Was this the hottest week ever? Scorching heat breaks all records; here is what happenedThe two record-breaking highs in global surface air temperatures in a single week underscored the continuous increase brought on by climate...
25 Jul, 2024, 06.59 PM IST
Tourists keep disappearing in Greece. What to know as death toll from heatwave risesDeadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents, highlighting the severe impacts of climate change. Record-breaking temperatures c...
21 Jun, 2024, 11.37 AM IST
UK Weather: What is a 'heat dome', will UK experience it? Know why temperature is going up nowWill the UK experience a heat dome like many parts of the Mediterranean? Why the temperatures are soaring in many parts of Britain at the e...
06 Sep, 2023, 07.05 PM IST
Tourist hotspot Rhodes burns as successive deadly heat waves ravage GreeceWildfires in Greece, fueled by heatwaves, have damaged tourist sites, forests and nature reserves, and led to the evacuation of residents a...
29 Jul, 2023, 09.35 AM IST
European Union rushes firefighters to Greece as grueling Mediterranean heat wave takes tollSeveral countries have sent firefighting planes and ground crews to aid Greece as wildfires continue to rage near Athens amid a heatwave th...
20 Jul, 2023, 10.26 AM IST
Second heat wave in as many weeks grips Mediterranean while fires hit Spain, Switzerland and GreeceSeveral parts of southern Europe are sweating through a new heat wave, amplified by climate change, that is expected to persist for days. T...
18 Jul, 2023, 07.02 PM IST
Heat wave bakes southern Europe, sparking warnings to stay inside, drink water and limit exerciseSouthern Europe is bracing for another heatwave, with temperatures expected to top 40C this week. The Italian health ministry has issued 10...
17 Jul, 2023, 04.48 PM IST
India's ticking heat bomb is testing limits of human survivalThe national weather office has forecast rising temperatures in the coming weeks after India experienced its hottest February since 1901. T...
27 Mar, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
Avalanche on Italian Alps glacier, search parties still working as 17 unaccountedA huge part of the Italian Alps glacier broke off and ran into hikers in the north part of Italy. Search parties are going with their searc...
04 Jul, 2022, 08.02 PM IST
Europe wilts under early heat wave from Mediterranean to North SeaExperts said the unusually early heat wave was a sign of what's to come as global warming continues, moving up in the calendar the extreme ...
17 Jun, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
Scientists urge speedy switch to renewables in Middle EastGeorge Zittis, a scientist at the Cyprus Institute's Climate and Atmosphere Research Center, said that although this "can't happen overnigh...
11 Oct, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
May records second highest rainfall in 121 years; no significant heat wave spellThe lowest ever temperature recorded for May was 32.68 degrees Celsius in 1917. The temperature was lowest since 1977 when it was of 33.84 ...
10 Jun, 2021, 10.53 PM IST
Heatwave likely to abate only after May 28; Dust storm, thunderstorm expected on May 29-30: IMDThe IMD had on Sunday issued a red colour-coded alert for north India for May 25-26 when the prevailing heatwave conditions are expected to...
25 May, 2020, 06.59 PM IST
This summer is unusual, say meteorologistsThe IMD predicted above normal temperatures in core heat wave zones this summer. However, the temperature has not peaked to that level yet.
12 May, 2020, 06.52 PM IST
Western disturbance may bring respite from heat in northwest IndiaA western disturbance is an extratropical storm which originates in the Mediterranean and brings sudden winter rain and snow to the northwe...
16 Apr, 2016, 06.40 PM IST
- Indian cuisine can counteract personal warming globally
Indians would have more reason than others to feel happy as key elements of our cuisines are now being held up as examples of heat-beating ...
24 Aug, 2012, 06.08 AM IST
- Urgent action on climate change needed: Pachauri
Noted environmentalist and Nobel prize winner R K Pachauri called for an urgent international action to tackle global climatic changes.
10 Sep, 2009, 03.09 PM IST