Intense summer heat in Japan’s capital city for the month of July killed scores of people, many of whom were found inside their homes with an air conditioner installed but not turned on. More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in record-breaking July weather, Japanese authorities said on Tuesday. According […]
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MALAY MAIL SHANGHAI, Aug 3 — Floods and mudslides destroyed village homes and part of a highway in China’s south-western province of Sichuan today, killing at least two people and leaving 17 missing in two incidents, state media reported today. Overnight in Kangding, a mountainous region in Sichuan’s western highlands, mudslides took down some homes
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Eco-minded Games hosts keep air con to a minimum as they rely on shade to keep things cool. At a Paris water fountain, Marcel, 11, ducks his baseball cap in water before adjusting it back on his head. After days of heavy rain that blighted the opening ceremony and wrecked the triathlon, a heatwave has
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TIMES LIVE At least 41 people were killed and scores injured after landslides in the hills of India’s southern Kerala state, local media reported, with rescue operations obstructed after a main bridge collapsed in the region. State Health Minister Veena George said that over 70 people were injured and the Indian Express reported that many
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited flood-hit areas near the Amnok River and guided an operation to rescue around 5,000 isolated residents with the military’s helicopters, Pyongyang’s state media reported Monday. Kim visited flood-ravaged areas in Sinuiju City and Uiju County of North Phyongan Province on Sunday, after a record downpour hit the northern
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook Iran’s Kermanshah province early on Monday morning. The earthquake occurred near Gahvareh at 06:35 a.m. local time at a depth of 6 km, according to the Iranian Seismological Center. The epicenter of the quake was located at 46.39 degrees longitude and 34.45 degrees latitude. There have been no immediate reports of
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Most of Spain is affected, with 11 provinces on alert for dangerous conditions. A week long heatwave is in store for Irish holidaymakers in Spain with temperatures set to soar to 44C. According to Spanish state weather agency AEMET, the extreme heat will remain until July 25. Most of Spain is affected, with 11 provinces
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