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China warns of ‘severe’ threat to harvest from worst heatwave

CHONGQING, China—China’s autumn harvest is under “severe threat” from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face...

China warns of ‘severe’ threat to harvest from worst heatwave on record

China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of...

China factories ration power supplies due to heatwave

BEIJING, China—Chinese lithium hub Sichuan province will ration electricity supply to factories until Saturday, state media reported, as a heatwave sends power demands soaring...

EU heatwave: UK records highest-ever temperature

A punishing heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in western Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time...

Tour takes to hills as France sizzles in heatwave

As the nation baked in a searing heatwave on Tuesday, the Tour de France moved away from the cauldron-like stone citadel of Carcassonne toward...

Europe burns as heatwave breaks temperature records

By Phil Hazlewood with AFP Europe bureaus A fierce heatwave in western Europe has left much of the continent wilting under a scorching sun, feeding...

Japan swelters as heatwave prompts power crunch warning

Japan's government warned Monday of a power crunch as extreme heat hits the country, with temperature records toppling and Tokyo's rainy season declared over...

Europe swelters in record-breaking June heatwave

By Stuart Williams with Mathieu Gorse in Madrid Spain, France and other western European nations sweltered over the weekend under a blistering June heatwave, with...

Europe braces for record early heatwave amid climate change

PARIS -- France, Spain and other western European nations braced on Saturday for a sweltering June weekend that is set to break records and...

Extreme temperatures compound poverty in Pakistan’s hottest city

"Residents face desperate dilemmas." By Emma Clark and Ashraf Khan By the time Pakistani schoolboy Saeed Ali arrived at hospital in one of the world’s hottest...

Experts: Climate change enhances every heatwave

PARIS—All heatwaves today bear the unmistakable and measurable fingerprint of global warming, top experts on quantifying the impact of climate change on extreme weather...

Heatwave causes massive melt of Greenland ice sheet

Greenland's ice sheet has experienced a "massive melting event" during a heatwave that has seen temperatures more than 10 degrees above seasonal norms, according...

N. America’s warmest June on record

PARIS—Last month was the hottest June on record in North America, stoked by a deadly heatwave searing across parts of the region, the European...

California braces for record-setting heatwave, more fires

California is bracing for  record-breaking temperatures and dangerous fire weather conditions this Labor Day weekend, with the National Weather Service urging people to limit...
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