Jacobabad’s roughly 200,000 residents are well aware of their reputation as one of the world’s hottest cities. “If we go to hell, we’ll take a blanket,” is a common joke told in the area ...

JACOBABAD, Pakistan, June 14 (Reuters) - Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month became the hottest city on Earth.

JACOBABAD: At least 24 people including nine children were killed in a blast targeting a 9th Muharram procession near a park in the 'Lashari' neighbourhood of Jacobabad on Friday evening.

JACOBABAD: A person was killed and at least eight others suffered injuries when a bomb planted in a motorbike went off in Jacobabad on Saturday, said the police.

JACOBABAD, Pakistan, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out ...

Due to climate change, temperatures in Jacobabad, Pakistan have soared. In June 2021, the hottest day hit 125°F. Jacobabad's residents' lives' are entirely dominated by their desperate quest to ...

JACOBABAD, PAKISTAN (REUTERS) - Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month became the hottest city on Earth.

Jacobabad, a typical Pakistani town with dusty, rutted roads strewn with rubbish lining rows of brick shops, is largely deserted. Some people have piled earth in front of their shops in the hope ...

Jacobabad's roughly 200,000 residents are well aware of their reputation as one of the world's hottest cities. "If we go to hell, we'll take a blanket," is a common joke told in the area.

Jacobabad, an agriculture hub has surpassed this wet-bulb threshold several times. In July 1987, the city breached the 35 degrees Celcius, then again in June 2005, June 2010 and July 2012.

One of the world's hottest cities is getting even hotter as summer begins. Temperatures in Jacobabad can reach 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) at this time of the year. (AP video by ...

Villagers flee from an area due to heavy flooding in Jacobabad on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. - Photo by AP. SUKKUR / ...