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A young boy plays in a fountain to cool off during a heat wave, at the Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City on August 5, 2023.

Kuwait struggles with power cuts as temperatures soar

By THE MEDIA LINE

A WOMAN enjoys the beach in Tel Aviv last month as a heat wave hit the country.

2024 could be world's hottest year as June breaks records

The sun rises behind the Pyramids in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, June 16, 2023.

Blackouts and extreme heat plague Egypt as government extends rolling electricity cuts

By MINA NADER/THE MEDIA LINE , JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER/THE MEDIA LINE

Muslim pilgrims take part in the annual haj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June 16, 2024.

Hundreds reportedly died at this year's Hajj in Saudi Arabia

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand mosque ahead of annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 16, 2018

Soaring temperatures scorch pilgrims on Hajj in Saudi Arabia

By REUTERS

Israelis enjoy the beach on a hot spring day, in Tel Aviv, April 06, 2021

Hot and dry weather, with some rain, expected over Sukkot

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Animated image shows average monthly surface air temperatures (degrees Celsius) for Earth in 250 million years in the future when all the continents merge to form the next supercontinent (Pangea Ultima) where temperatures will be much hotter than today.

Extreme heat may trigger human-mammal mass extinction sooner than thought

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

A labourer walks in a sorted piles of recyclable plastic bottles in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 2, 2022

Addis Ababa's warming may trigger year-round malaria, study warns

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Metzitzim Beach, June 1, 2023.

Israel's August had record-breaking heatwave, unexpected rain

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Elderly woman thanks IFCJ representative

Israel orgs to provide Holocaust survivors with free electricity

Chicken

A fowl turn of events: Tens of thousands of Israeli chickens die in heatwave

A Palestinian doctor checks Abdul Majeed al-Sabakhi as he struggles to breathe at Shohda Al Aqsa hospital amid a heatwave in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, July 25, 2023.

Power cuts, heatwave disrupt lives of sick Gazans

By REUTERS

GETTING READY for departure from Ben-Gurion Airport.

Flights grounded at Ben-Gurion as extreme heatwave causes delays

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hallel Nehamia Ufan, killed during an IDF training exercise on August 14, 2023

IDF soldier dies in training amid intense heatwave

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

A woman carrying an umbrella to protect her from the sun crosses a street in Tel Aviv. August 9, 2023.

Heatwave grips Israel: Temperatures soar, experts warn of dire outcomes

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

A young child uses a tablet in the back seat of a car (illustrative)

'The Sizzling Schnitzel:' A startling summer warning for parents

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An Iranian taxi driver splashes water on himself to cool down during the heat surge in Tehran, Iran August 2, 2023.

Iran could burn up in 30 years, and not from a nuclear meltdown

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Is a chilling prediction by Nostradamus now coming true?

By MAARIV ONLINE