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Record heat, surging blazes push Delhi’s firefighters to the brink | Climate

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Indervir Singh has worked for the Delhi Fire Services for 32 years but he cannot recall responding to as many fires as this summer. Temperatures in India’s capital, New Delhi, home to about 20 million people, have hit record highs, with the mercury climbing to nearly 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on several occasions. […]

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Delhi heat sends power demand soaring to record high

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The Indian capital is reeling under a prolonged heatwave Article information Author, Cherylann Mollan Role, BBC News, Mumbai 8 hours ago India’s capital Delhi is reeling under a prolonged heatwave that has sent power demand soaring to a record 8,647 megawatts (MW) this week. Temperatures have hovered around 44-45C

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More than 300 Egyptians die from heat during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, diplomats say

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At least 323 Egyptian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries’ responses told AFP on Tuesday. “All of them died because of heat” except for one who sustained fatal injuries during a minor crowd crush, one of the diplomats

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China is getting too much rain in the south and not enough rain, plus a heat wave, in the north

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BEIJING (AP) — China is being buffeted by two weather extremes, with heavy rain and flooding forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the south and a heat wave prompting fears of a drought for farmers in the north. At least one person has died in the flooding. The body of a

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Photos: Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Rio de Janeiro | Weather News

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A heatwave stifling Brazil has set new records with Rio de Janeiro’s heat index hitting 62.3 degrees Celsius (144.1 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest in a decade, weather authorities say. The heat index measures what a temperature feels like by taking into account humidity. The actual maximum temperature in the city was 42C on Monday, the

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