China warns of risk of ‘extreme floods’ in desert regions

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Xinjiang’s Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest, experienced its first flood ​of the year in early June, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday

May was the world’s second-hottest on record, EU scientists say

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The ⁠average global temperature last month was 1.42 degrees ​Celsius above the average in 19th-century pre-industrial times. The hottest May on record was in ​2024, in records going back to 1940

PMD forecasts thunderstorms, heavy rain and hailstorms across Pakistan

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Pakistan expects thunderstorms, heavy rain and hailstorms from June 11-13, raising risks of flooding, landslides and damage.

Fear of severe heat wave in the country, heat wave warning issued from June 7 to 12

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Fear of severe heat wave in the country, heat wave warning issued from June 7 to 12

Hot weather hurts Asian crops as powerful El Nino takes shape

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El Nino-driven dryness is a double blow for farmers already grappling with fertiliser and diesel shortages caused by the Iran war

UN warns of extreme heat risk from El Nino and urges preparedness

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El Nino is a periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which typically lasts between nine and 12 months, according to the World Meteorological Organisation

Severe heatwave likely in Sindh and southern Balochistan today, rain expected at a few places in Punjab

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Severe heatwave likely in Sindh and southern Balochistan today, rain expected at a few places in Punjab