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United Kingdom
Cost of living and hot weather cause retail sales to fall in UK
The cost of living crisis keeps on curtailing consumers’ ability to spend on non-essential items. This autumn’s exceptionally hot weather…
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July hottest month on record: EU climate observatory
Forest fires have ravaged swathes of Greece and burnt 12 million hectares in Canada, while southern Europe, parts of North Africa,…
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South Korea’s heatwave-hit scout jamboree bracing for typhoon
SEOUL: Organisers of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, who have been grappling with a debilitating heatwave for days,…
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Heatwave-hit jamboree in South Korea in doubt as Singapore, US and British scouts leave site
SEOUL: The World Scout Jamboree in South Korea faced calls to be cancelled on Saturday (Aug 5) after large contingents…
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US Scouts to pull out of heatwave-hit jamboree in South Korea
Temperatures have hit 34 degrees Celsius in Saemangeum, near the city of Buan on South Korea’s west coast, where 39,000…
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Soaring temperatures to deadly floods: Is recent extreme weather the ‘new normal’?
“What really struck me is how widespread these anomalies have been in June and July,” said Prof Lindesay. “To find…
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UK on course for ‘more frequent’ heatwaves: Met Office
LONDON: The extreme heat experienced by the UK in 2022 will become more frequent and intense because of climate change,…
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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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Which European countries are not prepared to cope with hot days?
Researchers say buildings in places like Northern Europe “act like greenhouses” and aren’t designed to cope with hot days. Switzerland,…
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Northern cities in China brace for another day of torrid heat
BEIJING: Chinese weather forecasters on Thursday (Jul 6) issued a string of heat advisories across northern parts of the country…
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