Australian Summer Heat Under Fire Again
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The Australian summer claimed another  victim Friday when Russia's Elena Dementieva pulled out of the  Sydney International because of heat illness.
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Smoke from bushfires burning hundreds of kilometers away blanketed Australia's second largest city Melbourne on Saturday, delaying flights and setting off fire alarms at the city's airport.
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Wimbledon endured another wet afternoon Monday, this time because of perspiration. Centre Court spectators fanned themselves furiously in the relentless sunshine as a heat wave baked the lawn.
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The heat wave that snapped last week for much of the nation shows no signs of letting up soon in parts of the South and Southeast, with heat advisories in effect Monday for Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi.
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Meteorologists warned on Wednesday that 2004 would be one of the hottest years since records began as environment ministers tried to crack US resistance
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This summer's onslaught repeats a long-term cycle, bringing back warmer waters and more storms.
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While the south-east of Australia has gone through years of drought, new research shows the rest of the country including the centre, is getting wetter.
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Towns in the southern Australian state of Victoria brace for wildfires, as hot weather fans the flames.
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The death toll from a violent storm and  torrential rain lashing Australia&#39;s east coast rose to six,  police said on Saturday, as residents braced for a second  turbulent night.
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Australia again warns of possible terrorist attacks in Indonesia and advises its citizens not to visit.
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South-eastern Europe swelters as a continuing heatwave stokes fears of new power cuts and forest fires.
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At least three people are feared dead and up to 20 hurt, after a powerful cyclone hits north-west Australia.
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Australians voted in parliamentary elections Saturday with Prime Minister John Howard and his Labor Party challenger in a virtual dead heat, following a campaign that focused
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heat waves like last yearâs, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Prime Minister John Howard has been accused of turning his back on Asia, kowtowing to America and being Australia&#39;s most boring leader.
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New Zealand kept an eye on the weather to save them as they frustrated Australia's efforts to wrap up another fast-tracked victory in the second cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval on Monday.
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HELENA, Mont., July 6 -- If a record-breaking heat wave doesn't lift soon, cattle rancher Sharon McDonald may see her hay crop turn to dust.