As global temperatures continue to rise, similar extreme heat waves in February could occur once every 10 years, according to ...

A deadly heat wave has hit central Africa, particularly in Mail. Temperatures are nearly 120 degrees F in some areas, which, for any long period of time, humans cannot survive. The heat wave has ...

ICPAC data indicate that torrential rains could occur in southern Tanzania and parts of southwestern Uganda in March, leading ...

Malta can even experience temperatures of 40°C during heat waves in the summer months of July and August due to its close proximity to Africa. The heat waves are often caused by the hot winds Sirocco ...

Weather warnings for Saturday include thunderstorms over Limpopo and Mpumalanga, heat wave in North West, Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Gauteng and fire danger in Northern Cape. Here’s what you ...

In a Comment piece in the journal Nature Climate Change, they note that such heat waves negatively impact ocean processes, ocean life in the overheated regions, and coastal communities.

Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African countries,” Meacham-Hensold says. A high-yield soybean variety with the same ...