"If we sweat, we sweat -- we know each other well," laughed Cathy Butcher, 73, arriving with her daughter Helen.
Beat the heatwave without AC by using energy-efficient tips like decluttering rooms, using wet sheets on windows, placing ice near fans, switching to LED lighting, reducing humidity, promoting cross-ventilation, and adding indoor plants for natural cooling.
A mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over 14 districts including Dhaka and it may continue, Met office said today.
This year, the hot weather season will see "above-normal" maximum temperatures over most parts of the country, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a forecast late Monday
Dhaka stares down a fiery future, one choked by relentless heat. But there is hope.
During rainy summer days, followed by immediate heatwaves - cotton, khadi, and linen are good options to pick from.
Globally, the environment is changing very rapidly, and one of its effects is the change in atmospheric temperature. In the last few decades, we did not face such hot and humid weather. Nowadays, temperatures surge up to 41–42°C, and due to high
In the sweltering heat of a Bangladeshi summer, our bodies crave something different. Rather than sticking to our usual diet, one needs to bring change in their food habits.
A light rain drenched the capital this morning, offering city dwellers some respite from scorching heat
The naysayers and nonbelievers of global warming are mum as the scorching heat waves paint nations red hot worldwide. Last week, the waves of heat have been high enough to deform and melt infrastructures as millions of citizens of the world are suffering through the rise of the searing temperature. To put things into perspective, you can fry slices of meat in a frying pan under the Texas sun. That being said, the sweltering conditions, as of late, have also raised awareness of ageing infrastructures worldwide, most of which are roads, bridges, railroads, and buildings.
Firefighters battled 25 blazes across the Australian state of Victoria as a record-breaking heatwave delivered the hottest start to March on record for the southern third of the country.
An intense heatwave kills at least 14 people over a three-day long weekend in Japan, media reports, and high temperatures hamper the recovery in flood-hit areas where more than 200 people died last week.
With a heat wave sweeping the country for weeks, school-going children are falling sick due to the scorching summer sun.
The ongoing heat wave which is sweeping across the country shall continue for at least three or four more days, the Met office says.
With a heat wave sweeping across the country, several hundred diarrhoea patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country.
Italy's farm animals are being given showers, fans and air conditioning in their stalls to try to keep them cool during the current heatwave there.
The death toll from a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province passes 800, hospital officials say, as mortuaries reached capacity.
More than 120 people have died during a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
Delhi, surrounding areas wake up to a cooler morning as mercury dropped to around 30°C from weeks of unrelenting temperatures caused by a heat wave that killed over 2,200 people in India.
