A look at Earth's hottest places as global warming pushes temperatures to extremes

Record ID: 1687050

  • Title: A look at Earth's hottest places as global warming pushes temperatures to extremes
  • Date: 1st September 2022
  • Summary: Kebili, Tunisia, registered a temperature of 55.0°C (131°F) on July 7, 1931. KEBILI, TUNISIA (AUGUST 30, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS SHOWING PALM OASIS AND CITY OF KEBILI KEBILI, TUNISIA ( AUGUST 29, 2022) ( REUTERS) VARIOUS OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE CITY OF KEBILI WITH PEOPLE DRIVING MOTORCYCLES IN THE STREET ROUNDABOUT WITH A STATUE OF A PERSON CLIMBING A PALM TREE WITH CARS IN THE STREET STATUE OF A PALM TREE VARIOUS OF CARS IN THE STREET PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND A BARBARY FIG SELLER KEBILI, TUNISIA (AUGUST 30, 2022) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) 33-YEAR-OLD KEBILI RESIDENT AND COFEE SHOP OWNER, KHALIL KHALI, SAYING: “Before, the normal rate of the temperature in the state of Kebili was at the level of 40 and 42 degrees (Celsius degree), but within the last four years, the temperatures witnessed a significant increase and reached the limits of 50 and 60 degrees in the sun, and this affects the life of the citizens because the natural person cannot work at a high temperature like this, and this affects the economic cycle.” A MAN DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING IN A COFFEE SHOP VARIOUS OF SUNLIGHT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) 53-YEAR-OLD KEBILI RESIDENT AND TEACHER, HMDI CHAYEB, SAYING: “Only the people who live in the city of Kebili can support its temperature. We have become like camels. The camel is known for its patience and endurance so we took the characteristic of camels so we could live” KEBILI, TUNISIA (AUGUST 29, 2022) (REUTERS) DRONE SHOWING SALT LAKE IN KEBILI (MUTE) VARIOUS OF CARS ON THE ONLY ROAD THAT CROSSES THE SALT LAKE KNOWN AS SHATT EL-JERID TUNISIAN FLAG TOURIST SITE IN THE SALT LAKE OLD BOAT IN THE SALT LAKE KEBILI, TUNISIA (AUGUST 30, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KEBILI PALM OASIS VARIOUS OF THE RUINED OLD CITY OF KEBILI TIME-LAPSE OF SUNRISE IN DESERT OF KEBILI (MUTE) SUNRISE VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF SAND DUNES (MUTE) VARIOUS OF CAMELS RESTING IN THE DESERT CARS IN THE STREET WITH SIGN READING (Arabic, French): “Welcome to Kebili” Tirat Tsvi in Israel holds a joint third place along with Mitribah in Kuwait for the second hottest temperature. It registered 53.9°C (129°F) on June 21, 1942. KIBBUTZ TIRAT TZVI, ISRAEL (RECENT - AUGUST 23, 2022) (REUTERS) DRY THORN OUTSIDE KIBBUTZ TIRAN TZVI, WHERE A RECORD TEMPERATURE OF ALMOST 54 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED IN 1942 DRY THORNS/ FIELD IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF SUN SHINING CARS DRIVING ON STEAMING ROAD SIGN READING (Hebrew): ‘TIRAT TZVI’ CAR DRIVING INTO KIBBUTZ VARIOUS OF WOMAN WITH CHILDREN WALKING KIBBUTZ MARK ROBINSON, 67-YEAR-OLD KIBBUTZ MEMBER WALKING INTO FENCED AREA ROBINSON LOOKING AT MODEL OF THE KIBBUTZ WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED (SOUNDBITE) (English) 67-YEAR-OLD KIBBUTZ MEMBER, MARK ROBINSON, SAYING: “Thank God that God made good air conditioners and that’s how we live here, but I’ll explain to you one of the things I’ve asked one of the founding fathers, he came here in 1937 when there was no electricity, no fans. And I asked him: “How do you get used to living in this heat?” And he said to me: “Mark, you never get used to it.”" ROBINSON TALKING TO REPORTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) 67-YEAR-OLD KIBBUTZ MEMBER, MARK ROBINSON, SAYING: “It’s still hot as hell and you’ll excuse my expression, one of the things that it says in the Talmud (Jewish religious teaching) is that ‘If there’s an entrance to the Garden of Eden, the entrance is in the Beit Shean Valley (where Kibbutz Tirat Tzvi is located)’. And we all know now why because in order to get to the Garden of Eden you have to go through hell first. And after living here in temperatures of over 40 degrees, yesterday was 42 degrees here, so we have our living hell today and we just know that we’re on our way to the garden of Eden.” ISRAEL, LOCAL COUNCIL FLAGS HANGING VARIOUS OF DRY THORNS VARIOUS OF WATER POURING INTO TANK VARIOUS OF WORKERS COVERING DATES ON TREES WITH NETS VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING PALM TREES FIELDS (MUTE)
  • Embargoed: 15th September 2022 19:34
  • Keywords: climate change global warming hottest places on the planet
  • Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
  • City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
  • Country: Various
  • Topics: Environment,Temperature
  • Reuters ID: LVA002448426072022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: According to the World Meteorological Organization archives, these are some of the places holding record-breaking highs in temperature around the world:
    Furnace Creek Ranch, California, USA
    Registered 56.7°C (134°F) on July 10, 1913.
    Kebili, Tunisia
    Registered 55.0°C (131°F)  on July 7, 1931.
    Tirat Tsvi (Tirat Zevi), Israel
    Registered 53.9°C (129°F) on June 21, 1942.
    Mitribah, Kuwait
    Registered 53.9°C ± 0.1°C (129.0°F ± 0.2°F) (tied) on May 28, 2017.
    Turbat, Pakistan
    Registered 53.7°C ± 0.4°C (128.7°F ± 0.7°F) on May 28, 2017.
    Oodnadatta, Australia
    Registered 50.7°C (123°F) on January 2, 1960.
    Athens and Elefsina, Greece
    Registered 48.0°C (118.4°F) on July 10, 1977.
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