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Pre-monsoon heat dome pushes South Asia and Gulf into emergency as wet-bulb readings near survivability limits

A stalled upper-level ridge has driven temperatures past 49 C across Pakistan, northwest India and the lower Gulf, with hospitals in three countries reporting more than 1,900 heat-related admissions in 72 hours and Iraqi returnee districts ordering daytime work bans.

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South Asia heat dome pushes India and Pakistan into emergency mode as temperatures cross 47C

A heat dome covering large stretches of northern India and central Pakistan pushed daytime temperatures above 47 degrees Celsius on Friday, with health officials in both countries reporting at least 84 confirmed heat-related deaths since the start of the week and hospitals in Lahore and Lucknow extending emergency triage protocols.

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Spring shamal buries Iran-Iraq return corridor in dust, pushing respiratory cases to record highs

A 36-hour shamal that swept the Iran-Iraq frontier this week reduced visibility to below 200 meters across returnee transit camps and drove respiratory admissions to the highest levels recorded since the April 15 ceasefire, aid agencies said Thursday.

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Cholera cases cross 6,000 along Iran-Iraq border as mass vaccination drive reaches halfway mark

Laboratory-confirmed and probable cholera cases along the Iran-Iraq returnee corridor passed 6,000 on Wednesday with at least 71 deaths, the World Health Organization said, as a cross-border vaccination campaign reached the halfway mark of its 1.6 million-dose target.

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Early-season wildfires erupt across British Columbia and Alberta as record-dry spring pushes fire crews into May

More than 110 active wildfires were burning across British Columbia and Alberta on Saturday, with smoke plumes drifting south into Washington, Idaho and Montana, after the driest April on record in the Canadian Prairies set the stage for what officials are calling the earliest serious fire start in a generation.

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Pre-monsoon heatwave grips South Asia as Delhi tops 46C and power grids strain

A brutal pre-monsoon heatwave pushed temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius across northern India and eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 73 people in three days, forcing rolling blackouts in four Indian states and shutting schools from Karachi to Patna.

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South Asia heatwave shatters April records as grid and water systems strain from Karachi to Kolkata

A punishing pre-monsoon heatwave pushed temperatures past 47 degrees Celsius across a 2,000-kilometer arc of South Asia on Tuesday, shattering April records in more than two dozen cities and overwhelming hospitals, power grids and municipal water systems from Sindh through the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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Cholera outbreak spreads through returnee camps along Iran-Iraq border as water systems buckle

Confirmed cholera cases jumped past 1,400 across returnee transit sites in Iran's Ilam province and Iraq's Diyala and Maysan governorates this weekend, the World Health Organization said, as damaged water-treatment plants and overcrowded camps fueled the first large outbreak of the post-ceasefire phase.

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Tornado Outbreak Sweeps Mississippi Delta as Rescue Crews Search Flattened Towns From Greenwood to Tuscaloosa

At least 31 people were killed and more than 200 injured after a violent tornado outbreak tore through the lower Mississippi Valley overnight Saturday into Sunday, leveling neighborhoods in Greenwood, Indianola and the western suburbs of Tuscaloosa and stretching emergency-response systems already drawn down by months of war-related federal redeployments.

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