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Why did so many die in Karachi's heatwave?
2015-07-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Days after a heatwave in Pakistan killed about 1,300 people, many are still puzzled by the unusually high number of deaths in the port city of Karachi, reports Shahzeb Jillani. In his 25 years working as a charity worker transporting casualties, Mohammed Bilal has never seen so many people die of heat. "The bodies just kept coming from all over the city," he says. Mr Bilal is in charge of the Edhi Foundation's main office in Karachi's congested commercial district near the country's main...
Field fires hamper French grain harvest as heatwave builds
2015-07-01 18:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fires linked to hot, dry weather are disrupting the early stages of this year's grain harvest in France, the European Union's top producer, destroying hundreds of hectares and triggering fire prevention measures in some areas. Wednesday saw record temperatures for the time of year either side of 40 degrees Celsius in several parts of the country as a heatwave intensified, adding stress on crops in central and northern France that faced a dry spell this spring. Fires can be sparked by combine harvesters...
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Scientists try to understand heatwave
2015-06-26 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Scientists in India and Pakistan say higher temperatures were just one factor behind the recent heatwaves and other causes have yet to be established. They say low air pressure, high humidity and an unusually absent wind played key roles in making the heat unbearable but they do not know why such conditions prevailed at this time of the year. The temperature forecast for the heatwave peak in Karachi last week was 43C, according to meteorologists in Pakistan. The prediction was accurate but...
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India Blames Heat-Wave Deaths on Climate Change
2015-06-19 21:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthdig: India, one of the key players in the efforts to reach an international agreement on global warming, has no doubt of its malign effects. It was, says a government minister, the warming climate that caused last months devastating heatwave. From mid-April till the end of May, nearly 2,200 people were killed by the heat1,636 of them in Andhra Pradesh, the worst-affected state. The normal May figure for the whole of India is about 1,000 heat-related deaths. Dr Harsh Vardhan, Indias Minister of Science...
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Minister blames India's heatwave on climate change, as death toll reaches 2500
2015-06-03 17:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A heatwave which has claimed the lives of up to 2,500 people in India, and the subsequent delayed monsoon rains, are the results of climate change, the country's Minister for Earth Sciences has said. The death toll in the country has continued to rise since extreme temperatures began in mid-April. Meanwhile, cooling monsoon rains, expected to bring relief to those experiencing temperatures of up to 47C, have been delayed by at least five days, it has been reported. Earth Sciences Minister...
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