By Reuters and published by CNA Rome – Italy’s northern city of Milan registered a new record high average daily temperature of 33 degrees Celsius on Wednesday (Aug. 23) as a heatwave that began around mid-August reached its peak, the regional environmental protection agency (ARPA) said on Friday. It was the hottest day since
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Cash-strapped Bangladesh shuts power plant as heatwave hits
By AFP and published by CNA Dhaka – Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant on Monday (June 5) because it was unable to afford the coal to fuel it, as a sweltering heatwave creates surging electricity demand. The 1,320-megawatt government-run Payra Power Plant in southern Bangladesh had already slashed production last month due
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