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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Heatwaves, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 588 stories have been published about Heatwaves which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Heatwaves, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 588 stories have been published about Heatwaves which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Bushfires · SydneyA total of 33 fires are burning across New South Wales, Australia's most populous state of which Sydney is the capital. Five public schools have been shut amid a total fire ban across large parts of the state. No injuries have been reported from the latest bushfires yet but authorities said some residents had to be evacuated.
Australian officials warn of bushfire threat as heatwave grips Sydney
Coverage: 7 sources
Bushfires · SydneyTemperatures have reached 40C in parts of eastern Australia as an autumn heatwave saw fires threaten properties and forced schools to be closed.
Sydney records hottest day in two years as 40C temperatures threaten homes
42% Left coverage: 12 sources
US & Canada · AlbertaPhillip Meintzer was hours away by car from the largest fires raging in the forests of British Columbia and Alberta in summer of 2021, but the air was still thick with smoke from the Canadian infernos.
Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires rose in 2021
66% Center coverage: 15 sources
US & CanadaA powerful winter storm set record cold temperatures in the northern plains of the U.S., while a heat wave in the southeast set record highs for the month of February
Winter storm in the North and heat wave in the South creates 100-degree difference across US
93% Center coverage: 56 sources
Environment · RockfordLast month marked the seventh-warmest January on record worldwide, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Tuesday.
January was seventh-warmest on record: NOAA
92% Center coverage: 12 sources
Firefighters · SantiagoAt least 13 people were reported dead as of Friday night as a result of the more than 150 wildfires burning across Chile that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of forest while the South American country is in the midst of a scorching heat wave.
At least 23 dead as dozens of wildfires torch forests in Chile
39% Right coverage: 64 sources
Europe · BarcelonaIncreasing the level of tree cover from the European average of 14.9% to 30% can lower the temperature in cities by 0.4C, which could reduce heat-related deaths by 39.5%, according to first-of-its-kind modelling of 93 European cities by an international team of researchers.
One-third of heat deaths in cities could be prevented by planting more trees: study
Coverage: 21 sources
