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Europe’s city schools, hospitals at risk from extreme heat, EU agency says
BRUSSELS: Nearly half of schools and hospitals in European cities are located in urban “heat islands”, exposing vulnerable populations to…
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Commentary: Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics
In less humid places far from the tropics, the humidity and thus the wet bulb temperature and danger will be…
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Commentary: Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality
CAMBRIDGE: Record-breaking heatwaves in April 2022 put 90 per cent of people in India at increased risk of going hungry,…
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Thai authorities issue extreme heat warnings for dozens of provinces
BANGKOK: Thai authorities on Saturday (Apr 22) warned residents across large swathes of the country, including the capital Bangkok, to…
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