Heat

Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says

The UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026, released on June 16, found that 41% of Afghanistan’s roughly 21 million children are exposed to multiple climate shocks, including floods and droughts.

AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.
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People cool down in spring water during a heatwave near Jerusalem on July 23, 2023.

Jerusalem heat reaches November record, center weather station reports

An illustrative image of a woman outside in the summer.

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Jordan suspends kerosene tax following widespread unrest over fuel prices

Jordanians have been turning to any combustible option to avoid paying the kerosene tax.

 Jordanians mark the 74th Independence Day amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman

Keep your home safe this Hannukah

By being as diligent as we can around electricity and heating, we can have a safe and warm holiday season. 

 Hannukiah.

2,000-year-old luxury Roman villa with 'underfloor heating' discovered

Beneath the Austrian town of Kempten lie the foundations of the Roman city of Cambodunum, settled by Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus In 15 BC.

 Kempten hypocaust

Israeli toddler who was locked in car for hours pronounced dead

MDA medics evacuated her to the Soroka hospital while performing CPR on her, where her death was later determined.

 POLICE AND ZAKA personnel attend the scene where a father left his small child in the car in Sdot Negev last summer. The boy died of what was termed ‘heat prostration.’

Unprecedented and extreme weather to hit Middle East, Mediterranean

The German and Cypriot researchers that conducted the research warn that this will soon become a reality unless “immediate, ambitious and transboundary climate action is taken.”

 A sign warns of extreme heat in Death Valley, California, US, July 11, 2021

Israeli Kibbutz Tirat Zvi holds the 3rd highest temperature ever recorded

The Kibbutz was established on June 30, 1937, as a "Tower and Stockade" settlement intended to mark the southern limit of Jewish settlements in the Bet Shean valley.

 Kibbutz Tirat Zvi, in the Bet Shean valley. August 05, 2019.

Brace for heatwaves: weekend Israeli weather forecast

There will be an increase in temperatures in the mountains and in the interior of the country and it will be hotter than usual for the season.

Thousands flock to Tel Aviv beaches during April 22 heat wave.

Heat exhaustion: What is it and how can it be treated or prevented?

Heat exhaustion comes from overheating and high temperatures and isn't usually serious - but it can become something life threatening if measures aren't taken to cool down.

 A sign warns of extreme heat in Death Valley, California, US, July 11, 2021

Heat waves are most dangerous in cold countries -Soroka Med

Much of Europe has been sweltering under temperatures near 40 degrees centigrade, sending residents of England, France, Italy and elsewhere to historical fountains in cities to jump in and cool off.

A man dives into River Thames, during a heatwave in Oxford, Britain, July 19, 2022.

South Florida toddler dies after being left in a hot car outside a Jewish school

Florida has the second-highest number of hot car deaths in the United States.

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