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India's Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat
Workers in India's Kerala state are now getting a three-hour afternoon siesta as part of a series of benefits aimed at combating soaring temperatures and improving labor conditions, government officials said on Wednesday. Kerala, which suffered its worst floods in a century last year, is ...
Four die at Japan hospital after air conditioning fails amid heat wave
Four elderly patients at a hospital in Gifu Prefecture have died after the air conditioning unit in their rooms broke down amid a heat wave that continues to grip the country, police and the medical institution said Tuesday. Y&M Fujikake Daiichi Hospital, however, denied that ...
New normal: Dry and on fire from Mediterranean to Arctic, Europe battles deadly heat
Europe's scorching heat wave has killed nine people in a week in Spain, health authorities said Tuesday, as stifling temperatures kindled wildfires in the country and neighboring Portugal, where a ferocious blaze encircled a resort town. Weeks of nonstop sunshine and near-record temperatures have caused ...
California's deadly Carr wildfire — now the state's sixth-most destructive — has claimed another life with a power linesman killed on the job its seventh fatality, officials said Sunday. The Carr Fire, located some 200 miles (322 km) north of San Francisco, is still growing, ...
Q&A: How to survive this year's scorching summer in Japan
This year's heat wave is again lethal, having already killed over 30 people and sent more than 10,000 to hospitals since July 9 due to heat exhaustion and heatstroke. The extreme weather continued to scorch Japan this week, with many cities seeing their highest-ever recorded ...
Tokyo 2020 marathon and other events to be held in the early morning due to heat-related concerns
The nation’s typically hot and humid summer has been a major concern for the games due to the risk athletes and spectators could suffer dehydration and heatstroke.
California firefighters battling several wildfires that have destroyed dozens of structures and forced thousands of residents to evacuate will get some relief as temperatures cool from scorching levels later this week, the National Weather Service said. "Starting Monday we're going to see a gradual cool ...
The death toll in a weeklong eastern Canadian heat wave has reached 54, officials said Friday. Most of the victims linked to the "overwhelming heat" were in the Montreal area, which recorded 28 fatalities, metropolitan health authorities said in an email. The other victims were reported ...
Firefighters in Northern California have partially contained a stubborn blaze that has forced hundreds of residents to evacuate areas west of Sacramento, although dry conditions and wind gusts are hampering efforts to stop the spread, authorities said on Wednesday. The National Weather Service said it ...
Canadian heat wave claims 12 lives in Montreal, five elsewhere in Quebec
Six more people have died in Montreal due to a heat wave, bringing to 12 the city's total death toll from the extreme weather conditions that have gripped central and eastern Canada, health officials said on Wednesday. Montreal previously raised the city's response level to ...
Number of heatstroke sufferers in Japan taken to the hospital spikes fivefold in one week
Some 3,473 people across the country were hospitalized with heatstroke in the week to Sunday, a fivefold increase from the preceding week and a nearly 2.8-fold from the year before, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday. Three of those needing medical attention died. The ...
Japan prepares to beat the heat during 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics
Japan is preparing measures to prevent heat-related health problems at the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, such as improved temperature forecasts and cooler roads paved with heat-resistant materials. Government agencies reported the measures during a meeting on June 7. Battling the heat ...
