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Pakistan heat wave eases more 1,150 die
2015-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Sea breezes brought lower temperatures on Friday to ease a heat wave that killed more than 1,150 people around Pakistan's teeming port city of Karachi during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Mass funerals were held for 50 unidentified victims on Friday before their bodies were hastily buried. The extreme heat of up to 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) - the hottest since 1981 - coincided with power failures and triggered sharp criticism of the government's response in the city of 20 million...
How Pakistan and India can prevent future heat wave fatalities
2015-06-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: The 1.4 billion people of India and Pakistan are no strangers to long periods of sizzlingly hot and humid weather at this time of year. The average daily high temperature in Delhi in the month of May is 105 degrees Fahrenheit. But with nearly 3,000 people killed between the two countries in two distinct heat wave events during May and June, it has become clear to local populations that their governments failed to prepare for and respond to the heat waves. It has also become clear that something...
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Utah braces for week-long heat wave
2015-06-27 01:00:50| Waste Management - Topix.net
Forecasters are predicting a heat wave of triple-digit temperatures along the Wasatch Front that has the potential to last for a week. "With the weather the way it's been, we're not getting a lot of air movement and this is really cooking up the ozone," said Donna Kemp Spangler, spokeswoman for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
First big heat wave of the summer to grip Spain, France and UK
2015-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: A heat wave is forecast to envelop much of continental Europe and the UK during the end of June into the first week of July, potentially setting records from Spain to England. Competitors in the famous Wimbledon tennis tournament, for example, may have trouble dealing with temperatures that may reach the low-to-mid 30s Celsius (up to the mid-90s Fahrenheit) in the London area by next week. The heat will first build across Iberia over the weekend, before spreading its tentacles into the UK for...
Whos to blame for Pakistan heat wave?
2015-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: The Pakistani Taliban joined the chorus of criticism over response to the devastating heat wave that has left more than 1,000 people dead in the countrys southern Sindh province. But instead of blaming the government their usual target the militant group blamed the power company in Karachi, the countrys largest city, for the heat-related deaths. The group, formally known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, said on Friday that it holds K-Electric responsible for the human tragedy. Most of...
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