World's hottest city now so hot it's unliveable - and the streets have air-con
dailyrecord.co.ukA city considered to be the warmest on earth is now so hot the streets have air-con. The Middle Eastern city is almost unliveable, with temperatures in the summer hitting more than 50C.
Kuwait City's temperatures regularly smash 52C and 54C, the third highest in the world, was registered by its Mitribah weather station in July 2016.
For 19 days in 2021, gauges breached 50C as the country heats up quicker than the average for the rest of the world, and climate experts believe they will soar by a further 5.5C by the end of the century.With a population of around 4.4 million people, and covering an area a little smaller than Wales, it has amassed no small fortune exploiting its oil reserves over the past century, which are the seventh-largest in the world.The Mirror reports heat waves felt in Europe during the summer months are nothing compared to the searing conditions of the city in question.It is so hot the temperatures recorded even dwarf the brutally hot weather which has previously hit Spain, Italy, France and the UK in recent years.Annual rainfall has been dropping in the already arid country, the frequency and intensity of dust storms increasing as a result.
Reports claim birds have dropped dead from the sky and seahorses have boiled in the bay – but it’s not just nature at risk.The smartest pigeons huddle together in the shade.
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