poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and high energy costs, partly due to climate change.
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Delhi-NCR Experiences Extreme Heat
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After a sweltering summer and a rise in drownings, Londoners demand more safe swimming spots

More than 100 accidental drowning deaths have been recorded across the British capital since 2020.
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Britain Extreme Weather Heat
39d ago

French tourist dies in Death Valley heat after vehicle gets stuck in mud

The temperature reached 116 degrees the day Pierre Michel Formosa, 68, died, the National Park Service said.
A red sign reading STOP! HEAT KILLS in a desert landscape.
A red sign reading STOP! HEAT KILLS in a desert landscape.
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Future heat could surpass human limits for more people than previously understood, study finds

New research suggests that in a warming world, heat could be deadlier for older people than previous estimates have indicated.
'Code Red' advisory is active in New York City
'Code Red' advisory is active in New York City
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Drought and heat waves turn London’s green parks into a sea of brown

Weeks of extreme heat and dry conditions have taken a visible toll across the British capital, as temperatures continue to soar.
Some 71.3 percent of England is in drought, the UK government said Monday, after the nation experienced its driest July on record, with a fifth heatwave and scant rain forecast for the week ahead.
Some 71.3 percent of England is in drought, the UK government said Monday, after the nation experienced its driest July on record, with a fifth heatwave and scant rain forecast for the week ahead.
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Europe’s heat wave: Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant’s 2nd reactor amid low water levels

The plant accounts for about 20% of the country’s electricity generation when fully operational and uses river water to cool its two reactors.
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Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant
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U.K. and France brace for another heat wave as western Europe sets temperature record

The heat waves toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus.
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Climate disasters are hitting like falling dominoes in this Western state

Utah has come to exemplify climate change’s snowballing effects. Drought and heat waves primed the land to burn, then fires raised the risk of floods.
Low snowpack in Colorado River Basin adds to drought
Low snowpack in Colorado River Basin adds to drought
58d ago

East Asia is baking in ‘cruelly hot’ summer

A deadly heat wave is setting temperature records in South Korea and complicating earthquake recovery efforts in Japan.
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Local Weather Japan
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Heat wave brings record temps, wildfire risk to parts of Western U.S.

A heat dome stretching from Arizona to Montana is expected to be relatively short-lived, National Weather Service meteorologists said.
A brush fire is seen in the trees behind a row of parked school buses in a parking lot as a cop walks in the foreground speaking
A brush fire is seen in the trees behind a row of parked school buses in a parking lot as a cop walks in the foreground speaking

Record-low Danube River affects tourism as drought and heat grip Central Europe

A prolonged drought for one of Europe’s largest rivers is setting records for low water levels, disrupting tourism and confronting residents with the realities of climate change.
Romania Danube Drought
Romania Danube Drought