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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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No immediate plans to declare heatwave an emergency: Malaysia DPM Ahmad Zahid
Ahmad Zahid, who is also the chairman of the National Disaster Management Committee, said that cloud seeding operations will be…
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Water supply among issues to be monitored amid hot and dry weather in Malaysia: Minister
Separately, MetMalaysia director-general Muhammad Helmi Abdullah said that lower rainfall is expected to occur in most places during the upcoming…
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Hot weather in Malaysia: No school closures thus far though outdoor activities suspended
According to the ministry’s guidelines issued last Friday, schools must suspend outdoor activities for students and teachers if the temperature…
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‘Modest’ athletic clothing allowed as Malaysian schools try to beat the heat
KUALA LUMPUR: Given the sustained hot weather in some Malaysian states, the country’s education ministry has agreed to allow students…
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