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Temperatures in Sydney reach 47.3C (117F) hottest day since 1939
The Australian city of Sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 79 years with temperatures in the region hitting as high as 47.3C (117F). In Penrith, west of Sydney, residents sweltered as the town bore the brunt of the heat on Sunday. Severe fire warnings were issued for the greater... -
Bushfires destroy buildings in Australia as heatwave melts highway surface
Bushfires in Australia destroyed buildings and threatened lives on Saturday as a heatwave in three states brought temperatures strong enough to melt the bitumen on a highway. A fire raging out of control set several structures ablaze on the outskirts of Melbourne, the country’s second... -
Record Heat in Europe and USA June 2017
Temperatures in much of Britain are forecast to soar to more than 30C (86F) on the longest day of the year but this seems tolerable compared to 50°C (122F°) during the day in Phoenix, Arizona. The heat in the USA is blamed on a large and persistent high-pressure system currently scorching... -
All-time record heat scorches Middle East as temperatures reach 54°C (129.2°F)
It was a historic day in the annals of meteorology on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in the Middle East, where the temperature in Mitribah, Kuwait soared to an astonishing 54°C (129.2°F). If verified, this would be Earth's hottest temperature ever reliably measured outside of Death Valley... -
Record 51C Heat Hits India
Youths cool off in Kolkata, May 2016. A city in India's Rajasthan state has broken the country's temperature records after registering 51C, the highest since records began. The new record in Phalodi in the desert state comes amid a heatwave across India. The previous record for the hottest... -
Egypt heatwave leaves 61 people dead
A heatwave in Egypt has killed at least 61 people in three days, the health ministry says, as temperatures soared to 47C (116F). Forty died after suffering heatstroke on Sunday and Monday, and another 21 died on Tuesday, state media reported. Another 581 people have been admitted to hospital... -
Heatwave in Pakistan's Sindh province kills 180 the morgue in Karachi is overflowing
A volunteer puts a identification paper onto a body of a heat wave victim as other dead bodies are seen in the the cold storage of the Edhi morgue in Karachi. More than 180 people have died from heatstroke in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province over the past three days, leading authorities...