Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins

New Delhi has clocked 38 consecutive days with maximum temperatures at or above 40 deg C since May 14.

Countries around the Mediterranean have also endured another week of blistering high temperatures that have contributed to forest fires from Portugal to Greece and along the northern coast of Africa in Algeria, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth Observatory. Europe in 2024 has been contending with a spate of dead and missing tourists amid dangerous heat. A 55-year-old American was found dead on the Greek island of Mathraki, police said on June 17 — the third such tourist death in a week.

In the nearby state of New Mexico, a pair of fast-moving wildfires abetted by the blistering heat have killed two people, burned more than 9,300ha and destroyed 500 homes, according to the authorities. Heavy rains could help temper the blazes, but thunderstorms on June 20 were also causing flash flooding and complicating firefighting efforts.

Temperatures normally drop at night, but scientists say climate change is causing night-time temperatures to rise. In many parts of the world, nights are warming faster than days, according to a 2020 study by the University of Exeter.

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