Tag: Heat Wave

Warm Waters, Winds head for East Antarctica, threatening eventual Massive Sea Level Rise

Warm Waters, Winds head for East Antarctica, threatening eventual Massive Sea Level Rise

Warm Waters, Winds head for East Antarctica, threatening eventual Massive Sea Level Rise

Met Office says UK heatwave could hit 43C tomorrow – with hottest area NOT in South – Mirror Online

Brits have been warned to stay indoors as life-threatening temperatures are due to blast the UK

Brits have been warned to stay indoors as ‘ferocious’ and life-threatening ‘day and night’ temperatures are due to blast the UK for the first time in history

Source: Met Office says UK heatwave could hit 43C tomorrow – with hottest area NOT in South – Mirror Online

National emergency in Britain as the mercury soars to near-record levels | The New Daily

Britain’s Met Office weather forecaster has declared a national emergency, with temperatures early next week predicted to approach – and possibly exceed – record highs.“Exceptional, perhaps record-breaking, temperatures are likely on Monday, then again on Tuesday,” the Met Office said on their website.

National emergency in Britain as the mercury soars to near-record levels | The New Daily

Record-breaking US Pacific north-west heatwave killed almost 200 people | US weather | The Guardian

People sleep at a cooling shelter set up during an unprecedented heatwave in Portland, Oregon, 27 June.

The death toll from the record-breaking heatwave that struck the US Pacific north-west last week has risen to nearly 200, with health authorities reporting 116 deaths in Oregon and 78 in Washington state.

Source: Record-breaking US Pacific north-west heatwave killed almost 200 people | US weather | The Guardian

The last Time Summer was this Hot, Human beings hadn’t yet Left Africa

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Summer of 2016 was not only hotter than any summer on record, i.e. since …

Source: The last Time Summer was this Hot, Human beings hadn’t yet Left Africa

There’s a Heat Wave Going on in the North Pole — And That’s Not Good News | VICE News

A storm system is sweeping through the Arctic, bringing spring-like warmth to the pole and strong storms to the United Kingdom, which is causing heavy flooding.

Source: There’s a Heat Wave Going on in the North Pole — And That’s Not Good News | VICE News

India Blames Heat-Wave Deaths on Climate Change (from @Truthdig)

India Blames Heat-Wave Deaths on Climate Change (from @Truthdig).