The World Meteorological Organisation said climate calamities in Asia affected more than 50 million people and caused more than 5,000 deaths last year.
Europe's scorching weather sparks wildfires, evacuations in 9 European countries including Russia and France, and record-breaking temperatures, signalling a concerning summer ahead.
In July, temperatures broke records in China, the US and southern Europe, sparking forest fires, water shortages and a rise in heat-related hospital admissions.
Southern Europe is facing record-breaking heatwave during the peak summer tourist season, prompting the authorities to warn of an increased risk of health problems & even death.
The World Health Organization's regional director for Europe, said the world must look ahead while adapting to the 'new reality' of killer heat waves and other extreme weather.
The Sunday temperature broke a previous record of 50.3C, measured in 2015 near Ayding in the depression, a vast basin of sand dunes and dried-up lakes over 150m below sea level.
The National Weather Service said widespread record-breaking high temperatures are likely to be recorded across the Southwest, in the western Gulf Coast and also in south Florida.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
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