Category Temperature Alert

Major Record Breaking Heatwave Paralyses Zimbabwe, Africa

A punishing heatwave is wreaking havoc in Zimbabwe, giving airline pilots a torrid time and literally sapping the energy out of a country that has seen its hydro-electric reservoir evaporate in the scorching heat.   As the El Niño phenomenon…

Severe heatwave breaks records in Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory, Australia

The remote island community of Groote Eylandt has recorded its hottest day on record, as other parts of the Top End continue sweltering through a heatwave.   Groote Eylandt, 630 kilometres east of Darwin, set a new daytime temperature record…

Severe Drought Threatens Growth as Cattle Die, Crops Fail In Ethiopia

Saado Osman straps two bulging sacks of United Nations wheat to her donkey, one of the few animals the 70-year-old eastern Ethiopian herder has left since the rains stopped.   Like millions of others in the Horn of Africa nation…

Severe heatwave continues as emergency water tankers deployed in parts of South Africa

Extra water tankers have been called in to supply more water since the severe heatwave hit Pretoria last week.   DA ward councillor Bronwyn Engelbrecht said on Sunday, that she had called in the assistance of three extra water tankers.…