Deadly Africa heat caused by climate change, scientists say | BBC News

A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say.
 
Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.
 
In Bamako, the capital of Mali, the Gabriel Toure Hospital said it recorded 102 deaths in the first days of April.
 
Researchers say human activities like burning fossil fuels made temperatures up to 1.4C hotter than normal.
 
 
 
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[brianbb]

It's painful how in Africa we suffer the most when we contribute the least to global warming

[erincoco]

As if the hottest places on earth that were already that....couldn't get worse. I'm in New England USA. Haven't had a pond or lake freeze over in over a decade. We used to go ice skating all the time. We had snow days from school....its snowed twice this year and melted within 2 days. You have to be an idiot not to see the changes.

[manilalgohil]

even Kenya we felt more heat during onset of cold climate

[directoraldo]

Heat Wave in Africa and Flooding in Oman and UAE... Strange times 😢

[DaRkLoRd-rcyu]

Is this the start of one of the first uninhabitable areas of the earth?

[cifdvcf]

We evolved to survive under very specific conditions, and now we are changing those conditions. What, exactly, guarantees our continued survival?

[Flightmode]

The heat in Togo is extremely hot. You even sweat while in the swimming pool

[EdmundIZHigh]

In Singapore, south east Asia a 5 minute walk is like a 20 minute walk under the sun. More of the humidity that’s bad even in the night.

[Encephalitisify]

Who are they kidding. These heatwaves are happening every year now.

[emmanuel]

Oh poor climate change.... everything is blamed on thee.

[manilalgohil]

Kenya is 70% green energy (thermal energy - steam in rift valley)

[sederquest]

Yeah cause Africa never had droughts or nothing like that

[classicrock]

In nepal many glacier are in verses of glacier lake outbrust due to extreme heat and less snowfall even the colder areas are in danger

[redmundperrz]

As long the world is addicted to oil we will experience similar like these and more to come

[TheGeorgeous]

Extreme weather events all over the world.
Dubai flooded.
India and Africa heatwaves.

It will be the poor and least polluters that suffer the most damage.

Rich nations, climate refugees coming right up

[heww]

0:25 1, 5 degrees hotter than normal in the region? so about global average then? Am I missing something?

[uojxgxt]

well, in perth western australia we have not had rain for over six months, there were 3 weeks of intermittent 40+ degrees but overall over 36 in that period. now in the 2nd month of autumn we have had weeks of 30 and above.

[tommarais]

"Other countries want to control the World"

Mother Earth - My revenge is here

[ianstewart]

The 1.5 c has already been achieved for last year. No more crap from the reporter suggesting a rise to 2c in decades. The change in climate is accelerating faster and faster.
All people of the world are seeing it no matter where you live..
I am 66 years of age. I have 7 year old grandaughter. Very very worried for the young ones..

[rebeccahenderson]

They need wells all over to save wildlife!!!