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2024 'increasingly likely' to be warmest on record: EU monitor

2024 'increasingly likely' to be warmest on record: EU monitor

It is "increasingly likely" 2024 will be the hottest year on record, despite July ending a 13-month streak of monthly temperature records, the EU's climate monitor said Thursday.
Latin America experienced record heat, 'climatic hazards' in 2023

Latin America experienced record heat, 'climatic hazards' in 2023

HCMC 'too hot', foreign tourists complain

HCMC 'too hot', foreign tourists complain

Central Highlands suffering from extreme drought

Central Highlands suffering from extreme drought

Rivers, lakes and streams have dried up and thousands of hectares of crops have withered due to severe drought in the Central Highlands.
April 14, 2024 | 03:07 am PT
Power demand expected to surpass forecasts on early onset of hot weather

Power demand expected to surpass forecasts on early onset of hot weather

Power consumption in Vietnam this summer is expected to increase by 13% year-on-year between May and July, 9.6% higher than forecast, posing possible supply challenges.
April 8, 2024 | 09:49 pm PT
Southern Vietnam continues to sizzle in March

Southern Vietnam continues to sizzle in March

Vietnam’s south has been experiencing an unusual heatwave during the past three weeks, and the hot weather has been predicted to continue through March with temperatures reaching up to 39 degrees Celsius.
March 4, 2024 | 06:28 pm PT
Australia swelters in spring heat wave, temperatures set to break records

Australia swelters in spring heat wave, temperatures set to break records

A spring heat wave across large parts of Australia's southeast, including Sydney, will intensify on Monday, the weather bureau said, with temperatures expected to peak up to 16 degrees Celsius above the September average.
September 18, 2023 | 01:47 am PT
Solar power to the rescue as Europe's energy system weathers extreme heat

Solar power to the rescue as Europe's energy system weathers extreme heat

A major increase in solar power generation in southern Europe played a leading role in averting energy shortages during the heatwaves of recent weeks when temperatures broke records and drove unprecedented demand for air conditioning.
August 7, 2023 | 01:20 am PT
South Korea raises heat alert to highest amid sweltering weather

South Korea raises heat alert to highest amid sweltering weather

South Korea raised the hot weather warning to its highest, the first time in four years, as parts of the country roasted in temperatures over 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 F), the interior and safety ministry said on Wednesday.
August 1, 2023 | 08:14 pm PT
Sun protection becomes all the rage in China as temperatures soar

Sun protection becomes all the rage in China as temperatures soar

In scorching Beijing, "facekinis" are the hottest new fashion downtown as surging temperatures shatter records.
July 19, 2023 | 10:05 pm PT
China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records

China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records

A remote township in China's arid northwest endured temperatures of more than 52 Celsius on Sunday, state media reported, setting a record for a country that was battling minus 50 C weather just six months ago.
July 16, 2023 | 11:44 pm PT
Record heatwaves sweep the world, from US to Europe and Asia

Record heatwaves sweep the world, from US to Europe and Asia

Tens of millions of people were battling dangerously high temperatures around the world on Sunday as record heat forecasts hung over parts of the United States, Europe and Asia, in the latest example of the threat from global warming.
July 16, 2023 | 12:59 am PT
Beijing sweats in extreme heat for record third day

Beijing sweats in extreme heat for record third day

Beijing topped 40 degrees Celsius (104F) on Saturday for a record third day as the Chinese capital sweltered in extreme heat, while uncommonly high temperatures for June grilled an area the size of California in northern China.
June 24, 2023 | 09:35 pm PT
Vietnamese people combat Indian heatwave

Vietnamese people combat Indian heatwave

Thuy Nga, a Vietnamese living in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has been worried ever since her husband collapsed after working during a heatwave last year.
June 24, 2023 | 08:13 pm PT
'There is nothing for me': Vietnam drought dries up income

'There is nothing for me': Vietnam drought dries up income

On the shores of a reservoir that feeds one of Vietnam's biggest hydropower plants, Dang Thi Phuong points at the cracked ground where the fish that help her earn a living normally swim.
June 17, 2023 | 05:00 pm PT
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