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UN warns of effects of extreme heat on millions of workers

Published on: August 25, 2025
11:14

United Nations, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) More than 2.4 billion workers are exposed to extreme heat in the world, which today constitutes a threat to their health, warned United Nations (UN) organizations.

Half of France on alert for heat or storms

Published on: June 25, 2025
10:35

Paris, June 25 (Prensa Latina) The Météo France news agency placed 52 departments threatened by a heat wave or storms on orange alert, the second-highest level of surveillance.

Forest fires and intense heat cause concern in Chile

Published on: December 26, 2024
08:14

Santiago de Chile, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina): Forest fires and projections of high temperatures in Chile are causing concern among government entities and environmental protection organizations.

Summer of 2024, the hottest on record worldwide

Published on: September 6, 2024
16:29

Brussels, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The boreal summer of 2024 was the hottest on record worldwide, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), an observatory of the European Union, reported today.

Extreme heat leaves 13 dead in South Korea

Published on: August 5, 2024
09:59

Seoul, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Five South Koreans died of heat-related illnesses over the weekend, bringing the total number of deaths this year to 13, the Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) reported.

More than 100 million people under heat alert in the US

Published on: August 2, 2024
12:18

Washington, Aug 2 (Prensa Latina) More than 100 million people in the United States are expecting a day of intense heat with temperatures ranging from 32 to 46 degrees Celsius in some regions of the country, according to warnings.

Heat in Mecca during Muslim pilgrimage killed 53 Tunisians

Published on: June 23, 2024
09:40

Tunis, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The fulfillment of one of the pillars of Islam, the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) this year, has cost the lives of 53 Tunisian worshipers, confirmed here in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Indian capital battles between excessive heat and water crisis

Published on: June 18, 2024
13:13

New Delhi, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) New Delhi inhabitants are going through a critical situation between a growing water crisis and sweltering heat, something usual at this time in this region of India.

Summer opens season of infernal heat in Maghreb

Published on: June 3, 2024
14:38

Rabat, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) As spring languishes, fears are reborn that summer will bring with it the disastrous forest fires that have become an annual plague for this country and Algeria, its eastern neighbor.

Heat and possible cyclone in the atmosphere in El Salvador

Published on: May 16, 2024
10:32

San Salvador, May 16 (Prensa Latina) High temperatures, some above 40 degrees Celsius, and increased possibilities of cyclone formation in the Pacific Ocean occupy meteorologists in El Salvador.

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