heat

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.

Heat, waste and contaminated water, a lethal cocktail in Gaza

Published on: April 28, 2024
09:57

Ramallah, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) Sewage leaks, heat and the accumulation of waste in the Gaza Strip threaten to unleash the outbreak of epidemics and diseases on a large scale, medical sources warned.

Heat-related mortality increased by 30% in Europe

Published on: April 23, 2024
00:15

Geneva, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Heat-related mortality increased by about 30 percent in Europe in the last 20 years, according to a report from the Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Heat record in Cuba of 40,1 degrees Celsius

Published on: April 12, 2024
09:44

Havana, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba recorded Thursday afternoon a maximum temperature of 40,1 degrees Celsius in the town of Jucarito, in the eastern province of Granma.

Warning on extreme temperatures in the Philippines

Published on: April 2, 2024
12:24

Manila, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday warned about heat-related illnesses, which become more prevalent with extreme temperatures.

Areas of Costa Rica register temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius

Published on: March 28, 2024
14:08

San José, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) The hot days and high temperatures (around 40 degrees Celsius) in some areas of Costa Rica will persist in the coming days, a report from the National Meteorological Institute (IMN) says.

After heavy heat, South Sudanese students return to classes

Published on: March 27, 2024
14:26

Juba, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) The South Sudanese students should return to the classrooms next week at the end of the unusual and unexpected holiday decreed to protect them from the infernal heat that prevails in this African country, official media reported today.

NEWS