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A man got third-degree burns walking on blazing hot sand dunes in Death Valley, rangers say
Toronto Star· 3 days agoA European visitor got third-degree burns on his feet while briefly walking barefoot on the sand dunes in California’s Death Valley National Park over the weekend, park rangers said Thursday ...
Jasper Wildfires: More than 400 foreign firefighters on the way, up to a third of town may have been...
Toronto Star· 3 days agoPreliminary reports indicate a third and possibly up to half the structures in the town of Jasper...
'Extreme heat epidemic' hitting humanity, UN warns – DW – 07/25/2024
Deutsche Welle· 3 days agoHumanity is suffering from an "extreme heat epidemic," warned UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...
Any future Tory leader must remember this motto: be normal
The i newspaper online iNews· 4 days agoThree contenders are now formally in the race to succeed Rishi Sunak: first up the ex-home secretary...
Why the tech stock selloff isn't over yet: Wall Street strategists
Yahoo Finance· 16 hours agoThe Russell 2000 (RUT) recorded weekly gains for the third week in a row, marking its best three...
How "heat islands" are making extreme heat worse in Indy
Axios· 7 days agoAs dangerously high temperatures hit much of the U.S. this summer, a new analysis finds urban "heat islands" significantly exacerbate such extreme weather. Why it matters: ...
Grande Prairie region sees spate of fire starts during Red Flag Watch: Wildfire risk Extreme
Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune· 7 days agoThe Grande Prairie region has a Red Flag Watch in effect because of the extreme fire conditions that...
Park fire flares up as crews scramble to contain 360,000-acre blaze
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 13 hours ago"We've been under red flag warning conditions, and the fire continues to burn in a very, very...
Helping our bodies beat the heat
Medical Xpress· 11 hours agoPeriods of extreme heat—even a single day when the thermometer hits 35°C—are associated with increased risk of injury, hospitalization and death. This...
Explained: Extreme cold in Argentina’s Patagonia region – DW – 07/22/2024
Deutsche Welle· 7 days agoWhen Patagonia was hit by a wave of unusual, extreme weather, it recorded temperatures as low as...