heat wave
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Australian Officials Declare the Arrival of El Niño During Blistering Heat Wave
Authorities declared the arrival of El Niño, amid dangerous heat waves that are raising the country’s risk of widespread bushfires. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) announced the arrival of El Niño in an outlook after seeing a combination of conditions that include higher-than-average ocean temperatures. “Climate model outlooks suggest this El Niño is likely to continue…
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80% of People Around the World Experienced Climate Change-Induced Heat in July
July is supposed to be a hot summer month for the northern hemisphere, but last month was especially hot even for mid-summer. According to a new report released by science nonprofit Climate Central this week, climate change has made this July hotter for billions of people around the globe. Researchers looked at 4,711 cities around…
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A Heat Wave Derailed a Train Outside San Francisco
Our existing infrastructure isn’t built to withstand climate change, and heat waves have started to drive wedges into the cracks in the system. Triple-digit temperatures caused a train to derail near San Francisco last week, according to an internal evaluation by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
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India Swelters Under Heatwave, With Temperatures Set to Hit 47 Degrees
People in India continue to sweat under a blistering heatwave, with temperatures forecasted to max out at 47 degrees Celsius over the coming days, the India Meteorological Department said in a press release today. Ground temperatures there recently hit 55 degrees, satellite data showed.