Extreme Heat

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Bangladesh

Met office issues heat alert for another 72 hours

Due to an increase in moisture incursion, the discomfort may persist

Braving the blistering heat, farmers work at a soybean field in Raipur of Lakshmipur on Friday. Farmers in many parts of the country have reduced their working hours to avoid working at noon, due to intense heat, as the heat wave has spread over the country’s 43 districts. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Day labourers toil as mercury rising

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Health

Heatwave causes nationwide patient surge, children most vulnerable

A herd of buffalo at Kathgor area of Patenga in Chattogram on Sunday. Buffaloes in the Patenga coast area are facing a severe food crisis as grasses are drying up due to the prevailing heat wave in parts of the country. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Prolonged heatwave hits life, economy

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians cross a road on a hot day amid an orange alert for heatwave, in Beijing, China June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
World+Biz

China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records

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Health

Rising temperatures spell trouble for urban diabetes patients: Threat of heightened risk

Photo: Reuters
Climate Change

South Asia at most risk from extreme heat: World Bank

People sit in the shade as temperatures hit a record 45.4 degrees Celsius (113.7 Fahrenheit) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
World+Biz

Thai authorities issue extreme heat warnings for dozens of provinces

According to WMO’s Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, there is a one-in-five chance that the average global temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2024.
Bangladesh

Chuadanga records highest temperature at 42.8 degrees Celsius

A farmer on a wheat field in the Ludhiana district of Punjab earlier in May. Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg
Global Economy

Heat pushes wheat yields to 20-year low in India

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World+Biz

Most countries may see annual heat extremes every second year: study

The morning sun rises over a neighborhood as a heatwave continues during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Encinitas, California, U.S., August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
World+Biz

One billion face life threatening heat stress if global temperature rises by 2C: Study

FILE PHOTO: A boy walks through a dried lakebed in Ahmedabad, India, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Climate Change

Global weather stations say there is to be more extreme heat and rain, for longer