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humid heatwaves
Coverage of humid heatwaves in the Nexus archive.
- Asia’s ‘dangerous’ humid heatwaves push human body to its limits
Southeast Asia is highly vulnerable to increasing humid heatwaves that strain human limits, with global extreme weather periods more than doubling since the 1970s. The average annual duration of extreme weather now stands at 23 days, up from 10 days, according to a Climate Central report.