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Summer heat waves already deadly in Asia, and it's still spring
New Delhi — It's still spring but hundreds of millions of people across South and Southeast Asia have already faced scorching hot temperatures. The summer heat has arrived early, setting records and even claiming lives, and it's expected to get much worse through May and June as summer actually begins.At the beginning of May, severe heat waves were already blamed for nearly three dozen deaths across the vast region. Schools have been forced to close weeks ahead of summer vacations and huge swaths of new crops have withered in parched farmland.Where the most dangerous heat is expected in the U.S....
Dangerous heat wave envelops hundreds of millions in East Asia
A punishing heat wave is affecting hundreds of millions of people from India to Japan, with monthly and all-time temperature records falling repeatedly. Why it matters: The heat, exacerbated at least in part by human-caused climate change, is proving relentless and fatal in many areas. In multiple countries, extreme heat...
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