Pedestrians walk during heatwave conditions in Tokyo on July 18, 2023. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Geneva: The world should prepare to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as countries across the Northern Hemisphere reeled from soaring temperatures.
"These events will continue to grow in intensity, and the world needs to prepare for more intense heatwaves," John Nairn, a senior extreme heat advisor at the UN's World Meteorological Organization, told reporters in Geneva.
