Countries Experience Excessive Hot Weather
Some countries around the world have been experiencing record breaking highest temperature in the past six months. The excessive heat has already caused deaths and harm to people, crops and animals. Heat waves also bring physiological and psychological stress to mankind. Added to this, are the physical damages caused to properties due to power outages […]
Read MoreHeat Wave and Bushfire in Australia
Five Australian states have been hard hit by a series of heat waves and bushfires which began in Saturday, January 5, 2013. Heat waves reaching as high as 48.2º C and extremely dry conditions starting December 27, 2012 set the stage for one of the most dreadful bushfires in Australia’s history. Heat waves have seen […]
Read MoreHighlights – News of the Week
Tasmania Bushfire – January 5, 2013: Heat wave has caused a bushfire in the Australian state of Tasmania leaving thousands of people including tourists stranded in the island. There were 100 properties destroyed including a school and a police station. The temperature in Hobart, the capital city, reached 41 degrees centigrade. According to one of […]
Read MoreInteresting Facts about Heat Waves
Heat waves and global warming proved to be the major culprits of the recent wildfires. This was often the result of warm air getting stuck in mid-air instead of going through the upper layer of the atmosphere. Lack of precipitation, the absence of convection clouds, and the constant build up of hot air culminates into […]
Read MoreHeat Waves and Wildfires Hit U.S.
Record-high temperatures causing heat wave and deadly storms continue to hit many states in America. Thousands of people have been affected by the power outage when a deadly heat-driven storm hit the eastern United States last Friday.The worst hit areas are West Virginia, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Power companies have been in full force […]
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