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A superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily was likely struck by a waterspout made stronger by climate change, meteorologists have said. Waterspouts are whirling columns of air and water mist, and the Bayesian is believed to have been hit by a powerful one in the early hours of Monday morning. Three people, including Canadian-Antiguan chef Recaldo Thomas, are confirmed to have died. Two bodies were recovered from the wreck this afternoon, and four people remain missing, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah. The boat is at a depth of 50m and is ...
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Italy has issued red alert warnings in 22 cities as the country braces itself for an intense heat wave. People are being urged to avoid direct exposure to sunlight during the hottest hours of the day and to stay hydrated. In the Lazio region, which includes the capital Rome, an emergency plan has been launched to tackle the effects of the heatwave on people’s health. It comes as the number of cases of emergency-care treatments for heat-related illnesses increases. This is particularly prominent in the older age groups and, since a large number of citizens in Italy are over 65 years old, it pos...
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High temperatures contributed to more than 47,000 deaths in Europe in 2023, according to a new study that suggests the death toll would have been even higher without mitigation measures put in place since the turn of the century. Last year was the hottest year on record globally, and among the warmest years in Europe, meaning millions of people were affected by extreme heatwaves, floods, and high temperatures. Dangerously warm weather can cause medical emergencies like heatstroke, increase the risk that some infectious diseases will spread, and exacerbate chronic conditions like heart disease,...
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Greek authorities flew additional forces to the southern island of Crete on Thursday, where 250 firefighters battled a wildfire that forced the evacuation of eight villages in mountainous areas. The blaze tore through olive groves, farmland and scrub, damaging irrigation networks, but posed no immediate threat to the busy holiday resorts along the island's coast. The fire service said 40 members of a specialist unit from Athens joined the operation in the island's central Rethymno area late on Thursday, boosting the ground forces to nearly 300. A first team was sent in on Wednesday. No injurie...
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Temperatures are likely to exceed 40C in southern Italy as this weekend is forecast to be the hottest the country has seen so far this year. Peaks of up to 43C are expected with the southern mainland, as well as the two major islands Sardinia and Sicily the worst affected regions. From 10 to 11 August, temperatures are also expected to climb to between 39 and 40C across central and northern Italy. Northern cities including Bolzano, Ferrara and Bologna won’t be spared from the intense heat. Forecasters say that the heatwave will also be accompanied by high humidity for many, increasing the chan...
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More than 120 people died of heatstroke in Tokyo in July, Japanese authorities said on Tuesday. The nation's average temperature hit record highs and heat warnings were in effect much of the month. According to the Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office, many of the 123 people who died were elderly. All but two were found dead indoors, and most were not using air conditioners despite having them installed. Japanese health authorities and weather forecasters repeatedly advised people to stay indoors, consume ample liquids to avoid dehydration and use air conditioning, because elderly people often thin...
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Hong Kong has recorded its hottest day of the year, with the Observatory logging a temperature of 35.4 degrees Celsius on Monday, following an “exceptionally hot” July. In a statement issued on Monday afternoon, the government forecaster said that “temperatures over most parts of the territory rose to 35 degrees or above, and the maximum temperature recorded at the Observatory as 35.4 degrees, the highest so far this year.” In Sheung Shui, a town near the border with mainland China, the mercury reached 38.9 degrees. According to a statement issued by the Hong Kong Observatory last Friday, July...
Hong Kong Free Press
Extreme heat is killing more than 175,000 people a year in Europe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared today. Globally, there have been around 489,000 heat-related deaths each year between 2000 and 2019, with people paying the “ultimate price” for climate inaction. Europe is the fastest warming continent on Earth, accounting for the large proportion of global deaths. The United Nations agency’s dire assessment comes days after a call to action on extreme heat from UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “Billions of people are facing an extreme heat epidemic - wilting under increas...
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There’s no end in sight for Europe’s searingly hot summer, as heatwave warnings have been issued from Spain to Germany. In Paris, too, Olympians have been forced to compete in searing heat - extremes that would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change, according to climatologist group World Weather Attribution (WWA). Droughts and wildfires have broken out across the Mediterranean as a result of the hot weather, which looks set to continue throughout August and beyond in some parts. Extreme heat currently claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, with number...
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Water reserves are running dry in parts of Italy, leading some politicians to demand urgent action on the climate emergency. “The climate crisis is not ideological, it is a dramatic reality in Sicily,” Angelo Bonelli, spokesperson for the Europa Verde (Green Europe) political party, said while rallying outside government headquarters in Rome on Thursday. “Farmers are uprooting vineyards, citrus groves, they are slaughtering animals because there is no water. This is a disastrous situation.” Condemning the silence of PM Giorgia Meloni on the issue, he said the government is “leaving an entire r...
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