Last month was the hottest August in modern times and marked the 16th month in a row when global records for heat were shattered planet-wide, US authorities said on Tuesday.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took ill on Sunday in the middle of his annual National Day Rally speech because of heat and dehydration, his office said.
Scorching conditions will continue in the country on Saturday while strong winds are expected in some places by midday, the Met department has said.
Last month was the hottest June in modern history, marking the 14th consecutive month that global heat records have been broken, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Tuesday.
Pushing his cart through the teeming Egyptian capital, 71-year-old Cairo street sweeper Abdallah Mohamed says nothing can stop him from fasting during Ramadan.
The holy month of Ramadan is coinciding this year with the summer solstice or the longest day of the year with 14 hours and two minutes of daytime, Kuwaiti Civil Aviation meteorologist Essa Ramadan said.
It’s already unbearably hot in India.
Temperatures across the planet soared again last month, setting a new heat record for the warmest February since modern records began, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday.
