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 by AFP Staff Writers Johannesburg (AFP) Jan 24, 2023
A stifling heatwave that has swept parts of South Africa in recent weeks has killed eight people over several days, the government said Tuesday. The dead were mostly farm workers in the sparsely populated and largely semi-arid Northern Cape province which borders Namibia and Botswana, according to the labour ministry. "We are concerned about the impact of the hot weather parts of South Africa has been experiencing," government spokesman Michael Currin said in a statement. "We are extremely sad to hear about the passing of eight people that have died of heat stroke in the Northern Cape after a heatwave hit the province over the week," he added. Parts of South Africa have been scorched by a summer heatwave with temperatures hitting 40 degrees Celsius on some days. The European Union's climate monitoring service said earlier this month that the last eight years were the warmest on record globally.
France sees hottest year on record in 2022 Paris (AFP) Nov 30, 2022 France this year experienced the hottest year since records began, the country's national weather service said Wednesday, as global warming stokes temperatures globally. A cascade of extreme weather exacerbated by climate change devastated communities across the globe this year, including sweltering heat and drought across Europe that wilted crops, drove forest fires and saw major rivers shrink to a trickle. France saw temperatures surge repeatedly in successive heatwaves from May and into Octo ... read more
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