Heatwave

Matric exams postponed in Karachi

KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has postponed the ninth and matric exams… Read More

Sindh intermediate exams postponed

KARACHI: The Sindh government has postponed the intermediate exams across the province for five days… Read More

PDMA issues heatwave alert for Punjab

LAHORE: The Pakistan Disaster Management Authority (PMDA) has issued a heatwave alert for Punjab, ARY… Read More

School timings revised amid heatwave

ISLAMABAD: The timings of federally-run educational institutions have been revised due to the increasing risk… Read More

Tips for Beating the Heatwave in Karachi

Karachi, the bustling metropolis of Pakistan, is known for sweltering summers, and heatwaves have become… Read More

Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, study says

Summer 2023, as wildfires swept across the Mediterranean, roads buckled in Texas and heatwaves strained… Read More

Nepal battles raging wildfires across the country

KATHMANDU, Nepal: Firefighters and local residents battled a massive wildfire on the outskirts of Nepal's… Read More

Australia sweats in heatwave lifting bushfire risk, amid El Nino

SYDNEY: Large swaths of Australia sweltered on Sunday in a heatwave, the nation's weather forecaster… Read More

2023 will be the warmest year on record

European Union scientists said on Wednesday that 2023 would be the warmest year on record,… Read More

Italy’s Milan records hottest day since 1763

Italy's northern city of Milan registered a new record high average daily temperature of 33… Read More

Extreme heat may mean using a different sunscreen

With world temperatures reaching record highs this summer, you may want to reconsider which sunscreen… Read More

South Korea’s Yoon orders water trucks, buses for heatwave-hit scout jamboree

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered on Friday that air-conditioned buses and water… Read More

Heatwave bakes US as heat index soars past 100 degrees

Tens of millions of Americans were confronted with a one-two punch of brutally hot temperatures… Read More

Climate change role in July heatwaves ‘overwhelming’

Human-induced climate change has played an "absolutely overwhelming" role in the extreme heatwaves that have… Read More

Europe on red alert

Large swathes of southern and eastern Europe were placed on heatwave red alert on Tuesday… Read More

Heatwave: NDMA advises masses to take precautionary measures

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Wednesday advised the masses to take precautionary… Read More

The unbearable heatwave in Pakistan

Pakistan had experienced abnormally high temperatures in recent years that made life a living hell.… Read More

Bizarre solution: Man caught sitting in fridge to beat the heat

A viral video showed a Chinese man coming up with a bizarre solution to beat… Read More

Karachi board proposes rescheduling intermediate exams

The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi has proposed rescheduling examinations from next year due to… Read More

Met Office forecast heatwave in Sindh on May 08-09

KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast searing weather in central and upper Sindh on May… Read More