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Europe just had its hottest summer and hottest August on record, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. ECMWF datasets feed into WMO’s State of the Climate reports. The August temperature was 0.8°C above August 2018, and summer was 0.4°C warmer than June…
… to continue for the foreseeable future. Unimaginable heat in China 🇨🇳 The longevity and intensity of the heatwave is hard to comprehend. Too many heat records to count, both day and night. Beibei hit 45°C … floods to date. These events were connected by a Rossby wave causing a high pressure pattern to get stuck over …
… Office issued severe weather warnings well ahead of the heat. A Level 4 UK Health Security Agency  Heat Health Alert  had been issued for Monday and Tuesday. … change altered the likelihood and intensity of this heat wave in the region of the red alert warning. To capture the …
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… between Pakistan and India this week. A month ago, the heat broke a 122-year-old record. What can people do to weather the worst and prepare for a future of extreme heat? For many Indians and Pakistanis, particularly in rural … linked to climate change. If you find yourself in a heat wave, Chloe Brimicombe, a PhD candidate studying climate …
… profusely and realizing that she might blackout from the heat soon, she scans the road for shade where she can sit and … her breath. “I’m unable to sleep properly at night in this heat and in the morning I am torn between taking public … the hottest since records began 122 years ago. The intense heat has combined with a stark lack of rain. People who live …
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… make decisions. Given the sizeable threat posed by extreme heat events, the report details the human impacts of heat waves, ranging from individual and community health to … 2.2. Global and regional patterns of heat waves 2.3. Heat wave preparedness and response 2.4. Challenges with measuring …
… have  underrated  increases in the occurrence of extreme heat events before. And we know that  climate change  has … . Beyond that, the lines are prone to buckling. Extreme heat is a  killer . Heatwaves in Europe in  2003  and in … killed, several more require  hospital treatment  for  heat-related illness . Heat on the rise An international team …
… for only the  fifth-warmest June-August , yet regional heat waves shattered records. Global warming is undoubtedly a … the increasing extremes that marked the summer of 2022 – heat waves, droughts and floods, sometimes one on top of the … than normal. In the Southern Hemisphere, that marine heat wave over the South Pacific led to the warmest and wettest …
… event). A recent scientific study projected the risk of heat waves in India increasing by a factor of ten during the … ought to keep us awake at night – kick in when extreme heat combines with other phenomena such as increased drought, … domestic Indian front, climate change, including extreme heat, will “ degrade crop yields, flood coastal and other …
… development programmes. Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Heat Waves and Cold Waves, Dengue, JE and COVID-19 have been … cooperation with the private sector. Following the first wave of COVID-19 last year, it became imperative to better … numbers of Incidences for JE, Dengue, Drought, Floods, Heat waves, Cold waves and Cyclone during 1995-2020. 48 …
… that young African children are at particular risk of heat stress impacts. However, estimates of heat-related deaths in African children are limited, … little research into the impact of climate change on child heat-related deaths in any region of the world. To address …
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… are having to adapt to even more fierce episodes of heat. Some are beginning to pay more attention to a combination of heat and humidity that prevents the human body from staying … recognise that people are less productive in extreme heat, and so those employed in sectors such as construction …
… hot that they create their own weather, record-breaking heat waves and a vanishing Sierra snowpack. Against that … and the National Science Foundation. Coping with extreme heat California had its hottest summer on record in 2021 — … the very scope of the problem is spurring an unprecedented wave of innovation across California as clean energy …
… that currently have few cities that deal with extreme heat, average summertime temperature highs of 35°C (95°F), … SECTION 2: KEY CLIMATE VULNERABILITY CONDITIONS 1. Heat Extremes a. Introduction and Justification b. … and regeneration as a rise in body temperature under heat wave conditions will severely decrease the heat loss needed …
… reduces existing tree canopy daily, further intensifying heat . This situation locks in cycles of disadvantage for … the task of changing with the climate. Living with urban heat now Low-income communities are more likely to live in poorly constructed, heat-affected rental accommodation and least able to afford …

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