Heatwaves are national emergencies and the public need to know.
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Bob Ward
Lethal risks of extreme weather are under-reported and government must stop cutting public awareness funds
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Louisville in 2100 could have three months of killer heat waves.
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A new global study says deadly heat waves will grow in frequency, intensity and duration, affecting 75 percent of the world’s population if greenhouse...
Too hot to fly? Climate change may take a toll on air travel.
Too Hot to Fly? Climate Change May Take a Toll on Air TravelBy ZACH WICHTERJune 20, 2017Temperatures rising above 118 degrees grounded some aircraft at the...
London mayor issues emergency air quality alert amid heatwave.
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Rising temperatures and southerly winds expected to bring toxic air to large parts of England and Wales on Wednesday
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High levels of pollution are forecast...
Hotline, 'gender champions', tackle violence against girls in drought-hit Kenya.
Worsening drought can drive worsening violence against women in Kenya's northern pastoralist communities - but that is changingBy Zoe Tabary
WAJIR, Kenya, June 21 (Thomson...
UK heatwave triggers air pollution alert as people flock to beaches.
Weather
Teenager and woman drown in separate incidents as sweltering heat forces Royal Ascot to consider relaxing dress code
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Sunbathers pack the beach at Barry Island,...
Deadly heat waves could endanger 74 percent of mankind by 2100, study says.
Deadly heat waves—already a risk for 30 percent of the world's population—will spread around the globe, posing a danger for 74 percent of people...
What a wet winter means for future of wildfire season.
Every spring firefighters throughout the West approach the summer season with a proverbial prediction: If the winter was dry, all those parched trees will...
Bangkok struggles to protect slum dwellers as floods worsen.
Squatter communities along canals are no strangers to floods - but they are happening more often, and the concerns of the urban poor are...
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