Heat Wave | Mohd Murtadha

It's Britain's hottest day of the year and people simply can't cope

by murtadha on July 19, 2016 with No Comments

LONDON — Complaining about the weather is a time-honoured British tradition. Normally we like to moan that it’s too rainy or too cold, but for one or two golden weeks every year — the slender, fleeting window that we call … Read More

Record heat bakes Southwest U.S., fuels wildfires

by murtadha on June 20, 2016 with No Comments

As forecast, the American Southwest was hit by a brutal heat wave over the weekend that sent temperatures soaring to record triple-digit readings and fueled wildfires across the region. SEE ALSO: Brutal and prolonged heat wave about to hit the … Read More

India records its hottest temperature on record: 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit

by murtadha on May 20, 2016 with No Comments

India just set a new national record heat benchmark when the small city of Phalodi, in northwest India, recorded a high temperature of a whopping 51 degrees Celsius, or 123.8 degrees Fahrenheit, on May 19. The data, recorded by the … Read More

Heat wave in Greenland triggers record early start to ice melt season

by murtadha on April 14, 2016 with No Comments

It may be a cold start to spring in the Midwest and eastern U.S., but in Greenland, more than 2,000 miles to the north, it’s been positively balmy lately. On Monday, when Boston had a high temperature of 60 degrees … Read More