RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian climatologist Núbia Beray Armond for years had been sounding the alarm about Rio de Janeiro’s need for an extreme heat plan including water distribution. Interest was tepid until a disastrous Taylor Swift concert — and now her phone won’t stop ringing. A stifling heat wave blanketed southeast Brazil the day … Read more
JUBA, South Sudan — JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks. The health and education ministries advised parents to keep all children indoors as temperatures are expected to soar to 45 degrees … Read more
SANTIAGO, Chile — Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the blazes and said at least 112 people had been killed. The fires burned with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where … Read more
MADRID — Spain’s weather agency says recent abnormally high temperatures for this time of year are set to continue in many parts of Spain on Friday and over the weekend. The hot spell has led to an almost summer-like feeling in many coastal areas as people take to the beaches to sunbathe, and some have … Read more
A woman spreads cocoa beans during the sun-drying process in the backyard of her house in Asikasu, Ghana on December 19, 2020. Cristina Aldehuela | Afp | Getty Images El Nino is here to stay — and that’s bad news for cocoa crops which are highly sensitive to weather changes. Frequent extreme weather events caused … Read more
A 3rd successive warmth wave in Greece pushed temperatures again above 40 levels Celsius (104 levels Fahrenheit) throughout components of the nation following extra nighttime evacuations from fires which have raged uncontrolled for days Flames burn a tree in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. … Read more
Europe was gripped by punishing warmth waves in the summertime of 2022, with wildfires, droughts and deaths highlighting what many world wide already know: Climate extremes can have devastating, real-world penalties. Relating to temperatures in hotter months, the course of journey appears to be going a method. The U.Ok.’s Met Workplace is projecting that … Read more