Heat records topple in Asia

Blistering summer: Residents using hoses to collect drinking water from a tanker truck during a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, in this file photo. India has reported in 2023, its hottest and driest August since national records began more than a century ago. — AFP

Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India’s summer to Australia’s winter, authorities said, in fresh evidence of the impact of climate change.

The sweltering temperatures match longstanding warnings from climate scientists and come as countries from Greece to Canada battle record heat and deadly wildfires.