- Russia's Heat Wave Wilts Crops, Nation
Worst drought in 130 years becomes political issue as Kremlin holds emergency meeting to combat impacts of a month long heat wave ロシア政府は先月長い熱波の影響に対処するため、緊急会議を保持しているとして、130年間で最悪の干ばつが政治問題になる
- World feeling the heat as 17 countries experience record temperatures
2010 sees record highs in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine but also many African, Middle Eastern and Latin American countries2010 is becoming the year of the heatwave, with record temperatures set in 17 countries.Record highs have occurred in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine – the three nations at the centre of the present eastern European heatwave which has continued for more than three weeks – but also many African, Middle Eastern and Latin American countries.Temperatures in Moscow, which have been consistently 20C above normal, todayfell to a more manageable 31C (86F). But the extreme heat experienced there would barely have registered in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Niger, Pakistan and Sudan, all of which have recorded temperatures of more than 47C (115F) since June. The number of record highs is itself a record – the previous record was for 14 new high temperatures in 2007.The heatwaves, which have devastated crops and wildlife, are believed to have killed thousands of elderly people, especially in Russia and northern India. The 2003 European heatwave is known to have killed around 15,000 people.Pakistan, now experiencing its worst ever floods, had the hottest temperature ever recorded in Asia on May 26, when 53.5C (128.3F) was recorded in Mohenjo-daro, according to the Pakistani Meteorological Department. The heatwaves have also been experienced in the US where Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Washington, Baltimore and Trenton all recorded their highest ever temperatures in July.The global research, collated by meteorologists at weather information provider Weather Underground, supports US government data collated on 11 different indicators – from air and sea temperatures to melting ice – which showed temperatures rising around the world since the 1850s. This June was also the hottest ever 2010年にはロシア、ベラルーシ、ウクライナのレコード高値を見ても、多くのアフリカは、中東、中南米、アメリカcountries2010猛暑の年になっていると、レコードの気温は17 countries.Recordの最高値に設定され、ロシア、ベラルーシ、ウクライナで発生した - 3 3週間以上続いている現在の東ヨーロッパの熱波の中心の国 - にも多くのアフリカ、中東、モスクワ、一貫して、通常、上記の20℃されている、より多くの管理31cを（にtodayfellラテンアメリカcountries.Temperatures 86F）
- Escape from hot summer (3)
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&$High temperatures in the United States led many children to play in the water to cool down. A heat wave has swept across the northern hemisphere since summer started. The temperatures of many cities in the United States remained high. (Source:Xin Hua News Agency/Reuters)&$&$
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