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IMD forecasts severe heatwave in northern Konkan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 14 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Monday, issued a severe heatwave warning for Monday and Tuesday for the regions of Northern Konkan.
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Human-induced climate change can cause widespread disruption in nature, sa
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 14 (ANI): A new study by scientists found that human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least abl
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Extreme heat linked to rise in mental health emergency care: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], February 24 (ANI): Does the temperature outside decide a person's temperament inside? On extremely hot summer days, adults are at an increased risk of visiting emergency rooms for mental health crises related to substance use, anxiety, stress, and more.
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Homelessness heightens serious illness, hospital visits during heat waves:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
California [US], December 26, (ANI): A team of researchers have found evidence of the health impacts of heatwaves on people experiencing homelessness, visits to emergency departments and which characteristics make them particularly at-risk.
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Climate change: Pakistan faces existential crisis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 14 (ANI): As per the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report of August 2021, Pakistan is facing an existential crisis.
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Greece surveys damage from wildfires of 'exceptional magnitude'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 13 (ANI): Nearly 100,000 hectares of forestry and farmland had burned in wildfires of Greece fuelled by an extraordinary heatwave at the beginning of August, said European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) on Wednesday (local time).
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Italy may have hit Europe's hottest day on record
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], August 13 (ANI): Italian authorities on Wednesday (local time) said that the island of Sicily may have set an all-time heat record for Europe, with a temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit).
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Covid norms go for a toss as tourists throng Himachal Pradesh's Dharmshala
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dharmshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): Tourists have been thronging hills as the heatwave has hit the plains and the second wave of COVID-19 seeing a significant decline in the country, although the gross violation of Covid appropriate behaviour by the visitors was accounted i
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Delhi records highest-ever power demand of 7,323 MW today
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Amid the ongoing sweltering heatwave, the national capital on Friday recorded its highest-ever electricity peak demand of over 7,323 megawatts.
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Canada's British Columbia sees unprecedented 195 pc spike in deaths amid h
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
British Columbia [Canada], July 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The western Canadian province of British Columbia has registered an unprecedented 195 per cent rise in sudden fatalities within the past five days amid the heatwave, Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said.
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Amid record-breaking heat in Canada, people making quick money by selling
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 1 (ANI): Amid the record-breaking heat in Canada, some people are trying to make a quick buck by selling high-priced fans, and air conditioners online as people are seeking relief from the sweltering summer.
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Mercury touches 42 degree Celsius in Delhi, IMD predicts rain on July 2, 3
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): As the national capital reels under severe heatwaves, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said the conditions for monsoons are not favourable adding that today's temperature will stay above 42 degrees Celcius.
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