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120 degrees! Western wildfires explode with triple-digit heat wave on the way
2016-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: If you live in Arizona, California or Nevada, watch out for temperatures as high as 120 degrees in the next few days. That is not a typo. Excessive heat warnings are in effect beginning this weekend until as late as next Wednesday for the southern half of Arizona, much of Southern California and a tiny slice at the southernmost tip of Nevada. advertisement Those happen to be areas where out-of-control wildfires will only be fueled by the approaching heat. Cities in the mercury-popping...
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Deadly Heat Wave Creates Havoc Across South Asia
2016-05-23 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Hundreds of farmers have died in more than 13 states in India due to the crippling heat wave that has been devastating the region for the last few weeks, withering crop production. In one region alone in central India, more than 400 farmers have committed suicide this year, driven by the failure of their farms and inability to pay back loans. Neighboring Pakistan is also reeling from the extreme heat prompting the excavation of mass graves to pre-empt the impacts of the heat wave. The Indian...
Pakistan city readies graves, hospitals, in case heat wave hits again
2016-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: KARACHI Pakistani grave digger Shahid Baloch is taking no chances. Like many people in the port city of Karachi, he was caught out by the severity of last summer's heat wave which killed more than 1,300 people, and has hired a digger to excavate three elongated trenches big enough for 300 bodies. "Thanks to God, we are better prepared this year," said Baloch, 28, who works with three brothers at the vast Karachi cemetery run by the charitable organisation Edhi Foundation. When the heat wave...
Now it's possible to link a heat wave or drought to climate change, in real time
2016-03-17 16:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Coexist: Four days and four hours after a powerful storm battered parts of the U.K. last Decemberbreaking national records and leaving 5,000 homes floodedresearchers made a statement: The unusually heavy rain was linked to climate change. Last July, when temperatures topped 104 degrees in several European countries, breaking more records, scientists also quickly analyzed the data as the heat wave happened. They concluded that the extreme temperatures were much more likely now than in the past because of...
East Coast heads for record-breaking Christmas heat wave as cold air stays locked in Arctic
2015-12-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: An unusual, long-lasting weather pattern will lead to the warmest Christmas Eve on record for many locations east of the Mississippi River on Thursday, as the planet as a whole barrels toward the milestone of its warmest year on record. By the end of this week, it's likely that hundreds more warm temperature records will have fallen across the United States, adding to December's already impressive tally of about 6,000 warm temperature records (record highs and record warm lows). As has occurred...
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