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As the world continues to heat up, close to half a billion children globally are living in regions that experience at least twice as many extremely hot days as their grandparents did. That’s according to new research by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The findings highlight the rapid escalation of extreme heat events, laying bare the fact that one in five children - that’s around 466 million - are exposed to these often dangerous conditions every year. UNICEF compared data from the 1960s with the average temperatures from 2020-2024. In the process, they discovered a dramatic incre...
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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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Kuwait logged the third-highest temperature in the world in June, with 49.3C recorded at the International Airport. Last week, it crept up again to 51C, close to the country’s record 54C. Dubai has also been hit by a brutal heatwave. Although the mercury is ‘only’ reaching 43 degrees Celsius, the ‘feels like’ temperature is pushing 62C, according to US-based weather services. This perilously high figure is due to the combination of intense air temperature and high humidity generating a heat index far hotter than the recorded air temperature. The two countries are struggling to cope with the sc...
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As global temperatures soar, many countries around the world are experiencing extreme heat which has led to an increase in heat-related fatalities. In Saudi Arabia, it was announced that more than 1,300 people died during the Hajj pilgrimage this month. Many cases of death were due to heat stress, as temperatures in Mecca, the city where the Hajj pilgrimage takes place, reached as high as 50 degrees Celsius. Heat-related deaths are on the rise in Europe as the effects of climate crisis take holdA similar pattern has been observed in Europe, where many countries are raising the alarm about upco...
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June 2024 was the warmest June ever, marking the 13th straight month of record-breaking temperatures, according to the European climate service Copernicus. It also marked the 12th month in a row that the world was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times. “It's a stark warning that we are getting closer to this very important limit set by the Paris Agreement,” Copernicus senior climate scientist Nicolas Julien said in an interview. “The global temperature continues to increase. It has at a rapid pace.” That 1.5C temperature mark is important because it's the warming limit nearly al...
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A heatwave is spreading across the Italian peninsula. Starting this weekend, temperatures are expected to hit 34 degrees Celsius in northern regions, around 35 degrees in central areas and 40 degrees in the south. Deadly heatwaves in June? Climate scientists explain why extreme weather is battering GreeceAfter a recent spell of bad weather, the sun is returning and temperatures will spike, with a change of up to 15 degrees in some areas. The peak, 42 degrees Celsius, is expected in Sicily. For more information, watch our full video report above.
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As Europe swelters in an early heatwave, concerns are mounting about what Paris’s weather will be like during the upcoming Olympics. The event, kicking off on 24 July, could become the hottest Games on record, posing risks of serious illness and even death to athletes. A new report, Rings of Fire: Heat Risks at the 2024 Paris Olympics, describes the 34C temperatures at the 2021 Games in Tokyo as “a window into an alarming, escalating norm for Summer Olympics”. “Competitors vomited and fainted at finish lines, wheelchairs were deployed to carry athletes away from sun-scorched arenas and the fea...
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Heatwaves across Cyprus and Greece have left multiple people dead with Türkiye battling wildfires as temperatures soared above 40C. Parts of southern Europe have sweltered in record temperatures as warm air was blown across from North Africa. Warnings have been issued as the heat brought deadly consequences for some, with schools and tourist attractions closed. Meteorologists say it could be a preview of the extreme weather still to come this summer. Heatwaves in Greece turn deadly for touristsThe first heatwave of the summer in Greece saw the ancient Acropolis shut to tourists, schools closed...
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May 2024 was the warmest May ever recorded, marking the 12th record-breakingly hot month in a row, Copernicus scientists have said. Last month, the world's average temperature was 1.52°C higher than the average from 1850 to 1900, before industrialisation, according to the EU’s climate monitoring service. It marks the 12th consecutive month where temperatures have been hotter than ever recorded with the global average surface air temperature 0.65°C higher than the average from 1991 to 2020. “It is shocking but not surprising that we have reached this 12-month streak. While this sequence of reco...
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Paris (AFP) - The world saw its hottest June on record last month, the EU's climate monitoring service said Thursday, as climate change and the El Nino weather pattern looked likely to drive another scorching northern summer. The EU monitor Copernicus also said preliminary data showed Tuesday was the hottest day ever recorded -- beating the record set only the day before. It's the latest in a series of records halfway through a year that has already seen a drought in Spain and fierce heat waves in China as well the United States. "The month was the warmest June globally at just over 0.5 degr...
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