Tag Archives: Maximiliano Herrera

From flooding in Brazil and Houston to extreme heat in Asia, extreme weather is happening almost everywhere

The worst-ever floods in sweltering Brazil have killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of nearly 4 million. In India, voters and politicians in the world’s biggest election are fainting as heat reaches 115 degrees (46.3 degrees Celsius). A brutal Asian heatwave has closed schools in the Philippines, killed people in Thailand and set… Read More »

Sweltering heat is back in Southeast Asia and it won’t end anytime soon

The death of a toddler from extreme heat has highlighted the risk of climate-related disease across Malaysia. That same week, Vietnam declared a state of emergency after abnormally high temperatures in the south dried out entire rice fields. In the Philippines, classes were suspended in hundreds of schools as daily temperatures exceeded 107 degrees Fahrenheit… Read More »