EDMONTON – At a time when pools are typically being emptied and furnaces fired up for the fall, Prairie folks are swimming and running their air conditioners.
People are desperately seeking shade as they watch the leaves drifting from the trees. Parts of the region are baking in the warmest September ever, with heat records falling in Alberta and Saskatchewan daily.
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The nation is headed for strong heat waves in coming decades that will hit cities and farmers and threaten wildlife with extinction, a new global warming report warns.
The report, “More Extreme Heat Waves: Global Warming’s Wake Up Call,” sponsored by medical, environmental and civil rights organizations, comes as a legislative fight over a climate change bill gets ready to resume next month in Congress. Its remedies are based on recent findings of global warming effects by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which coordinates climate research across federal agencies. Read More / Watch Video »
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As the Arctic freeze sweeps Britain, a record-breaking heatwave in Australia has claimed the lives of 37 people and sparked bushfiresthat have destroyed 29 homes.
South Australia and Victoria have been the worst affected, enduring six consecutive days of temperatures reaching 113F (45C).
The extreme conditions in Melbourne caused an electricity substation to explode, shutting down the city’s train network, trapping people in lifts and resulting in thousands of people being treated for heat exhaustion.
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Emergency services have gone to high alert in southeast Australia as the region’s worst heatwave in a century sent temperatures soaring and residents scurrying for cover.
Authorities warned elderly, sick and infant residents of the states of Victoria and South Australia to stay home and keep cool as the mercury was tipped to hit 44 degrees Celsius (112 Fahrenheit), raising the spectre of heatstroke and wildfires.
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