India's heatwave longest ever, worse to come
NEW DELHI — India's heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures.
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Heatstroke killed 33 Indian polling staff on last voting day: state election chief
LUCKNOW, India — At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country.
South Korea records hottest April in half a century
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said Tuesday, with average daily temperatures more than 2.5 degrees higher than in previous years.
Philippine students are told to stay home as Southeast Asia copes with a sweltering heat wave
MANILA (AP) — Southeast Asia was coping with a weekslong heat wave on Monday as record-high temperatures led to school closings in several countries and urgent health warnings throughout the region.
Magnitude-6.0 quake shakes northeast Japan, no tsunami alert
TOKYO, Japan — A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck off northeastern Japan's Fukushima region on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
PAGASA declares start of warm and dry season
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Friday declared the official termination of "Amihan" or the northeast monsoon season, marking the beginning of the warm and dry season in the country.
'Weather forecasts' by kids warning about climate to hit TVs globally
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Television viewers across the globe will get a special weather report Thursday as children take to the small screen to deliver special forecasts about their future—threatened by the climate crisis.
Japan suspends Fukushima water release after quake as precaution
TOKYO, Japan — The release of wastewater from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant was suspended on Friday following an earthquake, its operator said while stressing that the move was precautionary.