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20 July 2023
Beijing breaks record for the longest stretch of high-temperature days
People wear cooling patches on their foreheads in Beijing, China, 17 June 2023. Photo: EPA
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20 July 2023
Millions hit by extreme heat on three continents
Millions suffered through intense heat Wednesday as fires raged, health worries mounted...
People ride bikes in a street during hot weather in Beijing, China, 14 July 2023. Photo: EPA
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19 July 2023
What is making 2023 likely the hottest year...
Human-made climate change is supercharging natural weather phenomena to drive heatwaves...
(File) Myanmar girls use umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun at downtown area in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
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20 April 2023
'Hotter and hotter': Swathes of Asia...
Sweltering under a blistering sun, people across South and Southeast Asia have been...
A picture taken with a drone of Jiangling river amid drought, a major tributary of the Yangtze River, in Chongqing, China, 30 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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30 August 2022
Heatwave-hit Chinese province resumes power to...
The southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan downgraded emergency energy supply measures...
People walk next to a puddle of dried Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China, 24 August 2022. Photo: EPA
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25 August 2022
China warns of 'severe threat' to...
China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought,...
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28 June 2022
Thousands cool off in pool as heatwave strikes...
Thousands of people cool down in a giant open-air swimming pool in the northern Chinese...
In this file photo, a volunteer showers a woman with water during a heatwave in Karachi. Photo: AFP
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14 May 2022
Pakistan parched and pummelled by blistering...
Pakistan was in the grip of a heatwave on Friday, with parts of the nation previously...
Europe has endured two exceptionally strong heatwaves in a matter of weeks (Photo: Dominique Faget/AFP)
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27 July 2019
From Europe to the Arctic, temperature records...
We may only be just over halfway through it, but 2019 has already seen temperature...