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Thousands of Philippine schools suspend in-person classes due to heat
MANILA:Β Thousands of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes on Friday (Apr 5), the education department said, as parts of…
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Dozens of Philippine schools suspend classes over heat danger
MANILA: Dozens of schools in the Philippine capital of Manila suspended in-person classes on Tuesday (Apr 2) due to dangerous…
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China saw hottest recorded year in 2023
SHANGHAI: China’s average temperature in 2023 was its hottest since records began, state media said citing officials on Tuesday (Jan…
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Australia swelters through ‘scorching’ heat lifting bushfire risk
SYDNEY: Australia’s southeast on Sunday (Oct 1) sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and prompted…
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‘In a sauna’: Hong Kong’s labourers swelter as temperatures rise
“In terms of how climate change affects Hong Kongers, outdoor workers are at the frontlines,” he told AFP. Emily Chan,…
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Scores of horses suffer sunstroke at Japan samurai event
Two of the animals died, they said. The annual three-day event, which features more than 400 participants dressed as medieval…
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South Korea raises heat alert to highest amid sweltering weather
SEOUL: South Korea raised the hot weather warning to its highest, the first time in four years, as parts of…
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Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse by midcentury, study says
A further slowdown or complete halting of the circulation could create more extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere, sea-level rise…
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Europe, US heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
PARIS: Blistering heat that has baked swathes of North America and Europe this month would have been “virtually impossible” without…
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Sick of hearing about record heat? Scientists say those numbers paint the story of a warming world
But the numbers can be flawed in what they portray. The scientific community βdoesnβt really have the vocabulary to communicate…
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